AI-Driven Banking & Cloud Transformation Architect

Falcon Smart IT (FalconSmartIT); Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Falcon Smart IT invites an accomplished Enterprise Architect to lead the Bank's transformation wave in London. You will define end-to-end enterprise architecture strategy across payments, data, cloud and AI and partner with engineering and transformation teams to deliver tangible outcomes.

Responsibilities include establishing architectural principles, taxonomies, and target-state architectures; aligning investments with regulatory requirements; and driving multi-cloud, event-driven and API

Qualifications

• Senior-level enterprise architect with experience leading large-scale banking transformations.
• Hands-on leadership bridging strategy and delivery across engineering and transformation teams.
• Proven track record in multi-cloud, cloud-native architectures and event-driven design.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the Bank's end-to-end enterprise architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Establish architectural principles, standards, and target-state technology architectures across business and technology domains.
• Align technology investments with strategic business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Proven experience leading enterprise architecture functions within banking or financial services.
• Demonstrated success delivering large-scale technology transformation programmes.
• Deep domain expertise in banking platforms, payments, FX, or high-volume processing environments.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Banking Transformation

Cloud-Native

Event-Driven Architecture

Distributed Systems

Open Banking

AI / Generative AI

Stakeholder Management

Multi-Cloud (Azure AWS GCP)

Regulatory & Security

Job description

Falcon Smart IT invites an accomplished Enterprise Architect to lead the Bank's transformation wave in London. You will define end-to-end enterprise architecture strategy across payments, data, cloud and AI and partner with engineering and transformation teams to deliver tangible outcomes.

Responsibilities include establishing architectural principles, taxonomies, and target-state architectures; aligning investments with regulatory requirements; and driving multi-cloud, event-driven and API