Solutions Architect

Fruition Group Ireland; Dublin; On-site; EUR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Fruition Group Ireland seeks an experienced Solution Architect - Fraud to join a major financial services organisation undergoing significant technology transformation.

You will shape scalable, secure architectures for real-time fraud detection, transaction monitoring and risk-based decisioning, collaborating with engineering, fraud operations, security specialists and senior stakeholders to modernise legacy fraud systems and integrate cloud-based detection capabilities.

Qualifications

• 7-8+ years in Solution Architecture or Design, ideally in banking or financial crime tech.
• Proven experience in fraud prevention, detection, and transaction monitoring environments.
• Deep understanding of banking fraud scenarios and risk indicators.
• Experience across APIs, microservices, MQ, event-driven architecture and file-based integrations.
• Knowledge of real-time monitoring, fraud scoring, automated alerts and case management.
• Experience integrating fraud tech with payment platforms and core banking systems.
• Ability to design for complex legacy and cloud-based platforms.
• Knowledge of data protection, security, regulatory requirements and resilience.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for fraud prevention, detection and financial crime tech initiatives.
• Design scalable, secure solutions for real-time monitoring, scoring, alerts and case management.
• Define integration architectures across APIs, MQ, event-driven services and file transfers.
• Lead integration of fraud platforms with core banking, payments and digital channels.
• Produce architecture docs and present designs to governance forums and stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering and delivery teams.
• Ensure solutions meet enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, compliance and resilience standards.
• Define data migration and integration approaches for customer, account and transaction data.
• Identify architectural risks, dependencies and debt; manage mitigations.
• Support modernisation of legacy fraud systems and cloud-based analytics/detection.

Skills

Solution architecture

Fraud prevention

Real-time fraud detection

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder engagement

Cloud architecture

Data protection

Cybersecurity

Banking domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Featurespace

Feedzai

NICE Actimize

FICO Falcon

SAS Fraud Management

APIs

Microservices

MQ

Event-driven architecture

Secure file transfers

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect - Fraud to join a major financial services organisation undergoing significant technology transformation. This is an opportunity to play a key role in designing and delivering modern fraud prevention, detection and financial crime technology solutions across a complex banking environment.

You will be responsible for shaping scalable, secure and resilient architectures that support real-time fraud detection, transaction monitoring, risk-based decisioning and fraud investigation capabilities. Working closely with engineering teams, fraud operations, security specialists and senior technology stakeholders, you will help modernise existing fraud platforms and integrate next-generation fraud detection technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture and design for fraud prevention, detection and financial crime technology initiatives.
• Design scalable, secure and resilient solutions supporting real-time transaction monitoring, fraud scoring, automated alerts and case management.
• Define integration architectures across APIs, microservices, event-driven services, message queues (MQ), batch processing and secure file transfers.
• Lead the integration of fraud detection platforms with core banking systems, payment processing platforms, digital channels and customer authentication solutions.
• Produce high-quality solution architecture documentation and present designs to technical governance forums and senior stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to engineering and delivery teams.
• Ensure solutions meet enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, data protection and operational resilience standards.
• Define data migration, data quality and integration approaches across customer, account, payment and transaction data.
• Identify and manage architectural risks, technical dependencies and technical debt.
• Support the modernisation of legacy fraud systems and adoption of cloud-based fraud detection, analytics and decisioning capabilities.

Experience & Skills Required

• 7-8+ years' experience in Solution Architecture or Solution Design, ideally within banking, financial services or financial crime technology.
• Proven experience designing solutions within fraud prevention, fraud detection, transaction monitoring or financial crime environments.
• Strong understanding of banking fraud scenarios, including payment fraud, account takeover, identity fraud, scams and suspicious transaction detection.
• Strong application and integration architecture experience across APIs, microservices, MQ, event-driven architecture and file-based integrations.
• Experience designing real-time transaction monitoring, fraud scoring, risk-based decisioning and automated fraud alert solutions.
• Experience integrating fraud technology with payment platforms, core banking systems, digital banking channels and customer authentication services.
• Ability to design solutions across complex legacy environments and modern cloud-based platforms.
• Good understanding of fraud-related data, including transaction data, customer behaviour, device intelligence, identity verification and risk indicators.
• Knowledge of fraud investigation processes, alert management and case management workflows.
• Strong understanding of information security, data protection, regulatory requirements and operational resilience.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to communicate architectural decisions to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Exposure to fraud technology platforms such as Featurespace, Feedzai, NICE Actimize, FICO Falcon, SAS Fraud Management or equivalent.
• Knowledge of payment fraud controls, Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), PSD2 and emerging PSD3 requirements.
• Experience delivering large-scale fraud technology transformation, platform replacement or fraud capability enhancement programmes.
• Experience working with cloud-based fraud analytics, real-time decisioning engines and modern data platforms.
• Familiarity with architecture governance, design approval processes and service transition within regulated financial services environments.