Solutions Architect

Realtime Recruitment; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 140,000 - 180,000; Part time

Job summary

Realtime Recruitment is seeking an experienced Senior Solution Architect for a 6-month Hybrid contract in Ireland. The role focuses on translating business strategy and regulatory requirements into scalable, secure technology solutions within a Financial Services context.

You will collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to shape architecture roadmaps and guide technology choices. You will lead architecture reviews, drive end-to-end design, and ensure delivery teams implement

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Solution Architecture, Technical Architecture, or Enterprise Architecture.
• Strong knowledge of Java, Spring, Angular, and Oracle PL/SQL.
• Experience with Hadoop, data architecture, metadata, and data lineage.
• Exposure to cloud technologies and third-party platform integrations.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Financial Services or Banking experience is highly desirable.
• Experience with AI is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end solution architecture and contribute to the architecture roadmap.
• Lead solution design workshops and architecture reviews.
• Ensure solutions meet security, scalability, performance, reliability, and maintainability requirements.
• Support engineering teams with architecture decisions and technology selection.
• Promote best practices, reusable components, and architecture standards.
• Build strong relationships with business and technology stakeholders.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.

Skills

5+ years experience

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Java

Spring

Angular

Oracle PL/SQL

Hadoop

Data architecture

Data lineage

Cloud technologies

Third-party integrations

AI (beneficial)

Financial Services background

Job description

6-Month Contract | Hybrid (3 Days Onsite, Dublin)

We are seeking an experienced Senior Solution Architect to join a leading Financial Services team.

The successful candidate will work closely with both business and technology stakeholders, translating business strategy and regulatory requirements into scalable, secure, and future-ready technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end solution architecture and contribute to the architecture roadmap.
• Lead solution design workshops and architecture reviews.
• Ensure solutions meet security, scalability, performance, reliability, and maintainability requirements.
• Support engineering teams with architecture decisions and technology selection.
• Promote best practices, reusable components, and architecture standards.
• Build strong relationships with business and technology stakeholders.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.

Required Skills

• 5+ years’ experience in Solution Architecture, Technical Architecture, or Enterprise Architecture roles.
• Strong technical background in Java, Spring, Angular, and Oracle PL/SQL.
• Experience with Hadoop, data architecture, metadata, and data lineage.
• Exposure to cloud technologies and third-party platform integrations.
• Strong technical leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Financial Services or Banking experience is highly desirable.
• Experience with AI beneficial.