Solution Architect

Alliance Bank; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a seasoned Solutions Architect to lead technical direction and deliver innovative banking solutions. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for shaping the architecture strategy across various banking domains, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and business goals. Your expertise in end-to-end solution design and strong business acumen will be crucial in influencing outcomes and prioritizing the service backlog. Join a dynamic team that values collaboration and innovation, and take the next step in your career with a forward-thinking organization committed to excellence in the financial services sector.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in technology, with 5+ years in solution architecture.
• Strong skills in business engagement and influencing business strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction for key business outcomes and deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Align application roadmap with technology strategy and perform architecture optimization.

Skills

End-to-end solution architecture design

Business acumen

Agile methodologies

Regulatory compliance

Technical consultation

Stakeholder engagement

Impact analysis

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Architecture or technology-related certifications

Job description

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• Lead the technical direction-setting for key business outcomes
• Deliver an end-to-end technical outcome across one or more banking domains. They identify service impacts. They understand how new and existing target states will be consumed to deliver an initiative. They work to shape and sequence initiative features on service backlogs.
• Provide technical direction and consultation to the architecture team, across the technology lifecycle, creating and maintaining the Target State Architecture for each capability within the domain and mapping all components to the asset management system.
• Align application roadmap to NAB technology strategy and architectural principles/patterns.
• Perform architecture optimization, scaled modeling, various forms of walkthroughs, design reviews
• Drive the service feature backlog grooming and raise features, epics, and stories as suited for delivery, providing architecture input into the prioritization of backlog items. Ensure capabilities external to the service are also identified as dependencies where appropriate.
• Create impact analysis of functional and non-functional requirements and constraints on the business roadmap in the current business and technology environment, including regulatory impacts and risks.
• Make architectural decisions to satisfy regulatory and compliance requirements for the domain.
• Validate design artifacts for completeness, ensuring testability to enable effective change management within the domain.
• Support “You build it, you run it” by participating in service production releases.

Your skills and experiences

• Experience of 10+ years in Technology generally.
• Experience of 5+ years in end-to-end solution architecture design.
• Experienced in driving end-to-end solutions in complex organizations with regulatory and legacy constraints.
• Strong business acumen and engagement skills to influence business strategy, shape, triage, prioritize outcomes, and develop roadmaps for the business unit/domains.
• Ability to lead and maintain a backlog of business outcomes with a portfolio view of the business domain.
• Experience working in a scaled agile structure to coordinate work among solution architects.
• Proven experience in strong business engagement and influencing skills with the ability to navigate complex topics using fact-based analysis.
• Understanding the trade-offs involved in technology change while delivering business benefits.
• Require commercial acumen, business alignment, and negotiation skills.
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent technical qualification.
• Architecture or technology-related certifications/cloud experience will be an advantage.
• Business acumen in banking/financial services industry will be an advantage.

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About Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad

Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad and its subsidiary, Alliance Islamic Bank Berhad, offer banking and financial solutions through its consumer, SME, corporate, commercial, and Islamic banking divisions. The Bank provides easy access to its broad customer base across the country via multiple delivery channels, including retail branches, Privilege Banking Centres, Business Centres, Investment Bank branches, and mobile and Internet banking.

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