Solution Architect.MGN Pak - TECH - Architecture and Devops.MIT - PAKCOE

Mashreq Careers; Pakistan; On-site; PKR 3,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Mashreq Careers is seeking an experienced Solution Architect for Retail Banking Group to design and review scalable architectures that align business needs with technology strategy. You will drive API and microservices adoption, guide developers, and ensure security and non-functional requirements are embedded in every design.

This role requires 15+ years in application development with 5+ years in architecture, strong banking technology knowledge, and ability to lead in both agile and waterfall

Qualifications

• 15+ years of application development experience, including 5+ years in Solution Architecture.
• Strong banking technology knowledge with 5+ years in solutioning banking apps.
• Experience balancing agile and waterfall in retail digital squads and SOR systems.
• Expertise in blueprint, high-level and low-level designs.
• Knowledge of performance testing, optimization, and security standards.

Responsibilities

• Drive identification and design of solutions to meet evolving business needs.
• Ensure architectural governance and EA standards across lifecycle.
• Review and support engineering teams for robust, scalable products.
• Lead API and microservices adoption across retail banking systems.
• Promote reusability and extensibility across platforms for faster delivery.
• Oversee modernization initiatives to meet retail banking needs.
• Guide security architecture and non-functional requirements in designs.
• Collaborate with agile delivery models to ensure timely solution delivery.
• Maintain a retail technology radar and contribute to EA roadmaps.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Banking technology

Stakeholder management

Microservices

API design

Multi-cloud

Security architecture

Performance tuning

Agile & Waterfall

Education

TOGAF certification (preferred)

Tools

Java

node.js

SpringBoot

API gateway

service mesh

React

.NET Core

Job description

Job Purpose

Responsible for designing and reviewing optimal solution approaches for Retail Banking Group initiatives, ensuring alignment between business requirements and the enterprise technology strategy. This role spans a broad set of responsibilities, including establishing guidance for solution development and review processes, crafting scalable and fit-for-purpose architectures, and overseeing the implementation of low-level designs. Operating across both agile squads and waterfall-managed systems of record, the Solution Architect collaborates closely with cross-functional teams, including business, product, engineering, and technology, to deliver value-driven outcomes that support RBG’s strategic goals.

Key Result Areas

Key responsibilities include:

• Driving the identification and design solutions to meet evolving business needs.
• Ensuring RBG architectural governance and adherence to Enterprise Architecture standards throughout the solution and software lifecycle.
• Reviewing and supporting engineering teams in building robust, scalable products and platforms.
• Drive the adoption of APIs and microservices across retail banking systems, including External APIs for partner integrations & openbanking and internal APIs for modular service orchestration.
• Promote reusability and extensibility across retail platforms to accelerate product delivery.
• Recommend and oversee modernization initiatives to support evolving retail banking needs.
• Guide development teams in adopting and implementing security architecture and standards specific to customer-facing applications.
• Ensure non-functional requirements (e.g., performance, availability, scalability) are embedded in all solution designs.
• Collaborate with agile delivery models, working closely with product, engineering, and operations teams to ensure timely and scalable solution delivery.
• Maintain a retail-focused technology radar to track emerging trends and recommend innovations for continuous improvement.
• Provide input into enterprise architecture roadmaps from a retail perspective, ensuring scalability and adaptability.

Operating Environment, Framework and Boundaries, Working Relationships

• Reporting to Expertise Lead- Architecture
• Working with PO and TL to provide solution architecture for business use-cases aligned with Application owners
• Working with Engineering team to develop solutions as per defined standard and practices
• Working with Infrastructure and Enterprise Architecture teams to ensure the solution fits into the broader IT landscape.

Problem Solving

• Developing solution to solve business requirements
• Application build and deployment issues
• End to end diagnosis of digital journeys to back end systems

Decision Making Authority & Responsibility

• Driving optimal solution approach
• Recommending alternate and emerging tech stacks

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Overall 15+ years of application development experience, including 5+ years in Solution Architecture
• Having strong knowledge of banking technology with at least 5+ years of experience in solutioning banking applications
• Ability to operate within retail digital squads and SOR systems, balancing agile and waterfall methodologies. Senior Stakeholder Management
• Expertise in crafting Blueprint, High-level and Low-level designs
• Guide all the technology teams in stability of applications and platforms by providing critical inputs on various aspects like performance testing, performance tuning etc
• Ability to challenge technology solutions provided by vendors and in-house teams to propose an optimal solution
• Ability to identify the hotspots in the current application landscape and provide solutions to rectify
• Experience defining functional and non-functional application requirements
• Experience in architecting micro-services based applications.
• Experience working with online commerce and omni-channel retail business practice.
• Expert knowledge of multi cloud stack
• Enterprise Architecture certification TOGAF is preferred
• Strong knowledge on Domain Driven Design, microservices, API and front-app development tools such as Java, node.js, SpringBoot, API gateway, service mesh, react, ReactNative, .net core and emergent AI technology
• Excellent knowledge of SQL and NOSQL database technologies such as SQL, Oracle, MongoDB, etc.,
• Expertise in OAuth2.0, FAPI2.0, TLS, mTLS, GDPR/PII compliance and related security Architecture standards
• Experience working with an Agile DEVOPS development methodology using continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes