Senior Banking Solutions Architect — Gulf Region (Cloud & APIs)

Tawantech; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

TAWANTECH is seeking a highly experienced Solution Architect for banking and financial services in Saudi Arabia. The role focuses on translating complex business requirements into scalable, secure technology solutions, guiding enterprise architecture, integration, cloud, and middleware strategies across large environments.

You will lead architecture decisions for core banking, payments, and APIs, collaborating with business and technical stakeholders to ensure security, performance, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, CS, or related field.
• 15+ years of experience in solution architecture and enterprise systems design.
• Strong banking domain experience (core banking, payments, digital banking).
• Gulf region experience (KSA / GCC) preferred.
• Expertise in API-led and microservices architectures, cloud platforms, and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead end-to-end solution architecture for large banking systems.
• Define architecture models across app, integration, data, and infra layers.
• Lead decisions for core banking, payments, digital channels, APIs.
• Translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Ensure alignment with EA standards, security, scalability, performance.
• Govern API-led and microservices-based architectures.
• Oversee delivery across the full SDLC with quality and timelines.
• Support development, DevOps, and operations teams during implementation.
• Participate in architecture reviews and governance.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

API Management

Microservices

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

Kubernetes

Stakeholder Communication

SAFe / Agile

Education

Bachelors in CS/CE

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

APIs

Middleware

Job description

TAWANTECH is seeking a highly experienced Solution Architect for banking and financial services in Saudi Arabia. The role focuses on translating complex business requirements into scalable, secure technology solutions, guiding enterprise architecture, integration, cloud, and middleware strategies across large environments.

You will lead architecture decisions for core banking, payments, and APIs, collaborating with business and technical stakeholders to ensure security, performance, and