Solution Enterprise Architect

CoorB; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 210,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

CoorB is engaged to support a leading Saudi Arabian retail bank digitizing its Murabaha Revolving Credit Card product. The Solution Enterprise Architect leads the Technology workstream end-to-end, producing architectural blueprints, gap analyses, and a prioritized roadmap.

This discovery and assessment engagement requires senior consulting leadership, hands-on experience with retail banking architectures and integration stacks, and on-site presence in Saudi Arabia for all 12 weeks, with English

Qualifications

• Senior consulting leadership with multi-week engagements for retail banking clients.
• Retail banking origination or channel architecture experience in cards/loans/accounts.
• Knowledge of enterprise integration platforms, API gateways, and middleware.
• Full-time onsite presence in Saudi Arabia for the full 12 weeks; visa/travel confirmed.

Responsibilities

• Own the Technology workstream end-to-end and deliver technical artifacts.
• Lead the 5‑week current‑state assessment of applications, data, APIs, and automation/STP.
• Design the 7‑week target-state architecture with blueprints, gap analyses, and a prioritized roadmap.
• Engage with CIOs, Head of Digital, and platform owners at executive level.
• Coordinate with the Integration/API Architect and Digital Journey workstream.

Skills

Consulting leadership

Retail banking architecture

Enterprise integration

Onsite presence

English proficiency

Tools

Newgen BPM

Temenos T24

IBM DataPower

IBM WebSphere ESB

Job description

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Job Description

A top-5 Saudi Arabian retail bank — one of the largest Sharia‑compliant banks in the region — is digitizing the customer acquisition journey for its Murabaha Revolving Credit Card (MRCC) product. CoorB is providing the specialist team that owns the Technology workstream of the program.

Role Overview

The Solution Enterprise Architect leads that workstream end-to-end and is the single point of accountability for all technical deliverables: current‑state architecture review, integration and API assessment, automation and Straight‑Through Processing (STP) evaluation, and the target‑state architecture blueprint. This is a discovery and assessment consultancy — no implementation, build, or Business Requirements Documents. Deliverables are architectural blueprints, gap analyses, and a prioritized implementation roadmap.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the Technology workstream end-to-end as the single point of accountability for all technical deliverables.
• Lead the 5‑week current‑state assessment: application, data, API/integration, and automation/STP architecture review.
• Direct the 7‑week target‑state design, producing architecture blueprints, gap analyses, and a prioritized implementation roadmap.
• Operate at executive level (CIO, Head of Digital, Head of Architecture) and with technology platform owners.
• Reconcile the non‑functional envelope (documented ~1,000 tx/day vs. higher scoping figures) in the first technical scoping session.
• Manage the go/no‑go gate between assessment and design, including platform‑owner access for the Newgen orchestration layer.
• Direct the Integration/API Architect and coordinate with the Digital Journey workstream.

Requirements

• Senior consulting leadership. Demonstrated experience leading consulting engagements of comparable scope (12 weeks or longer, multi‑disciplinary teams of three to four) for retail banking clients, producing client‑ready deliverables independently to a consulting‑grade standard.
• Retail banking origination or channel architecture. Prior experience leading an enterprise‑or or channel‑architecture assessment in retail banking — credit cards, retail loans, account opening, or mortgages. Card origination preferred but not required.
• Traditional enterprise architecture stacks. Working knowledge of enterprise integration platforms (ESB, SOAP/XML services), BPM workflow engines, API gateways, on‑premise middleware, and core banking systems, with the ability to assess such environments objectively on architectural merit.
• Full‑time onsite presence in Saudi Arabia. Mandatory for the full 12 weeks. Remote or hybrid arrangements will not be considered; candidates must confirm visa eligibility and travel availability prior to interview.
• Professional proficiency in English. Full professional proficiency, spoken and written. All client‑facing communication and deliverables are produced in English.

Preferred Experience

• Platform experience. Hands‑on with one or more of Newgen BPM, Temenos T24, IBM DataPower, or IBM WebSphere ESB.
• Credit card origination. Direct experience auditing or designing a credit card acquisition or origination architecture.
• Islamic banking products. Working understanding of Murabaha and Tawarruq structures; the MRCC flow includes a Sharia‑specific commodity buy‑sell step.
• KSA national digital rails. Familiarity with Nafath, Absher, SIMAH, ZATCA, SANAD, GOSI, and Wathq, and common bank integration patterns.
• Straight‑Through Processing. Prior work on STP frameworks for retail banking acquisition or transaction processing.