Principal Architect – Digital & Cloud Transformation, Wholesale Banking

Talent First; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent First in Singapore seeks an experienced Principal Enterprise Architect to lead technology transformation initiatives for Banking and Financial Services clients across APAC, with a focus on Wholesale Banking. You will design scalable, secure, and modern enterprise solutions across applications, cloud, data, AI, and integration.

The role blends enterprise architecture, technology consulting, presales, and delivery, making it ideal for a senior architect who enjoys working with clients and

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in software engineering, solution or enterprise architecture.
• 6+ years in senior architecture roles such as Principal Architect or Enterprise Architect.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale enterprise transformation programmes.
• Strong Wholesale Banking experience across Payments, Cash Management, Financial Markets, Trade Finance, Treasury, or Liquidity.
• Expertise in enterprise integration, APIs, banking platforms, and transaction-processing systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of enterprise and solution architectures for large-scale transformations.
• Develop architecture roadmaps, target-state designs, blueprints, and integration strategies.
• Drive application modernization, cloud migration, and platform consolidation.
• Design modern architectures using Microservices, APIs, EDA, and cloud-native tech.
• Provide technical guidance on Kubernetes, containers, DevSecOps, CI/CD, IaC, and platform engineering.
• Engage with clients on architecture workshops, discovery, RFPs/RFIs, proposals, POCs, and presentations.
• Ensure architecture governance, risk management, and non-functional quality across delivery.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture

Technology Consulting

Presales

Delivery Leadership

Cloud Strategy

Security & Compliance

AI/ML & Generative AI

Kubernetes

CI/CD & DevSecOps

Tools

Kubernetes

APIs

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Infrastructure-as-Code

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Principal Enterprise Architect to lead technology transformation initiatives for Banking and Financial Services clients across APAC, with a focus on Wholesale Banking.

You will work closely with senior business and technology stakeholders to design scalable, secure, and modern enterprise solutions across applications, cloud, data, AI, and integration.

The role combines enterprise architecture, technology consulting, presales, and delivery, making it ideal for a senior architect who enjoys working with clients and solving complex technology challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design of enterprise and solution architectures for large-scale transformation programmes.
• Develop architecture roadmaps, target-state designs, solution blueprints, and integration strategies.
• Drive application modernization, cloud migration, legacy transformation, and platform consolidation.
• Design modern architectures using Microservices, APIs, Event-Driven Architecture, and cloud-native technologies.
• Design solutions across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, hybrid and private cloud environments.
• Develop architectures for data, analytics, AI/ML, and Generative AI.
• Provide technical guidance on Kubernetes, containers, DevSecOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and platform engineering.
• Design technology solutions for Wholesale Banking, including Payments, Cash Management, Financial Markets, Trade Finance, Treasury, and Liquidity.
• Work directly with clients on architecture workshops, solution discovery, RFPs/RFIs, proposals, POCs, and technical presentations.
• Provide architecture governance and technical guidance throughout solution delivery.
• Identify technical risks and ensure solutions meet security, regulatory, scalability, resilience, and performance requirements.
• Develop reusable architecture standards, patterns, and reference architectures.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Technology Consulting, or related fields.
• 6+ years in senior architecture roles such as Principal Architect, Enterprise Architect, or Solution Architect.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale enterprise transformation programmes.
• Strong Wholesale Banking experience, ideally across Payments, Cash Management, Financial Markets, Trade Finance, Treasury, or Liquidity.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise integration, APIs, banking platforms, and transaction-processing systems.
• Hands-on experience with cloud, modern applications, data platforms, and AI technologies.
• Experience with Kubernetes, containers, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of security, scalability, resilience, availability, and performance.
• Experience supporting technical presales, client workshops, RFP/RFI responses, proposals, and POCs.

Key Technical Areas

Strong expertise in at least two of the following:

• Microservices & Event-Driven Architecture
• Data Platforms, AI/ML & Generative AI
• Multi-Cloud / Hybrid Cloud
• Enterprise Integration & API Architecture
• Cloud-Native Application Modernisation