Application Architect (Banking)

Key Responsibilities:
Architectural Design & Strategy: Define the end-to-end architecture for enterprise-grade applications, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, scalability, and high availability.

Banking Systems Integration: Design robust integration patterns for legacy banking systems, core banking platforms, and modern third-party APIs or fintech solutions.

Governance & Compliance: Ensure all application architectures strictly adhere to financial regulatory standards, data privacy laws, and corporate security policies.

Technical Leadership: Partner with product managers and lead engineers to translate complex business needs into clean technical blueprints, system diagrams, and documentation.

Technology Evaluation: Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and cloud services to modernize existing infrastructure while minimizing technical debt. Security Architecture: Implement rigorous security frameworks, including zero-trust principles, secure identity management and end-to-end data encryption.

Key Requirements:

Minimum of 3 years of dedicated experience in an Application Architect, Solutions Architect, or Tech Lead role.

Banking Expertise: Proven track record working within a commercial bank, investment bank, or financial institution.

Domain Knowledge: Deep understanding of banking ecosystems, such as payment gateways, core banking processing, transaction ledgers, or credit/lending systems.

Architecture Patterns: Strong proficiency in microservices, event-driven architecture, Domain-Driven Design, and API design.

Cloud & DevSecOps: Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and containerization ecosystems. Data Management: Solid understanding of relational databases, NoSQL databases, and distributed caching mechanisms.

Security & Compliance: Familiarity with financial security frameworks, secure coding practices, and regulatory standards like PCI-DSS, SOC2, or local banking guidelines.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset, particularly under high-pressure scenarios.

Preferred Qualifications: Professional certifications in cloud architecture; Experience with legacy migration strategies; Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development methodologies.