Solution Architect – Banking / E-Invoicing

Job Overview We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect to design and lead end-to-end technology solutions for a banking client, with a focus on e-invoicing, enterprise integration, cloud platforms, security, and regulatory compliance . The role will work closely with business, technology, security, infrastructure, and compliance teams to ensure scalable, secure, and regulatory-compliant solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solution architecture, including integration patterns, application components, security, error handling, and data flows.
• Define architecture for e-invoicing and digital invoicing solutions, ensuring seamless integration with banking and enterprise systems.
• Design and oversee API, middleware, event-driven, and system-to-system integrations across banking applications and external platforms.
• Develop scalable and resilient solutions aligned with the bank’s enterprise architecture standards and technology roadmap.
• Define data flows, interfaces, integration mechanisms, and error-handling frameworks across the solution landscape.
• Design secure solutions covering authentication, authorization, encryption, data protection, and API security.
• Ensure solutions comply with applicable banking regulations, information security policies, data privacy requirements, and regulatory standards.
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate cloud platforms and services across Azure/AWS or other enterprise cloud environments.
• Work closely with cybersecurity, risk, compliance, infrastructure, application, and engineering teams to ensure architecture meets all required controls.
• Review technical designs, solution specifications, and implementation approaches provided by delivery teams and vendors.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, scalability concerns, and integration challenges and provide appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Support architecture governance, design reviews, technology decisions, and implementation oversight throughout the project lifecycle.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of experience in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or technical architecture, preferably within banking or financial services.
• Strong experience in e-invoicing, digital banking, enterprise integration, or financial technology solutions.
• Proven expertise in integration architecture, including APIs, REST/SOAP, microservices, middleware, event-driven architecture, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, preferably Azure and/or AWS.
• Experience designing solutions with strong security, resilience, availability, scalability, and disaster recovery considerations.
• Good understanding of banking applications, payment systems, financial processes, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience working with security architecture, IAM, encryption, API security, data protection, and secure integration patterns.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, data flows, system interfaces, and integration dependencies.
• Experience working with enterprise architecture frameworks and governance processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage with business, technology, cybersecurity, risk, compliance, and senior management.

Preferred

• Experience with UAE banking clients and CBUAE regulatory requirements.
• Exposure to UAE e-invoicing / FTA requirements and digital tax/e-invoicing frameworks.
• Relevant architecture/cloud certifications such as TOGAF, AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, or equivalent.
• Experience delivering large-scale transformation or integration programs within a regulated banking environment.