Senior Solution Architect - (Digital Products & Security)

Posted 8/24/2026 · last confirmed live 8/26/2026

We are looking for an experienced Senior Solution Architect with strong expertise across solution architecture, application architecture, cloud-native technologies, and security architecture to support large-scale Digital Products and Digital Onboarding initiatives. The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise in designing secure, resilient, scalable, and high-performance solutions across web applications, mobile applications, microservices, APIs, cloud platforms, containers, event-driven architectures, and enterprise ecosystems . The role requires a strong balance of customer experience, business requirements, performance, reliability, resiliency, and security , along with the ability to work closely with product owners, business stakeholders, engineering teams, information security teams, and other architecture functions. Requirements Key Responsibilities Develop, maintain, and enforce architecture standards, guidelines, patterns, and best practices . Design and deliver end-to-end solution architectures based on requirements from product owners and business stakeholders. Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into scalable, secure, and resilient architecture solutions. Design architectures for web applications, mobile applications, microservices, APIs, and their associated technology ecosystems . Ensure application designs follow established engineering best practices, architectural patterns, user journeys, and UX requirements. Design solutions that balance user experience, business requirements, performance, scalability, reliability, resiliency, availability, and security . Develop end-to-end design patterns and reusable architecture blueprints/reference architectures. Design and oversee integration of applications with surrounding enterprise ecosystems, including mobile applications, microservices, APIs, event streams, message brokers, containers, and cloud-native technologies . Collaborate with Information Security teams to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of enterprise data and technology assets. Ensure solution designs comply with applicable security standards, architecture principles, internal policies, and regulatory requirements. Contribute to building reliable, resilient, secure, and scalable platforms . Deliver complete and self-sufficient architecture solutions and design documents within agreed timelines. Identify opportunities to improve architecture and solution design workflows through automation and process optimization . Conduct architecture peer reviews and ensure proposed solutions align with established standards and reference architectures. Deliver architecture education and knowledge-sharing workshops to architects and technology teams. Coach and mentor associate and junior architects. Work autonomously on complex architecture decisions while seeking alignment from relevant stakeholders where required. Continuously develop technical and professional capabilities, with a particular focus on Security Architecture . Required Technical & Architecture Skills Solution & Application Architecture Strong overall knowledge of software engineering and solution architecture . Minimum 5+ years of experience designing applications , including web and mobile applications. Minimum 5+ years of experience designing microservices and APIs . Deep understanding of modern architectural patterns including: Microservices API architecture Application architecture Mobile application architecture Event-driven architecture Distributed systems Experience designing complete end-to-end solutions across complex enterprise ecosystems. Strong understanding of application integration patterns and enterprise technology ecosystems. Cloud & Cloud-Native Architecture Minimum 5+ years of experience working with cloud-native technologies . Strong hands-on architectural understanding of: Containers Kubernetes OpenShift Service Mesh Virtualization Experience with cloud platforms such as: OpenShift Microsoft Azure AWS Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Ability to design secure, scalable, resilient, and highly available cloud-native solutions. Security Architecture Minimum 3+ years of experience in Cyber Security / Information Security . Strong understanding of Security Architecture principles. Deep understanding of: Authentication Authorization Encryption Logging & Monitoring Application Security OWASP Top 10 Infrastructure Security Cloud Security Security regulations and compliance Experience collaborating with Information Security teams to embed security into solution architecture and application design. Ability to balance security requirements with business functionality, customer experience, performance, and delivery objectives. Integration & Enterprise Ecosystem Strong experience integrating applications with enterprise technologies including: Mobile applications Microservices REST/API ecosystems Event streams Message brokers Containers Cloud-native platforms Distributed services Architecture Tools & Platforms Experience with enterprise architecture tools such as Enterprise Architect . Experience with data modeling tools . Practical experience working with enterprise architecture standards, blueprints, reusable patterns, and reference architectures. Behavioral & Leadership Competencies The successful candidate should demonstrate: Strong delivery focus while maintaining the right balance between customer experience, business requirements, performance, reliability, resiliency, and security . Excellent analytical and critical-thinking skills. Strong stakeholder management and expectation-management capabilities. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Strong time-management and prioritization skills. High energy, enthusiasm, and passion for technology and architecture. Ability to make autonomous technical decisions with minimal guidance. Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities. High learning agility and willingness to continuously develop technical expertise. Ability to coach and mentor associate and junior architects. Ability to work effectively across business, product, engineering, security, infrastructure, and architecture teams. Delivery & Architecture Governance The role will be expected to contribute to: Delivery of complete and self-sufficient architecture solutions within agreed timelines. Improvement of architecture design workflows and efficiency through automation. Development of reliable, resilient, and secure technology platforms. Architecture peer review sessions. Definition and adoption of reusable architecture blueprints and reference architectures. Technical education and architecture workshops for chapter and delivery teams. Continuous improvement of architecture standards, patterns, and best practices. Ongoing development toward Security Architecture mastery . Preferred Experience Experience within banking, financial services, or other highly regulated enterprise environments . Experience with large-scale digital transformation programmes. Experience working on Digital Products and Digital Onboarding platforms. Experience working with complex enterprise application ecosystems. Experience with cloud-native modernization and distributed architectures. Experience working closely with Cyber Security / Information Security teams.

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