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Job Title: Application ArchitectJob Location: RemoteJOB PURPOSE:1. Solution Architecture Application Review- Review solution architectures (HLD\/LLD) with focus on application design, modularity, and scalability.- Validate alignment of application designs with the banks enterprise architecture principles, standards, and target-state blueprints.- Provide recommendations to ensure robust, maintainable, and high-performing application architectures.2. Application Architecture Governance- Represent the application domain in Enterprise Architecture Design Authority (EADA) or equivalent governance forums.- Ensure solution proposals adhere to enterprise application standards, frameworks, and guidelines.- Enforce consistency in design patterns, frameworks, and technology stack adoption across the bank.3. Application Design Best Practices- Define and promote reference architectures for common business domains (core banking, lending, payments, CRM, ERP, risk).- Recommend design patterns for:- Multi-tiered and microservices applications- API-first and event-driven architecture- Cloud-native and containerized applications- Secure session management, caching, and transaction handling- Guide teams in application modernization and migration from legacy monoliths to modern platforms.4. Security Compliance in Applications- Work closely with Security Architect to embed security-by-design principles in application solutions.- Ensure application designs implement authentication, authorization, encryption, and data privacy controls.- Validate compliance with banking regulations (e.g., GDPR, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, Central Bank standards).- Identify risks like insecure coding, weak integrations, or data leakage, and recommend mitigations.5. Operational Resilience Performance- Ensure application designs support resilience, scalability, and high availability.- Recommend fault tolerance, load balancing, failover, and disaster recovery (DR\/BCP) mechanisms.- Validate application performance SLAs (response time, transaction throughput, concurrency).6. Collaboration Stakeholder Alignment- Partner with solution architects, business teams, developers, and infrastructure teams to ensure end-to-end application alignment.- Act as a trusted advisor to IT delivery leads and program managers on application architecture decisions.- Ensure applications are designed for reusability, interoperability, and agility across channels.7. Innovation Continuous Improvement- Drive adoption of modern application technologies (microservices, DevSecOps, API gateways, serverless computing, low-code platforms).- Stay updated on industry trends in banking applications (digital channels, cloud-native apps, container orchestration).- Continuously enrich the Enterprise Application Repository with reusable design assets, standards, and lessons learned.8. Design end-to-end solution architecturesfor banking applications, ensuring alignment with business goals, enterprise architecture standards, and technology strategy.9. Evaluate and recommend appropriate architecturepatterns, tools, and platforms for new and existing solutions.10.Create architecture artifactssuch as solution blueprints, sequence diagrams, data flow diagrams, integration designs, and interface contracts.11.Work with cross-functional teamsincluding business, development, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver high-quality solutions.12.Translate business requirementsinto scalable and modular solution designs. Create detailed solution architecture documents including logical, physical, integration, and deployment views.13.Ensure non-functional requirements(performance, security, reliability, scalability) are properly addressed.14.Review document,if proof-of-concept (PoC) initiatives to validate emerging technologies or solution approaches.15.Collaborate with DevOps teamsto ensure that the solution architecture supports continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI\/CD).16.Address security aspectssuch as data encryption, access control, and identity management in the architecture.17.Present architecture proposalsand review outcomes to architecture governance boards and executive stakeholders.18.Identify architecturalrisks and define mitigation strategies early in the project lifecycle.19.Assess the impact of proposedchanges on existing applications, infrastructure, and enterprise architecture.20.Capture and documentarchitecture decisions made during critical meetings, workshops, and design discussions.KEY RESULT AREA:Explore recommend new technologies supporting Cloud, On Prem ApplicationsPresent Solution designs and seek approval in Architecture review boardsShould be strong in solution design.Conduct and drive POCs.Derive Blueprints, High Level Design (HLD) and Notings to SolutionsEDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.Certifications in architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF) or cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) are preferred.PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS:Banking, Financial Services, or Fintech.Prior experience in large-scale banking transformation or modernization programs.Required Skills Experience:10 to 15+ years of IT experience, with at least 5 years as a Solution Architect for large-scale enterprise systems.Proven experience in banking and financial services, particularly in areas such as Core Banking, Payments, Digital Banking, Lending, and Channels.Strong understanding of banking business processes and compliance requirements.Hands-on experience in designing solutions using integration tools (e.g., IBM Integration Bus IBM API Gateway) and messaging platforms (e.g., Kafka, MQ).Familiarity with security protocols and data protection standards in banking environments (e.g., OAuth2, TLS, PKI, DLP).Cloud architecture experience (Azure, AWS,or GCP) with hybrid integration knowledge.Strong knowledge of DevOps, CI\/CD, microservices, and containerization (Docker\/Kubernetes).Familiar with enterprise architecture frameworks like TOGAF or BIAN.
