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Role Overview: Join Citis Trade and Working Capital Solutions (TWCS) Technology team as a SaaS Solutions Architect to support a strategic modernization initiative aimed at delivering existing white-label services through scalable Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) models. This role is crucial in enabling the technology transformation journey, aligning modern architectural practices with client-centric innovation within the global trade finance ecosystem. You will play a key technical role in driving architectural design, modernization roadmap, and technical governance to scale and deliver secure, resilient, and client-aligned SaaS offerings. This is a unique opportunity to influence the future of TWCS as it transitions to a SaaS-first delivery model, working alongside visionary leaders and leveraging modern technologies for Citis next-generation offerings in the global trade ecosystem. Key Responsibilities: - Architect Scalable SaaS Solutions: Design modern, secure, and multi-tenant SaaS architecture to support white-label client needs and evolving TWCS product capabilities. - Modernization & Migration Planning: Lead current-to-future state architectural assessments and define modernization blueprints ensuring seamless client migration. - Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with internal engineering, infrastructure, security, and compliance teams, as well as external client technology stakeholders to drive alignment on design decisions. - Security & Compliance: Embed robust security architecture principles and ensure adherence to global financial regulatory standards. - Platform Enablement: Provide architectural oversight across DevOps automation, API integrations, observability, and performance optimization to meet SLAs and high availability targets. - Innovation & IP Monetization: Contribute to identifying architectural strategies that support the monetization of TWCS IP through flexible and modular SaaS frameworks. - Governance & Best Practices: Establish architectural patterns, coding standards, and documentation to ensure consistent delivery across TWCS capabilities. Qualifications: - 12+ years of technology experience with at least 5+ years in SaaS architecture or solution design roles. - Proven expertise in designing and deploying scalable SaaS platforms in cloud-native or hybrid environments. - Experience delivering solutions in public cloud. - Experience with microservices, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and API-first development. - Sound knowledge of security, compliance, and data protection practices, particularly within regulated industries like financial services. - Strong grasp of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and observability frameworks. - Hands-on experience in financial services, fintech, or trade & logistics platforms is preferred. - Ability to engage senior stakeholders and influence decision-making through structured architecture proposals. Please note that this job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed, and other job-related duties may be assigned as required. Role Overview: Join Citis Trade and Working Capital Solutions (TWCS) Technology team as a SaaS Solutions Architect to support a strategic modernization initiative aimed at delivering existing white-label services through scalable Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) models. This role is crucial in enabling the technology transformation journey, aligning modern architectural practices with client-centric innovation within the global trade finance ecosystem. You will play a key technical role in driving architectural design, modernization roadmap, and technical governance to scale and deliver secure, resilient, and client-aligned SaaS offerings. This is a unique opportunity to influence the future of TWCS as it transitions to a SaaS-first delivery model, working alongside visionary leaders and leveraging modern technologies for Citis next-generation offerings in the global trade ecosystem. Key Responsibilities: - Architect Scalable SaaS Solutions: Design modern, secure, and multi-tenant SaaS architecture to support white-label client needs and evolving TWCS product capabilities. - Modernization & Migration Planning: Lead current-to-future state architectural assessments and define modernization blueprints ensuring seamless client migration. - Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with internal engineering, infrastructure, security, and compliance teams, as well as external client technology stakeholders to drive alignment on design decisions. - Security & Compliance: Embed robust security architecture principles and ensure adherence to global financial regulatory standards. - Platform Enablement: Provide architectural oversight across DevOps automation, API integrations, observability, and performance optimization to meet SLAs and high availability targets. - Innovation & IP Monetization: Contribute to identifying architectural strategies that support the monetization of TWCS IP through
