Solutions Architect

• Lead the end-to-end architecture design in collaboration with domain architects, ensuring solutions meet banking regulatory and compliance requirements (data protection, encryption at rest/in transit, auditability).
• Lead the design of APIs, including REST, GraphQL, and event-driven APIs.
• Enforce API governance standards:

• API design guidelines (OpenAPI/Swagger/Postman)
• Versioning and lifecycle management
• Security standards (OAuth2, mTLS, JWT, scopes/claims)
• Throttling, rate limiting, and monetization strategies
• Design high availability and disaster recovery strategies (multi-AZ, multi-region, failover patterns, RTO/RPO).
• Implement zero-trust security principles and secure access patterns.
• Assess the systems architecture currently in place and work with technical staff to recommend solutions to improve it, in alignment with Enterprise Architecture.
• Understand potential impacts of proposed solutions on other systems, processes or projects. Assist teams by providing appropriate directions, design considerations, tradeoffs, benefits and recommendations.
• Constantly develop knowledge of current and emerging technologies. Identify new and emerging solutions, assess their relevance and potential value to the organization and provide recommendations to teammates and management.
• Aid in steering the technology direction and standards.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (required)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (Nice to have)

• 7+ years of professional experience in one or a combination of the following areas: application architecture, application development, cloud-native technologies, integration architecture, IT infrastructure and operations.
• Hands-on experience on application architecture understanding the layout of application deployment and design, middleware options, protocols, API gateways, platform infrastructures, and domain-driven design.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud architecture and services.
• Deep knowledge of API architecture and governance.
• Proven experience with distributed systems and microservices architectures.
• Strong understanding of integration patterns and middleware concepts.
• Experience implementing secure API access, and integration patterns.
• Solid experience with networking concepts in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with data consistency models, caching strategies, and performance tuning.
• Keen interest in new technologies, willingness to research and self-study to keep skills relevant.
• Mentors and motivates other to provide results, seeks opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Comfortable working in cross functional teams.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to work effectively with individuals of varying backgrounds, levels, and technical expertise.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with attention to detail, intuitive, assertive, proactive, and positive.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, and rapidly changing environment.
• Must be self-motivated, team-oriented, and able to operate with minimal supervision.
• Experience in financial services/banking a plus.

• Strong architectural vision and ability to translate business strategy into technical solutions.
• Deep understanding of trade-offs in distributed systems (latency, consistency, cost, availability).
• Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams.
• Strong focus on security, cost, compliance, and operational excellence.

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