:Our client, a global IT consulting firm, is looking to hire a Senior Solutions Architect for one of their operations in the Corporate Banking domain. The desired candidate will be based at their Dubai location & should have strong experience in the corporate banking domain. You will be accountable for architecture & designing comprehensive solutions that meet business requirements in support of a given portfolioYour duties & responsibilities will include but not limited to :Responsibilities Include:

• Represent Technology Strategy & Architecture in programs/initiatives.

• Provide technical recommendations and trade-offs which address business needs and timelines.

• Participate in cross-functional, cross-discipline architecture teams to enhance/set architectural direction for key business initiatives.

• Produce conceptual and logical architectures to meet strategic business, financial, and technology objectives through documentation of systems, architectures and process flows.

• Ensure alignment of initiative solutions designs with architecture and technology strategies.

• Develop standards, patterns, and best practices for reuse.

• Promote design adherence to bank policies and standards, architectural principles, and guidelines.

• Effectively communicate designs/solutions in multiple forums and to various audiences including technology and business stakeholders

• Drive buy vs. build decisions based on reviewing products and capabilities within the enterprise as well as leading industry products and technologies

• Sound knowledge and hand-on experience with designing, documenting, and implementing RESTful APIs and MicroService Architecture

• Experience of PaaS/IaaS; hands-on experience in any popular cloud service: Azure, Amazon AWS, Google Cloud

• Industry best practices in architectural methodologies and standards (e.g., Zachman, TOGAF etc.)

• Experience in an Agile environment and coaching others in this approach

• Excellent communication / stakeholder skills.

RequirementsTo be considered for this role:

• At least 12 years of technology experience with 4 years of banking/financial services experience and 2 to 3 years as Solution/Technology architect (Solution design experience)

• Experience in the banking domain, specifically in Core Banking systems (mandatory)

• Broad based IT knowledge and experience (Hardware, Financial Software, Middleware/Integration, Databases)

• Hands-on programming experience with any popular programming languages: Java,.NET, etc.

• Knowledge in various Enterprise integration patterns.

• Good understanding of Kafka Platform

• Knows Oauth2 and how it works.

• Good team working and critical thinking skills.

• Competitive Package with Family benefits as per company standard will be provided.

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