Solution Architect - Banking & Financial Services

About the role

An experienced Solution Architect with a strong background in banking and financial services is sought to support technology development, transformation and system modernisation projects for banks and financial institutions. The role reports to the Head of Delivery, ASEAN Business Unit, and works closely with business and technology teams to deliver scalable, secure and reliable banking solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Define and design end-to-end solution architecture covering application, integration, data, infrastructure and security.
• Translate business and functional requirements into technical solutions, blueprints and design documents.
• Produce architecture deliverables such as solution architecture documents, high-level and detailed designs, integration designs, data flows and deployment diagrams.
• Assess existing systems, identify gaps and define target-state architecture and modernisation roadmaps.
• Evaluate technology options, run proofs of concept and recommend solutions.
• Validate non-functional requirements for performance, scalability, availability, resilience, security and disaster recovery.
• Guide development, testing and DevOps teams, review designs and support implementation and post-implementation reviews.
• Collaborate with business analysts, project managers, infrastructure, security and vendor teams.

Required profile

• 8-10 years of IT experience, with 3-5 years as a Solution Architect or Technical Architect in banking or financial services.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and problem-solving skills, able to present and justify architecture decisions.
• Banking domain knowledge and experience in system modernisation, core system replacement, ISO 20022 / SWIFT messaging or MAS / BNM regulations are added advantages.

Required skills

• Hands-on experience with Java / Spring Boot, microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture and cloud platforms (AWS / Azure).
• Container technologies (Kubernetes / OpenShift).
• Architecture frameworks (TOGAF / C4), integration patterns, databases, security and non-functional requirements.