Solution Architect (Banking & Financial Services)

About the role

An experienced Solution Architect is sought, with 12+ years of overall IT experience and at least 5 years in solution architecture. Banking and Financial Services (BFSI) domain experience is preferred. The role covers defining end-to-end solution architecture, leading architecture discussions and driving cloud and microservices initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Define end-to-end solution architecture aligned with business and technical requirements.
• Lead architecture discussions with business, development, infrastructure and project teams.
• Design scalable, secure and high-performing enterprise solutions.
• Review and approve technical designs, solution blueprints and implementation approaches.
• Drive microservices, API integration, event-driven architecture and cloud adoption initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards, security frameworks and governance requirements.
• Support technical planning, project estimation, risk assessment and delivery.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams.

Required profile

• 12+ years of overall IT experience.
• Minimum 5 years in Solution Architecture roles.
• BFSI domain experience preferred.

Required skills

• Solution and Enterprise Architecture, Design Patterns, Microservices, Distributed Systems, System Integration, API Design, Event-Driven Architecture, DDD, Security and Compliance.
• Java 11/17/21, JavaScript.
• Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Hibernate, Struts, JSP, React.
• AWS preferred; Azure/AWS exposure is an advantage.
• Stakeholder management, Agile delivery, technical leadership.