Senior Solution Architect - Capital Markets

Job Description:

We are looking for a large global MNC client specialized global business process management partner, which is a global digital strategy and software engineering firm creating custom tech solutions for industries like automotive, finance, and healthcare, known for engineering complex digital products, operating in 21 countries, and focusing on digital transformation with strong expertise in automotive software-defined vehicles, financial services, and IT modernization.

This role owns architecture design, secures approval at the Architecture Review Board (ARB), and leads Technology Risk Assessments (TRA), constructively challenging Group Security Office (GSO) and central Enterprise Architecture to defend pragmatic and value-driven solutions. It acts as the trusted bridge between business stakeholders, vendors, central control functions, and engineering teams.

Education:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.

Functional & Domain:

- 11+ years as solution / enterprise architect in CIB, Capital Markets, or Investment Banking

- Strong understanding of trade lifecycle, post-trade, custody, asset management, and corporate finance

- Experience with major vendor platforms (Murex, SimCorp, Calypso, BlackRock Aladdin, Acadia, Traiana, or equivalent)

- Familiarity with regulatory and outsourcing frameworks (GSO, GORM, ADGM, MiFID, EMIR)

Technical Skills:

- Solid grasp of modern architecture patterns: microservices, event-driven, API-led, hexagonal, DDD

- Cloud architecture: AWS (primary) and Azure landing zones, security, IaC (Terraform), cost-aware design

- Integration patterns: APIs (REST/gRPC), messaging (Kafka, IBM MQ, Service Bus), ETL / streaming

- Data & AI awareness: data platforms, data mesh, ML/GenAI use cases, data governance basics

- Software engineering literacy: CI/CD, DevSecOps, SOLID, Twelve-Factor knows the craft even if not coding daily

Soft Skills:

- Executive presence: comfortable presenting to CIO, business heads, ARB, and senior vendors

- Influence without authority: drives decisions across teams, business, vendors, and control functions

- Constructive challenger: capable of pushing back on GSO / EA with evidence never combative, always solution-oriented

- Active listener and translator: turns business needs into architecture, and architecture into business value

- Strong written and verbal communication in English; clear, concise, and structured

- Pragmatic decision-maker: balances ideal architecture with delivery realities and time / cost constraints

- Self-starter: takes ownership end-to-end, comfortable with ambiguity and senior stakeholder pressure

- Collaborative team player: knows when to lead, when to listen, when to escalate