Senior Solutions Architect - • API lifecycle management

SUMMARY:
Senior Solutions Architect

POSITION INFO:

Position: Senior Solutions Architect

Solution Architecture & Design

• Design solution architectures for business initiatives and digital transformation programmes.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Develop architecture artefacts, including:
• Solution architecture diagrams
• Integration architecture
• Data architecture flows
• Infrastructure architecture
• Security architecture models
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture principles and reference architectures.

Financial Services Platform Architecture

Design and govern architecture across:

• Core banking systems
• Insurance policy administration platforms
• Payment processing platforms
• Trading platforms
• Customer engagement platforms
• Risk and compliance systems
• Data and analytics platforms

Ensure interoperability between:

• Legacy systems
• Cloud platforms
• Third-party fintech integrations
• Mobile and digital channels.

Cloud & Modern Platform Architecture

• Cloud platforms
• Containerised environments
• API-driven ecosystems
• Event driven architectures
• Scalability
• High availability
• Disaster recovery
• Elastic workloads.

Integration Architecture

• REST APIs
• GraphQL
• Event streaming
• Message brokers
• ESB platforms

Security & Regulatory Compliance

• POPIA
• Banking regulatory frameworks
• Data privacy regulations
• Identity and access management architecture
• Secure API design
• Encryption frameworks
• Data protection architecture
• Security threat modelling.

Delivery Governance

• Participating in architecture review boards
• Ensuring compliance with architecture standards
• Supporting agile delivery teams
• Providing solution design approval
• Ensuring technology debt is managed.

Technical Competencies

Architecture Frameworks

• TOGAF
• Zachman Framework
• SAFe architecture practices
• Domain-driven design

Financial Services Technology

• Core banking platforms (Temenos, Finacle, SAP Banking)
• Payments infrastructure
• CRM platforms
• Data warehouses
• Risk and compliance platforms.

Integration & API Architecture

• API lifecycle management
• Open banking architecture
• Event-driven systems
• Service-oriented architecture.

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Cloud native architecture
• Hybrid cloud environments
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation)
• CI/CD pipelines.

Data Architecture

• Data lakes
• Data warehouses
• Real-time analytics platforms
• Data governance frameworks
• Master data management.

Experience Requirements

Minimum Experience

• 7 – 10 years in technology
• 5 – 8 years in solution architecture roles

Preferred Industry Experience

• Banking
• Fintech

Education

Minimum

• Bachelor’s degree in:
• Technology related field

Professional Certifications (Any Preferred)

• TOGAF Certification
• AWS / Azure Architect Certification
• Kubernetes Certification
• SAFe Agilist / Architect
• ITIL certification.

Key Deliverables

• Solution architecture documents
• Architecture decision records
• Integration architecture diagrams
• Security architecture models
• Infrastructure architecture designs
• Technology roadmap inputs.

Typical Technology Stack in Financial Services

Backend

• Java
• .NET
• Spring Boot
• Node.js

Frontend

• Angular
• React
• NextJS

Integration

• MuleSoft
• Kafka
• IBM MQ
• Apigee

Cloud

• AWS
• Azure
• Google Cloud

Data Platforms

• Snowflake
• Databricks
• Hadoop
• Power BI / Tableau.