Senior Solution Architect

Location: Dubai, UAE
Experience: 10+ Years

Job Overview:

We are looking for experienced Senior Solution Architect with deep technical expertise and strong solution-oriented capabilities to design and architect resilient, reliable, secure, and high-performing applications.

The role will work closely with the Head of Architecture, while also collaborating with the Delivery Head / Lead within the relevant business or functional domain. The Senior Architect will be responsible for developing architecture solutions that effectively balance functional requirements, customer/user experience, performance, reliability, resiliency, and security.

Key Responsibilities:

Solution Architecture & Design

  • Design and architect resilient, reliable, and secure applications within microservices and API-based ecosystems.
  • Develop and maintain architecture standards, guidelines, and best practices.
  • Create end-to-end design patterns, high-level designs, and solution architectures across:
    • Backend applications
    • Frontend applications
    • Mobile applications
    • APIs
    • Message brokers
    • Event streams
    • Microservices
  • Design solutions for container-based and cloud-native infrastructure.
  • Evaluate and recommend appropriate architectural principles and patterns, clearly articulating their benefits and trade-offs.

Agile & Stakeholder Collaboration

  • Work closely with Agile Tribes and Squads across Quarterly Planning, Sprint Planning, Sprint Refinement, and Sprint Retrospectives.
  • Collaborate with internal departments and subsidiaries to align architecture decisions with business and technical requirements.
  • Work across functional and technical teams to ensure effective solution delivery.

Security & Resilience

  • Embed cybersecurity and information security best practices into architecture and solution design.
  • Ensure solutions are designed with appropriate reliability, resiliency, security, and performance considerations.

Required Skills & Experience:

  • 10+ years of experience developing end-to-end design patterns, high-level designs, and solutions across backend, frontend, and mobile applications.
  • Strong experience in banking, accounting, payments, lending, and credit products.
  • Corporate banking domain exposure is an advantage.
  • Must have participated in or led at least 3 projects involving resilient, reliable, and secure applications within microservices and API-based ecosystems.
  • Deep knowledge of:
    • APIs
    • Message brokers
    • Event streams
    • Microservices
    • Container-based infrastructure
    • Cloud-native infrastructure
  • Strong understanding of embedding cybersecurity and information security into architecture and design.
  • Experience working with Agile methodologies, Agile team structures, and Agile deliverables including Features, Epics, Stories, and Acceptance Criteria.
  • Strong willingness to learn and adapt to new functional domains.

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