Expert Solution Architect

Purpose

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solution architectures for complex business and technology initiatives.
• Translate business requirements into application, integration, data, infrastructure, and security architecture.
• Define solution components, interfaces, technology patterns, and integration approaches.
• Design payment flows and platform solutions across schemes, partners, and core systems.
• Ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and technology standards.
• Ensure architectures satisfy SAMA regulatory, data residency, and audit requirements.
• Evaluate build-versus-buy options and assess vendor solutions against business and technical requirements.
• Conduct architecture assessments and identify technical risks, dependencies, and constraints.
• Design for high availability, resilience, and disaster recovery in payment-critical systems.
• Review technical designs and implementations for alignment with approved architecture.
• Present and defend solution designs in architecture governance forums.
• Guide engineering teams through solution design and implementation across multiple squads.

Architecture Enablement

• Support modernization, scalability, resilience, and technology optimization initiatives.
• Maintain architecture documentation, solution diagrams, and records of technical decisions.

Qualifications and Experience

• A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field is required.
• A master's degree is preferred.
• At least five years of experience in software engineering and architecture, including end-to-end solution ownership, is required.
• Broad expertise across application, integration, data, cloud, and security architecture is required.
• A hands-on background as a senior engineer before moving into architecture is required.
• Payments or banking experience is required.
• Knowledge of card schemes, ISO 8583/20022, and national payment rails is required.
• TOGAF or an equivalent architecture certification is preferred.