Solution Enterprise Architect
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About the Role
A top-5 Saudi Arabian retail bank u2014 one of the largest Sharia-compliant banks in the region u2014 is digitizing the customer acquisition journey for its Muraba.
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Responsibilities
- Own the Technology workstream end to end as the single point of accountability for all technical deliverables
- Lead the 5 week current state assessment: application, data, API/integration, and automation/STP architecture review
- Direct the 7 week target state design, producing architecture blueprints, gap analyses, and a prioritized implementation roadmap
- Operate at executive level (CIO, Head of Digital, Head of Architecture) and with technology platform owners
- Reconcile the non functional envelope in the first technical scoping session
- Manage the go/no go gate between assessment and design, including platform owner access for the Newgen orchestration layer
- Direct the Integration/API Architect and coordinate with the Digital Journey workstream
Requirements
- Senior consulting leadership with demonstrated experience leading consulting engagements of comparable scope for retail banking clients
- Prior experience leading an enterprise or channel architecture assessment in retail banking (credit cards, retail loans, account opening, or mortgages)
- Working knowledge of enterprise integration platforms (ESB, SOAP/XML services), BPM workflow engines, API gateways, on premise middleware, and core banking systems
- Full time onsite presence in Saudi Arabia for the full 12 weeks
- Professional proficiency in English (spoken and written)
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Role Overview
- A top 5 Saudi Arabian retail bank — one of the largest Sharia compliant banks in the region — is digitizing the customer acquisition journey for its Murabaha Revolving Credit Card (MRCC) product.
- CoorB is providing the specialist team that owns the Technology workstream of the program.
- The Solution Enterprise Architect leads that workstream end to end and is the single point of accountability for all technical deliverables: current state architecture review, integration and API assessment, automation and Straight Through Processing (STP) evaluation, and the target state architectu
- This is a discovery and assessment consultancy — no implementation, build, or Business Requirements Documents. Deliverables are architectural blueprints, gap analyses, and a prioritized implementation roadmap.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the Technology workstream end to end as the single point of accountability for all technical deliverables.
- Lead the 5 week current state assessment: application, data, API/integration, and automation/STP architecture review.
- Direct the 7 week target state design, producing architecture blueprints, gap analyses, and a prioritized implementation roadmap.
- Operate at executive level (CIO, Head of Digital, Head of Architecture) and with technology platform owners.
- Reconcile the non functional envelope (documented ~1,000 tx /day vs. higher scoping figures) in the first technical scoping session.
- Manage the go/no go gate between assessment and design, including platform owner access for the Newgen orchestration layer.
- Direct the Integration/API Architect and coordinate with the Digital Journey workstream.
Required Experience & Skills
- Senior consulting leadership. Demonstrated experience leading consulting engagements of comparable scope (12 weeks or longer, multi disciplinary teams of three to four) for retail banking clients, producing client ready deliverables independently to a consulting grade standard.
- Retail banking origination or channel architecture. Prior experience leading an enterprise or channel architecture assessment in retail banking — credit cards, retail loans, account opening, or mortgages. Card origination preferred but not required.
- Traditional enterprise architecture stacks. Working knowledge of enterprise integration platforms (ESB, SOAP/XML services), BPM workflow engines, API gateways, on premise middleware, and core banking systems, with the ability to assess such environments objectively on architectural merit.
- Full time onsite presence in Saudi Arabia. Mandatory for the full 12 weeks. Remote or hybrid arrangements will not be considered; candidates must confirm visa eligibility and travel availability prior to interview.
- Professional proficiency in English. Full professional proficiency, spoken and written. All client facing communication and deliverables are produced in English.
Preferred Experience (Differentiators)
- Platform experience. Hands on with one or more of Newgen BPM, Temenos T24, IBM DataPower, or IBM WebSphere ESB.
- Credit card origination. Direct experience auditing or designing a credit card acquisition or origination architecture.
- Islamic banking products. Working understanding of Murabaha and Tawarruq structures; the MRCC flow includes a Sharia specific commodity buy sell step.
- KSA national digital rails. Familiarity with Nafath, Absher, SIMAH, ZATCA, SANAD, GOSI, and Wathq, and common bank integration patterns.
- Straight Through Processing. Prior work on STP frameworks for retail banking acquisition or transaction processing.
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