Technical Solutions Architect
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About the Role
Vistas Global seeks a Technical Solutions Architect for a banking client in Doha. The role involves defining solution architecture, coordinating agile delivery, and overseeing SDLC governance.
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Responsibilities
- Support the definition and review of end to end solution architecture across banking channels, integration systems and orchestrated enterprise services.
- Ensure alignment of technical solutions with enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, scalability expectations, and integration frameworks.
- Coordinate with development, DevOps, infrastructure, QA, cybersecurity, and vendor teams to ensure solution feasibility and implementation readiness.
- Coordinate and monitor delivery activities across multiple agile squads operating in parallel.
- Track sprint progress, feature delivery timelines, blockers, risks, dependencies, and resource constraints.
- Facilitate agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand ups, delivery reviews, and retrospective discussions.
- Oversee and monitor SDLC activities from requirement analysis through development, SIT, UAT, release, and production deployment.
- Manage and oversee agile project tracking using JIRA and related Atlassian tools.
- Coordinate with large cross functional teams including development, QA, UX/UI, DevOps, vendors, middleware, infrastructure, and business stakeholders.
- Provide management reporting on project health, delivery status, risks, and mitigation plans.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of enterprise solution architecture principles
- Experience in mobile application development and web application development environments
- Experience with orchestrated service architectures, APIs, microservices, and integration platforms
- Strong understanding of SDLC, release management, DevOps coordination, and testing lifecycles
- Strong expertise in Agile delivery methodologies, Scrum framework, and large scale agile coordination
- Proven experience managing delivery across multiple agile teams simultaneously
- Advanced hands on experience with JIRA and Atlassian suite
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in IT delivery, solution architecture, agile project management, or enterprise application delivery
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field
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Solution Architecture & Technical Oversight
- Support the definition and review of end to end solution architecture across banking channels, integration systems and orchestrated enterprise services.
- Ensure alignment of technical solutions with enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, scalability expectations, and integration frameworks.
- Coordinate with development, DevOps, infrastructure, QA, cybersecurity, and vendor teams to ensure solution feasibility and implementation readiness.
- Review technical dependencies, integration impacts, API orchestration flows, connectivity, and third party service interactions.
- Support architecture discussions related to regulatory, compliance, authentication, payment, and digital onboarding initiatives.
Agile Delivery & Project Coordination
- Coordinate and monitor delivery activities across multiple agile squads operating in parallel.
- Track sprint progress, feature delivery timelines, blockers, risks, dependencies, and resource constraints.
- Facilitate agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand ups, delivery reviews, and retrospective discussions where required.
- Work closely with Product Owners, Technical Leads, Scrum Masters, Business Analysts, and development teams to ensure delivery alignment and prioritization.
- Ensure transparent reporting and escalation of delivery risks, slippages, and cross team dependencies.
SDLC Governance & Delivery Tracking
- Oversee and monitor SDLC activities from requirement analysis through development, SIT, UAT, release, and production deployment.
- Ensure proper governance, documentation, change management, testing coordination, and release readiness activities are followed.
- Monitor development pipelines, environment dependencies, defect trends, production support items, and release coordination activities.
- Support implementation of delivery governance standards, reporting structures, and operational processes to improve delivery efficiency and visibility.
JIRA & Agile Tooling Management
- Manage and oversee agile project tracking using JIRA and related Atlassian tools.
- Maintain visibility over epics, user stories, sprint boards, backlog prioritization, release tracking, and dependency management.
- Support dashboard creation, reporting automation, workflow optimization, and sprint governance practices.
- Ensure accurate tracking and reporting of development progress, blockers, resource allocations, and delivery KPIs.
Stakeholder & Team Coordination
- Coordinate with large cross functional teams including development, QA, UX/UI, DevOps, vendors, middleware, infrastructure, and business stakeholders.
- Facilitate communication between technical and non technical stakeholders to ensure alignment on priorities, timelines, and delivery expectations.
- Provide management reporting on project health, delivery status, risks, and mitigation plans.
- Support escalation management and coordination for critical delivery or production impacting issues.
Required Skills & Expertise
- Strong understanding of enterprise solution architecture principles.
- Experience in mobile application development and web application development environments.
- Experience with orchestrated service architectures, APIs, microservices, and integration platforms.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, release management, DevOps coordination, and testing lifecycles.
- Familiarity with digital banking ecosystems and enterprise grade application delivery environments is preferred.
- Strong expertise in Agile delivery methodologies, Scrum framework, and large scale agile coordination.
- Proven experience managing delivery across multiple agile teams simultaneously.
- Experience handling dependency management, sprint governance, release coordination, and delivery tracking.
- Advanced hands on experience with JIRA and Atlassian suite.
- Experience with agile reporting, dashboards, workflow management, and backlog governance.
- Familiarity with Confluence and enterprise collaboration/documentation tools.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
- Relevant certifications such as Scrum Master Certification (CSM/PSM), PMP or Agile Project Management Certification, TOGAF or Solution Architecture Certification, SAFe certification is an advantage.
- Experience within banking, fintech, or large enterprise digital transformation programs is highly preferred.
Experience Requirements
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in IT delivery, solution architecture, agile project management, or enterprise application delivery.
- Proven experience managing complex mobile and web application initiatives in enterprise environments.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate large cross functional teams and manage delivery across multiple concurrent workstreams.
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