Job Description
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Architectural Leadership
- Drive the creation of the Target State Architecture and Blueprint, including system interaction models and integration flows.
- Define and validate architecture diagrams, technical patterns, and component interaction models across tiers.
- Provide final sign-off and governance over all architectural deliverables and designs.
- Strategic Implementation Oversight
- Ensure the accurate translation of architecture into implementation throughout the SDLC and production rollout.
- Collaborate with project management, development, QA, and DevOps teams to ensure consistency and technical integrity.
- Lead architecture reviews, risk assessments, and mitigation planning for the modernization program.
- Cross-functional Technical Collaboration
- Act as the primary architectural liaison between platform engineering, web services, security, data, and deployment teams.
- Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers and solution designers involved in the migration.
- Discovery & Migration Planning
- Participate in the Technical Discovery & Blueprint Design phase, defining the platform s long-term architectural roadmap.
- Oversee migration strategies during the Application Migration of Messaging Layer phase, especially around technologies like Apache Kafka.
Required Qualifications
- Professional Experience
- 12+ years in software engineering or architecture roles, with at least 5+ years in enterprise-scale architectural leadership.
- Direct experience leading legacy-to-modern technology transformations, ideally in financial services or other high-availability sectors.
- Hands-on architectural experience with Java platforms, C/C++ systems, Oracle 19c, and enterprise messaging systems.
- Technical Expertise
- Deep knowledge of middleware, message brokers (e.g., Kafka, IBM MQ), and enterprise integration patterns.
- Proven track record in designing scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure microservices-based architectures.
- Solid understanding of performance tuning, HA/DR configurations, and low-latency system design.
- Comfortable working with cloud-native and containerized architectures is a plus.
- Communication & Stakeholder Management
- Strong communication skills to translate complex technical concepts into business-aligned strategy.
- Experience engaging with senior stakeholders, architects, and cross-functional technical teams.
Nice to Have
- Experience with API gateway, security protocols (OAuth2, TLS, etc.), and observability tooling.
- Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure) and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible).
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements and compliance frameworks relevant to financial institutions.