The Senior Technical Architect is a pivotal role within the Group IT Architecture Chapter. You will lead the design and delivery of high-performance, high-quality architectural solutions that drive exceptional value for internal users and millions of our customers. As a technical authority, you will be responsible for maintaining architectural blueprints and ensuring standardized, resilient, and secure designs across Agile, Platform, Infrastructure, and Data teams.
RequirementsKey Responsibilities
1. Architectural Strategy & Blueprinting
- Develop and maintain comprehensive architectural blueprints for the Group, ensuring alignment with the ENBD long-term technology strategy.
- Define and enforce common architectural standards (Resiliency, Reliability, and Security - RRS) across all digital and banking platforms.
- Lead the "Chapter" of architects, ensuring consistent modeling practices and knowledge sharing across diverse tribes.
2. Solution Design & Agile Delivery
- Collaborate with Agile squads and Platform teams to design end-to-end technical solutions for complex banking initiatives.
- Act as the bridge between business requirements and technical execution, translating needs into scalable, cloud-native architectures.
- Oversee design modeling across all enterprise layers (Business, Data, Application, and Technology - BDAT).
3. Engineering Excellence & Governance
- Champion a "build-from-within" engineering culture by minimizing vendor dependency and maximizing in-house innovation.
- Govern the lifecycle of architecture solutions, identifying and mitigating technical debt and performance bottlenecks.
- Review and approve High-Level Designs (HLD) and Low-Level Designs (LLD), ensuring they meet the bank’s stringent data security standards.
4. Mentorship & Chapter Leadership
- Mentor and coach architects and engineers working within Agile, Infrastructure, and Data teams.
- Conduct educational workshops and peer-review sessions to foster a culture of technical innovation and continuous improvement.
BenefitsRequired Skills & Experience
- Experience: 10–14+ years in IT, with at least 5 years as a Solutions/Technical Architect within the Banking or Financial Services (BFSI) sector.
- Technical Stack: Proficiency in cloud-native technologies (Containers, Kubernetes/OpenShift), Microservices architecture, and real-time messaging (KAFKA).
- Integration: Deep understanding of system integration patterns and APIs (REST, JSON, XML).
- Standards: Expertise in industry frameworks like TOGAF 9.x/10 and ArchiMate.
- Automation: Working knowledge of scripting (Python, PowerShell) and CI/CD automation pipelines.
- Strategic Mindset: Ability to balance immediate delivery needs with long-term architectural stability.
- Stakeholder Management: Exceptional communication skills for interacting with Department Heads and cross-functional leadership.
- Agile Proficiency: Deep understanding of Scrum/Agile frameworks and the "Chapter/Tribe" operating model.
- Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
- Preferred: TOGAF Certification and experience with banking-specific security/regulatory mandates.
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What We Do
Global Software Solutions Group Veracious product line is a series of robust banking platforms that provide core banking, payment systems, custom process automation, and document management solutions for banks and financial institutions in Middle East & Africa. This cutting-edge product line features the Veracious Payments Hub, Digital Banking and the DMS, all built on the Torus Lowcode development platform software. Global Software Solutions Group is a software solutions provider that aims to solve mission-critical problems that financial institutions face today. Our software solutions bring together our Low Code platform, the payments product line and customized service offerings to solve mission-critical statements in core banking, payments, process automation, and document management. The Payments Hub is GSS's flagship product.
