Capco is a global business and technology consultancy dedicated exclusively to the financial services industry. Our consultants bring innovative thinking together with deep, first‑hand industry experience to help clients solve their most complex business and technology challenges.
We partner with leading banks, capital markets firms, and wealth & investment managers to deliver transformation across finance, risk & compliance, regulatory change, and technology. With offices across major financial centres in North America, Europe, and APAC, Capco offers the opportunity to work on large‑scale, high‑impact programmes that shape the future of financial services.
At Capco, collaboration, delivery excellence, and entrepreneurship define how we work and succeed.
We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to lead the architecture workstream for strategic technology transformation initiatives within the banking and financial services industry. This role will be responsible for defining the future-state technology architecture, evaluating technology solutions and vendors, and ensuring alignment between business objectives and technology strategy.
The successful candidate will possess deep expertise in banking architecture, integration and API design, cloud technologies, and enterprise architecture principles. Experience in Capital Markets environments is highly desirable.
Key ResponsibilitiesArchitecture Strategy & Design- Lead the technology architecture workstream across transformation programmes and strategic initiatives.
- Assess the current technology landscape, applications, integrations, and infrastructure to identify improvement opportunities.
- Define and document the target-state solution architecture aligned with business and technology objectives.
- Develop architecture roadmaps and transition strategies to support future-state implementation.
- Design scalable and maintainable application architectures that support business growth and operational efficiency.
- Define enterprise integration architecture patterns and standards across applications and platforms.
- Develop API architecture and integration strategies to enable seamless connectivity between internal and external systems.
- Promote API-led and service-oriented architecture principles where appropriate.
- Define data architecture standards, frameworks, and target-state data models.
- Ensure data flows, storage, governance, and integration designs support business and regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with data and technology teams to establish scalable and secure data architecture practices.
- Define cloud architecture strategies and adoption roadmaps.
- Evaluate cloud-native and hybrid-cloud solutions to meet business, operational, and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure architecture designs support scalability, performance, resilience, and future technology growth.
- Define security architecture principles and controls across application, integration, and infrastructure layers.
- Ensure solution designs comply with organisational security standards, regulatory obligations, and industry best practices.
- Assess architectural risks and provide recommendations to mitigate technology and operational risks.
- Evaluate vendor solutions and technical proposals against business and architectural requirements.
- Conduct solution assessments, proof-of-concepts, and architectural reviews.
- Provide recommendations on technology platforms, products, and strategic vendor partnerships.
- Produce and maintain architecture deliverables, including solution designs, architecture blueprints, standards, and decision documents.
- Participate in architecture governance forums and design review boards.
- Ensure architecture consistency and compliance across all programme workstreams and technology initiatives.
- Proven experience as a Solution Architect, Enterprise Architect, or Technology Architect within banking or financial services environments.
- Strong experience in banking technology architecture and large-scale transformation programmes.
- Demonstrated expertise in:
- Application Architecture
- Integration Architecture
- API Architecture
- Cloud Architecture
- Solution Design and Governance
- Experience evaluating and selecting technology platforms and vendor solutions.
- Strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns, microservices, APIs, and modern architecture frameworks.
- Experience designing highly scalable, resilient, and secure technology solutions.
- Experience in Capital Markets environments is preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Relevant certifications such as TOGAF, AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional Architect, or equivalent are advantageous.
- Work exclusively with leading financial services clients on high‑impact programmes
- Be part of a globally connected consulting firm with strong APAC growth momentum
- Operate in an entrepreneurial, collaborative culture with clear accountability and ownership
- Accelerate your career through exposure to complex transformations and senior stakeholders
Skills Required
- Proven experience as a Solution Architect, Enterprise Architect, or Technology Architect within banking or financial services environments.
- Strong experience in banking technology architecture and large-scale transformation programmes.
- Application Architecture expertise.
- Integration Architecture expertise.
- API Architecture expertise.
- Cloud Architecture expertise (cloud-native and hybrid-cloud strategies).
- Solution design and architecture governance experience.
- Experience evaluating and selecting technology platforms and vendor solutions.
- Strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns, microservices, APIs, and modern architecture frameworks.
- Experience designing highly scalable, resilient, and secure technology solutions.
- Experience in Capital Markets environments.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.
- Relevant certifications such as TOGAF, AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional Architect, or equivalent.
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Capco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing is emphasized as part of culture with flexible/hybrid work, mental-health resources, coaching, and a global Wellbeing@Capco group. Flexible arrangements and regional wellbeing programs are positioned to support work–life integration.
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Parental & Family Support — Enhanced maternity, adoption, and shared-parental leave are highlighted alongside paid leave for sickness, pregnancy loss, fertility treatment, menopause, and bereavement. Return-to-work supports and family-friendly flexibility are explicitly called out.
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Healthcare Strength — Core benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, with disability and life insurance noted in some markets. Health coverage is consistently presented as a solid part of the package.
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What We Do
Capco, a Wipro company, is a global management and technology consultancy specializing in driving transformation in the energy and financial services industries. Capco operates at the intersection of business and technology by combining innovative thinking with unrivalled industry knowledge to fast-track digital initiatives for banking and payments, capital markets, wealth and asset management, insurance, and the energy sector. Capco’s cutting edge ingenuity is brought to life through its award-winning Be Yourself At Work culture and diverse talent. TRUSTED ADVISORS - Our collaborative and entrepreneurial approach position us as trusted long-term partners to our clients. DEEP EXPERTISE - Clients look to us for clear guidance, proven expertise, and the support they need to set their companies up for success. DISRUPTIVE SOLUTIONS- We do not provide off -the-shelf answers to clients’ challenges. Instead, we work in close collaboration to understand the issues, and craft disruptive, bespoke solutions. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OWNERSHIP - We recognize every client has distinct needs and expectations, and we take ownership and accountability for the solutions we design, build, and deliver.
Why Work With Us
We support and encourage an inclusive culture, entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. Capco is not about organizational charts and rigid hierarchies – we want all employees to feel that Capco is their firm to own and run. We believe diversity powers innovation. Be Yourself At Work (#BYAW) is an integral and underlying part of our culture
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