.**Responsibilities**- Develop and document flexible, adaptable, modular, and reusable solution architecture designs in collaboration with product delivery and operation support teams.- Support evolution of Finance architecture blueprints & reference models and facilitate their enablement and adoption within the enterprise.- Implement appropriate solution architecture governance processes and tools while maintaining a key focus on design patterns and technology standards.- Maintain a repository of architecture assets (Platforms, Services, APIs) and promote effective reuse across the enterprise.- Act as an enabler of Agile and DevOps practices in collaboration with product delivery and operation support teams.- Design architecture solutions with security-first mindset as well as partner with security teams in supporting delivery teams on the understanding and implementing solutions aligned with the client's security standards and policies.- Explore, evaluate, and promote technology innovation within the enterprise.- Evaluate, learn, and assist teams with enrolment of new technology solutions.- Evangelise different IT delivery teams on Finance Architecture Frameworks, patterns, and best practices.**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**- Bachelor's Degree.- 5+ years in solution architecture with at less 3 years working on finance solutions.- Extensive knowledge and experience of finance platforms architectures, from blueprint to solution design and implementation.- Experience and knowledge in leading Finance technologies and products in the market.- Experience and knowledge in data warehousing solutions, products, and technologies.- Knowledge on financial regulatory reporting, ledger, payments, billing, and other finance business functions.- Experience in development of architecture methodologies and standards.- Strong technical background with both, inhouse implementation as well as technology packages and software as a services implementation.- Experience in solutions modularisation and modernisation including adoption of Micro Service Architecture models.- Experience in Integration Architectures from Service Bus and ETLs to API Mediation and Event Bus models.- Experience in Information Security and Risk Management.- Experience in cloud solution design and implementation of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS and hybrid models. Preferable with experience on Azure Cloud.- Experience working on a mix of classic and agile delivery methodologies.- Experience working within insurance, banking, or other financial services is a plus.- Experience working with human resource and legal & compliance solutions is a plus
