Define and establish the domain architecture for the Trade domain, ensuring alignment with enterprise and security architecture principles.
Develop and maintain the Trade domain architecture roadmap in line with the overall enterprise architecture strategy.
Take accountability for end-to-end architecture of the Trade domain, including tactical initiatives, country rollouts, and quarterly releases, ensuring compliance with architectural and security standards.
Standardize and govern application architecture across Trade systems, while identifying opportunities to adopt emerging technologies for continuous improvement.
Collaborate closely with T&O Program Managers and Functional Business Analysts to design comprehensive solution architectures, including application, technical, data, and security components.
Work in partnership with Technical Delivery Managers (TDMs) and System Analysts to ensure effective execution.
Provide architectural guidance and best practices, ensuring adherence to enterprise, domain, and security standards.
Present and validate solution designs through architecture governance forums and secure necessary approvals.
Partner with System Analysts to ensure technical designs comply with enterprise architecture principles, as well as security and control requirements.
Job Requirements
Strong domain knowledge in Trade Finance and/or Supply Chain Finance.
More than 15 years of IT experience, with significant exposure to architecture, design, and large-scale enterprise systems.
Proven experience in solution and/or domain architecture roles within banking or financial services.
Strong experience in designing and delivering distributed, scalable, and high-availability applications.
Expertise in microservices architecture, API-driven design, and event-driven systems (e.g., Kafka, JMS).
Strong technical background in Java/J2EE technologies (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Hibernate/JPA, REST APIs) preferred.
Experience or strong understanding of cloud-native architecture principles and public cloud platforms (AWS/Azure).
Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Strong knowledge of integration technologies (API gateways, messaging platforms, IBM MQ).
Experience in modernizing legacy systems and driving transformation to microservices-based architectures.
Good understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Maven, Git, etc.).
Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), Agile, and iterative delivery models.
Experience in working with globally distributed teams and supporting large transformation programs.
Strong focus on system performance, resilience, and production stability.
Good understanding of security, risk, and compliance requirements in banking systems.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and business stakeholders.
Ability to influence stakeholders and contribute to architectural governance decisions.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and solution design capabilities.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Relevant certifications are an advantage but not mandatory.
