1. Architecture Strategy & Governance
Build, maintain, and continuously improve the bank-wide application architecture framework and standards.
Define architecture principles, target-state roadmaps, and modernization strategies aligned with business goals.
Drive transformation from legacy/traditional applications to cloud-native, microservices, containerized, or serverless architectures.
Participate in Architecture Review Boards and key governance forums.
Ensure all solutions comply with architecture blueprints, security standards, development methodology, and regulatory requirements.
Manage architecture changes to ensure consistency, integrity, and standardization across systems.
2. Solution Design & Project Delivery
Own end-to-end technical solution design for banking applications, digital platforms, and enterprise systems.
Analyze business, functional, technical, and data requirements to design optimal architecture solutions.
Produce architecture artifacts including HLD, LLD, deployment models, data flows, integration diagrams, and technical specifications.
Work closely with Business Units, PM, BA, DEV, QE, Enterprise Architects, and Infrastructure teams to deliver effective solutions.
Evaluate solution options, conduct technical scoring, and recommend suitable technologies/vendors.
Coordinate development, testing, implementation, and documentation throughout project lifecycle.
Ensure adherence to SDLC,
software engineering best practices, and architecture intent during delivery.
3. Integration Architecture & Ecosystem Connectivity
Design integration architecture across key banking platforms such as Core Banking, CRM, Digital Channels, Data Platforms, LOS, BPM, and other enterprise systems.
Define and govern integration patterns using APIs, ESB, middleware, messaging, and event-driven architecture.
Recommend solutions using API Gateway, Kafka, RabbitMQ, streaming platforms, and service mesh where appropriate.
Support Open API / Open Banking initiatives and secure integration with partners, fintechs, and external ecosystems.
4. Cloud Transformation & Application Modernization
Define migration roadmaps to cloud using Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, or Replace approaches.
Design solutions for on-premise, hybrid cloud, and public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Promote containerization using Docker / Kubernetes and platform engineering best practices.
Drive DevSecOps, CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code, and GitOps adoption.
Optimize architecture for cost efficiency, operational simplicity, and faster time-to-market.
5. Non-Functional Requirements & Operational Excellence
Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements including scalability, availability, resilience, observability, maintainability, and performance.
Design strategies for caching, load balancing, HA, DR, autoscaling, monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting.
Ensure strong security controls covering IAM, authentication, authorization, encryption, audit logging, and compliance.
Identify architecture risks, technical debt, bottlenecks, and propose mitigation plans.
6. Technology Leadership & Capability Development
Research emerging technology trends and assess practical adoption opportunities for the bank.
Contribute to development of enterprise standards, reusable patterns, and architecture playbooks.
Coach and mentor engineering teams on modern architecture, cloud technologies, and agile delivery models.
Act as a senior architecture advisor to management and project stakeholders.
Support strategic initiatives and perform other responsibilities assigned by management.
