Technical Architect

Key Responsibilities

• Develop logical and physical architectures for the List Management System and integrations with transaction screening platforms (e.g., Fircosoft, TSS, Actimize).

• Define infrastructure architecture (cloud and/or on-premise), data pipelines, APIs, and integration patterns.

• Design deployment architectures for Non-Production, Production, and Disaster Recovery environments, ensuring high availability, load balancing, and failover capabilities.

• Document system flows, data mappings, and file transformations, ensuring traceability and operational transparency.

• Define integration patterns (API, MQ, batch, event-driven), including error handling, logging, and security protocols (encryption, authentication, authorization).

• Establish architectural standards, guardrails, and best practices for financial crime systems.

• Embed regulatory, data protection, and compliance controls into system architecture, including encryption, access control, and audit trails.

• Support risk assessments, technical dependency tracking, cost estimation, and implementation planning.

• Collaborate with FBAs, Compliance, IT, and Infrastructure teams to ensure alignment between functional requirements and technical design.

• Contribute to architecture deliverables, including blueprints, technical standards, interface catalogs, and deployment plans.

• Participate in architecture workshops and stakeholder reviews, presenting findings and recommendations clearly and effectively.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in architecture or senior technical roles, ideally within Financial Services, RegTech, or compliance technology.

• Strong domain knowledge of AML, sanctions screening, watchlist management, and transaction screening platforms.

• Deep expertise in system architecture, including distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architectures, and API design.

• Cloud architecture experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including hybrid on-premise deployments.

• Security architecture knowledge, including encryption, identity and access management, audit logging, and data protection.

• Hands-on experience producing architecture diagrams, interface mappings, and technical documentation.

• Proven experience designing high-availability, disaster recovery–ready, and secure multi-country systems.

• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively with business and technology teams.

• Experience in technical leadership, including mentoring engineers, driving architecture decisions, and conducting design or code reviews.

• Ability to operate independently, exercise sound judgment on complex architectural decisions, and guide junior team members.

• Cloud or architecture certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, TOGAF, or similar) are desirable.