Expert Solution Architect

Purpose: To design complex end-to-end technology solutions that translate business requirements into scalable, secure, resilient, and integrated architectures aligned with enterprise technology strategy and architecture standards.  Main Duties and Responsibilities: • Design end-to-end solution architectures for complex business and technology initiatives.  • Translate business requirements into application, integration, data, infrastructure, and security architecture.  • Define solution components, interfaces, technology patterns, and integration approaches.  • Design payment flows and platform solutions across schemes, partners, and core systems.  • Ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and technology standards.  • Ensure architectures satisfy SAMA regulatory, data residency, and audit requirements.  • Evaluate build-versus-buy options and assess vendor solutions against business and technical requirements.  • Conduct architecture assessments and identify technical risks, dependencies, and constraints.  • Design for high availability, resilience, and disaster recovery in payment-critical systems.  • Review technical designs and implementations for alignment with approved architecture.  • Present and defend solution designs in architecture governance forums.  • Guide engineering teams through solution design and implementation across multiple squads.  • Support modernization, scalability, resilience, and technology optimization initiatives.  • Maintain architecture documentation, solution diagrams, and records of technical decisions.