Senior Solution Architect

Role Overview

Senior Solution Architect at GSSTech Group. The role owns end-to-end solution design for the Corporate Assisted Banking squad within Digital Products, translating business and product requirements into secure, scalable, and reusable architecture across web, mobile, and API/microservice layers.

Role Purpose

Operate at the intersection of the Architecture Chapter's standards and the squad's delivery pace with deep technical authority and minimal oversight. Translate business, product, and stakeholder requirements into detailed solution designs while ensuring compliance with enterprise architecture standards and security requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Design & Architecture

• Own solution architecture for Corporate Assisted Banking products end-to-end, from requirement intake through design sign-off.
• Translate product owner and business stakeholder requirements into detailed solution designs, wireframe-aligned user journeys, and integration blueprints.
• Design and govern microservices, APIs, and their integration with core banking, CRM, and assisted-channel systems.

Standards & Compliance

• Ensure all designs comply with chapter-wide architecture standards, security requirements, and reusable reference patterns.
• Partner with Information Security to validate authentication, authorization, encryption, and data-protection controls across the solution.

Technical Leadership & Escalation

• Act as the technical escalation point for the squad, resolving design conflicts, dependency risks, and cross-squad integration issues.
• Mentor Solution Architects and Technical Architects within the squad; review their designs for standards compliance.

Architecture Community & Contribution

• Contribute reusable blueprints and reference architecture back to the Architecture Chapter.
• Represent the squad in Chapter forums, architecture review boards, and peer review sessions.

Qualifications & Experience

• 8+ years in solution or enterprise architecture, with demonstrated ownership of end-to-end designs, not just contribution.
• 5+ years designing and delivering microservices, APIs, and web/mobile application architecture in a banking or financial services environment.
• Proven experience architecting for assisted or relationship-manager-facing banking channels (corporate banking, RM tools, CRM integration); direct domain relevance matters more than generic fintech exposure.
• Strong cloud-native background, including containers, Kubernetes/OpenShift, service mesh, and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/OCI).
• Deep security architecture fluency, including OWASP Top 10, IAM/Authentication, encryption, logging/monitoring, infrastructure and cloud security, and regulatory controls (PCI DSS, local banking regulation).
• Track record integrating solutions with surrounding ecosystems, including event streams, message brokers, and third-party/core banking APIs.
• Experience with enterprise architecture and data modeling tooling.

Skills & Competencies

• Microservices and API design and governance.
• Web and mobile application architecture.
• Cloud-native technologies and platforms.
• Security architecture and compliance frameworks.
• Enterprise architecture and data modeling.

Additional Information

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior architecture ownership specifically in a corporate or business banking (rather than retail) product line.
• Experience with low-code or assisted-channel platforms used by relationship managers or branch staff.
• Formal architecture certification (TOGAF or equivalent).