Core Banking Architect | OIDS| Banking Solutions

Location

• The role is listed in Riyadh.

About Deloitte

Role overview

Architecture Strategy & Governance

• Define and own the end-to-end banking architecture blueprint, aligned with business and regulatory needs.
• Drive cloud-native, microservices-based, API-first, and event-driven architecture principles.
• Govern solution design, integration, infrastructure, and data flows.
• Work with executives, technology leads, and delivery teams on roadmaps and architecture decisions.
• Ensure security, scalability, availability, and performance standards are met.

Core Banking (Temenos) Architecture

• Lead technical solutioning for Temenos Transact implementations, including TAFJ/TAFC, Design Studio, AA, and APIs.
• Define and validate designs for Temenos Customer, Accounts, Lending, Deposits, GL, and AA modules.
• Optimize use of Temenos Integration Framework, API Gateway, and Data Framework.
• Guide Temenos configuration, customizations, extensions, and upgrades; align deployments with bank-wide architecture strategy.

Technical Leadership & Oversight

• Lead architecture reviews, design walkthroughs, and technical deep dives with vendors and client teams.
• Oversee architecture documentation, integration specifications, and platform infrastructure plans.
• Manage dependencies across digital channels, CRM, payments, AML, GL, and other systems.
• Guide performance tuning, failover, disaster recovery, and data integrity architecture.
• Support DevSecOps alignment and automation strategy for core banking and related systems.

Must-have qualifications

• 12+ years of banking technology experience, including at least five years as a core banking architect.
• Deep hands-on Temenos experience, especially Transact, Design Studio, Integration Framework, and APIs.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native, microservices, containers, APIs, and event-driven banking architecture.
• Track record leading architecture design and governance for large-scale banking programs.
• Experience with Temenos AA, TDS, and reporting frameworks.
• Familiarity with banking regulatory and security requirements, such as data residency and PCI-DSS.
• Experience in the Middle East or other regulated banking markets.

Preferred qualifications

• Temenos Architect or Technical certifications are strongly preferred.
• Exposure to other core banking platforms is a plus.