Principal Architect Enablement Functions First Abu Dhabi Bank

  • Full time
  • Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • Posted 5 months ago
  • 10000-25000 AED / Month
  • This position has been filled

First Abu Dhabi Bank is presently recruiting suitably qualified and skilled candidate for the role of Principal Architect Enablement Functions. The role holder is responsible for the end to end technology architecture of bank’s payment systems as well as the systems supporting enablement & control functions (HR, Finance, Compliance, Risk, Audit, Legal). The Principal Architect Payments, Enablement & Control Functions will be accountable for assessing the current technology architecture, define the target state technology architecture, and work with their service lines to drive us towards their target state technology architecture. This person will have ultimate architecture responsibility for the payment modernization program and will also be accountable to ensure the designs we adopt meet regulatory requirements in the most optimal way.

Responsibilities of Principal Architect Enablement Functions

  • Assess and document the current technology architecture for the designed area.
  • Work with other teams within Group Technology, DAAI and with business stakeholders to define the target state technology architecture for the designed area.
  • Work with other teams within Group Technology, DAAI and with business stakeholders to define the roadmap to drive us towards our target state technology architecture.
  • Deliver and review artifacts that set the standard for architecture excellence, including strategy documents, reference architectures, technical standards and design documents.
  • Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience.
  • Lead or contribute to multiple simultaneous product development efforts and/or technology initiatives.
  • Assist in the career development of others by actively mentoring other members of FAB architecture and developer community on advanced technical issues.
  • Accountable for the items listed in section 4 for FAB payment systems as well as the systems supporting enablement & control functions (HR, Finance, Compliance, Risk, Audit, Legal).
  • Lead from architecture perspective the implementation of a cloud-based payment hub.

Requirements of Principal Architect Enablement Functions

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
  • At least 5 years of previous experience as Lead or Principal Enterprise Architect within multinational institutions, strong preference for previous experience in multinational financial services.
  • Experience with implementation of payment hub platforms
  • Experience with platforms used by Compliance and Risk functions within financial services.
  • Experience in building high-performance, highly available and scalable distributed systems, preferably running on public clouds such as AWS or Azure.
  • At least 5 years leading large scale software projects.

Skills and Knowledge Desired

  • Strong expertise with payment systems and payment standards in the UAE and GCC.
  • Expert knowledge in reliability, performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skill.
  • Experience with TCS or Finastra payment hub platform.
  • Experience with automated deployments using CI/CD pipelines.
  • AWS or Azure solutions architect certified.
  • Experience with AWS EKS or Azure AKS based architectures.

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