Job Summary:
ApTask is a leading global provider of workforce solutions and talent acquisition services, dedicated to shaping the future of work. They are seeking a highly experienced Enterprise Architect with deep expertise in Banking and cloud-native architecture to lead architecture strategy and execution for large-scale banking systems, focusing on modernization and AI-enabled enterprise solutions.
Responsibilities:
• Act as a trusted advisor for clients during solution discovery and transformation discussions.
• Collaborate with sales, delivery, and business teams to build winning technology solutions.
• Lead client workshops, architecture discussions, and executive presentations.
• Build and present enterprise solution proposals aligned to client business and technical requirements.
• Develop Proof of Concepts (POCs), prototypes, and reference implementations to validate architecture approaches and demonstrate technical feasibility.
• Support RFP/RFI/RFQ responses by:
• Defining technical solutions
• Preparing architecture proposals
• Building solution narratives and technical differentiators
• Identifying risks and mitigation strategies
• Perform high-level and detailed effort estimations for engineering, migration, modernization, AI, and cloud transformation initiatives.
• Contribute to capability development, solution accelerators, reusable frameworks, and architecture assets.
• Define enterprise architecture strategy aligned with banking business capabilities and digital transformation goals.
• Design scalable, secure, resilient, and high-performing enterprise platforms.
• Lead architecture governance, technology standards, and architecture review boards.
• Create and maintain:
• C1, C2, C3, and C4 architecture models
• High-Level Design (HLD)
• Low-Level Design (LLD)
• Architecture decision records and solution blueprints
• Build architecture artifacts using Lucidchart and PowerPoint.
• Lead greenfield application development initiatives.
• Drive modernization of legacy banking applications into cloud-native and microservices-based architectures.
• Design highly available and fault-tolerant:
• Multi-AZ architectures
• Multi-region active-active / active-passive systems
• Ensure architecture compliance with banking security, audit, resiliency, and regulatory standards.
• Architect enterprise-grade Agentic AI solutions leveraging:
• AWS Bedrock
• LLMs including Anthropic and OpenAI models
• Agent SDKs
• LangChain
• LangGraph
• LangSmith
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Vector databases such as Neo4j and TigerGraph
• A2A and MCP-based integrations
• Define AI orchestration, observability, governance, and secure AI deployment patterns.
• Design and implement cloud-native architectures on AWS.
• Lead Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives using Terraform.
• Architect containerized platforms using:
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry)
• Define DevSecOps and platform engineering best practices.
• Guide engineering teams across enterprise technology stacks including:
• Java, Spring Boot
• Python
• PySpark / JavaSpark
• ReactJS
• APIGEE
• Drive API-first, event-driven, and microservices-based architecture patterns.
• Design enterprise data platforms and distributed data architectures using:
• Oracle
• PostgreSQL
• Cassandra
• CockroachDB
• DynamoDB
• Build scalable event streaming architectures using:
• Kafka
• Apache Flink
• Define enterprise observability and reliability engineering practices.
• Implement monitoring, logging, tracing, and operational intelligence using:
• Splunk
• Dynatrace
• Grafana
• AWS CloudWatch
• Lead resiliency engineering and operational excellence initiatives.
• Establish enterprise testing strategies covering:
• Unit testing
• Component testing
• Contract testing
• Functional testing
• Performance testing
• Chaos engineering
• Resilience testing
• Drive AI-assisted SDLC transformation initiatives using:
• GitHub Copilot
• Claude Code
• Spec Driven Development – BMAD, Spec Kit
• Enable architecture automation, developer productivity, and intelligent engineering workflows.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 15+ years in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, digital transformation, and large-scale banking programs.
• Strong experience in Banking and Financial Services.
• Good analytics and data-driven decision-making capabilities.
• Experience with enterprise-scale transactional and regulatory systems.
• Expertise in Enterprise Architecture.
• Expertise in Solution Architecture.
• Expertise in Distributed Systems.
• Expertise in Event-Driven Architecture.
• Expertise in Domain-Driven Design (DDD).
• Expertise in Microservices.
• Expertise in API-led integrations.
• Expertise in Resiliency engineering.
• AWS Bedrock.
• OpenAI / Anthropic LLMs.
• LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith.
• RAG architectures.
• Vector DBs: Neo4j, TigerGraph.
• A2A, MCP.
• AWS.
• Terraform.
• Docker.
• Kubernetes.
• PCF.
• Java.
• Spring Boot.
• Python.
• PySpark / JavaSpark.
• ReactJS.
• Oracle.
• PostgreSQL.
• Cassandra.
• CockroachDB.
• DynamoDB.
• Kafka.
• Apache Flink.
• Splunk.
• Dynatrace.
• Grafana.
• AWS CloudWatch.
• Functional and non-functional testing.
• Chaos engineering.
• Resilience validation.
Preferred:
• Experience leading enterprise transformation programs for Tier-1 banks.
• Experience in client-facing consulting and pre-sales solutioning roles.
• AWS or Kubernetes certifications preferred.
• Experience with AI governance and enterprise AI security frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Company:
ApTask is a staffing and recruiting company offering staffing, project, and workforce solutions. Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in Iselin, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.