Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

The Enterprise Architect designs, governs, and evolves the Bank s technology architecture landscape across enterprise and solution domains. He/ She defines architecture standards, principles, and technology roadmaps aligned with business strategy, regulatory requirements, and Oman s Vision 2040 digital agenda. The Enterprise Architect bridges the gap between business strategy and technology execution, while ensuring that all technology solutions and platforms (whether on-premises or across multi-cloud environments) are secure, scalable, and aligned with the Bank s strategic direction.

Key Accountabilities:

• Defines and maintains the Bank s enterprise architecture framework across business, data, application, and technology domains in alignment with industry best practices.
• Develops and enforces architecture standards, principles, reference models, and design patterns to ensure consistency across the technology landscape.
• Leads solution architecture design for strategic and complex initiatives, ensuring scalable and future-ready solutions.
• Leads architecture across integration, API, cloud, and core banking platforms.
• Contributes to the development and execution of the technology roadmap and multi-cloud strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Evaluates emerging technologies and vendor solutions, providing recommendations to support technology decisions.
• Ensures all architecture designs comply with security, regulatory, and risk management requirements.
• Applies the security-by-design principles in collaboration with Information Security and Risk functions.
• Participates in architecture governance forums, providing guidance and review of solution designs.
• Defines integration and API architecture standards, including middleware and data exchange frameworks.
• Collaborates with business stakeholders to translate requirements into effective technology architectures.
• Provides architectural guidance to project teams, vendors, and system integrators to ensure alignment with standards.
• Develops and maintains architecture artefacts, including capability models, system landscapes, and data flows.
• Identifies technical risks, architecture gaps, and optimization opportunities across platforms.
• Supports technology strategy, planning, and budgeting activities.
• Supports architecture governance for emerging technologies and digital transformation initiatives.
• Ensures architecture decisions and artefacts are documented and aligned with governance and audit requirements.
• Contributes to knowledge sharing and promotes architecture best practices across the technology function.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or a related discipline; Master s degree preferred.
• A Professional certification in Enterprise or Solutions Architecture (e.g. TOGAF 9/10, Certified Solutions Architect, OCI Architect Professional) is highly desirable.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in IT architecture, including experience in a senior architecture role within regulated banking or financial services.
• Proven experience in enterprise architecture and solution design across core banking, digital, and cloud environments.
• Strong experience in multi-cloud platforms and enterprise integration environments.
• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements within the banking sector as well as technology governance requirements is an advantage.