Lead Technical Architect

Job Description:

Essential Job Functions:

Technical Architecture Alignment:

• Lead technical discovery and establish the target architecture blueprint connecting Temenos Transact R26 with enterprise middleware, Common Payment Gateway (CPG), trade/custody systems and cloud data infrastructures.
  

• Core & TAFJ Governance: Oversee the technical setup of the TAFJ runtime environment, application server, database layer, and environment parameter configurations for the Initial System Build (ISB).
• Integration & Streaming Architecture Oversight: Review the architectural design for real-time and batch integration patterns across 20+ interfaces:
• Real-time API Framework: IRIS for channel interactions (Internet Banking, Platform).
• Event Streaming & Data Hub: Review the Temenos Data Hub (TDH) event extraction via AWS MSK for downstream analytics and regulatory feeds.
• Batch & Transactional Engine: Open Financial Services (OFS) queues and multi-threaded processing frameworks.
• Technology Compliance & Performance: Support the Bank Infrastructure team to meet strict High Availability (HA), RPO/RTO targets and peak transaction throughput (TPS) requirements while ensuring zero lock wait contention during online processing and Close of Business (COB) execution.
• Security Architecture: Define technical security standards including token propagation, role-based access control (SMS security), payload encryption, audit logging, and audit trail extraction compliance.
• L3 Technical Gap Governance: Review technical gap specifications, ensuring custom TAFJ/Java plugins, pre/post processors, and L3 code extensions adhere to Temenos design standards without impacting core upgradeability.
• Environment & Release Architecture: Collaborate with Temenos & Bank team to validate the Client Configuration Environment (CCE) and initial build setups, managing technical risks and dependency logs.

Technical & Functional Skills

• Expert-level knowledge of Temenos Transact R23+ Technology architecture, TAFJ and experience with Amazon Cloud Deployments.
• Deep expertise in IRIS (REST), Integration Framework (IF), Design Studio and Temenos Data Hub (TDH)
• Enterprise Integration & Middleware: Hands-on knowledge of Apache Kafka/AWS MSK, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Payment Gateway (CPG) abstraction layers, and microservices design patterns.
• Database & High Performance: In-depth understanding of relational database management systems (PostgreSQL), connection pooling, thread locking mechanics (F.LOCKING), indexing strategies and COB batch optimization.
• Messaging & Regulatory Protocols: Good understanding of Transact event Notification frameworks, ISO 20022 XML messaging formats (pacs, camt, pain) and regulatory data pipelines.
• Technical Leadership & Governance: Proven capability to work with Bank’s architecture Team, Author Technical Solutions Architecture (TSD) and present recommendations/blueprints to Enterprise Architecture Boards.  
  
  Basic Qualifications:
• 16+ years of progressive technical experience in enterprise banking software architecture.
• Minimum 8+ years acting as Lead Technical Architect on major Temenos Transact implementation projects.
• Track record of successfully delivering Architecture Blueprints and design sign-offs on Transact core transformation programs.

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