AWS Solutions Architect

Senior Solutions Architect – Wire Payments Modernization

About Blankfactor – What We Do

At Blankfactor, we specialize in delivering high-impact technology solutions for global enterprises in highly regulated industries such as banking and financial services. Our teams partner with leading financial institutions to design, build, and modernize mission-critical platforms using cloud-native architectures and modern engineering practices.

We combine deep domain expertise with strong engineering culture to solve complex technology challenges and support large-scale digital transformation initiatives.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to lead governance-aligned architecture for a Finacle-based wire transfers modernization program within a highly regulated banking environment .

This role is responsible for defining and operationalizing hybrid cloud solution architecture spanning AWS and on-premises Red Hat OpenShift , ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, regulatory requirements, and internal risk frameworks .

The architect will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, engineering teams (Development, DevOps, Platform Engineering), infrastructure, cybersecurity, risk, and compliance teams to ensure architecture artifacts are audit-ready and aligned with the Permit to Operate lifecycle .

This position requires a balance of deep technical expertise, architecture leadership, and regulatory awareness to support mission-critical, high-volume wire transfer platforms .

Key Responsibilities

Solution Architecture Leadership

• Own end-to-end solution architecture across application, data, integration, infrastructure, and security layers.
• Lead the modernization and re-architecture strategy for Finacle-integrated wire platforms, including legacy decomposition, API enablement, and hybrid cloud adoption .
• Design scalable, secure, and highly available architectures aligned with enterprise resiliency standards, including clearly defined RTO and RPO objectives .

Hybrid Cloud Architecture

• Lead architecture design across Amazon EKS and on-premises Red Hat OpenShift , ensuring secure connectivity and workload portability.
• Define secure hybrid networking, DNS resolution, and cross-environment routing strategies aligned with enterprise governance.
• Establish secure service-to-service communication patterns , including mTLS and service mesh strategies where appropriate.

Security, Compliance & Governance

• Ensure architecture supports regulatory reporting, transaction monitoring, AML, and sanctions integration requirements .
• Produce and guide architecture artifacts through Architecture Review Board, Risk, Security, and Control governance forums .
• Develop and maintain regulatory traceability matrices mapping business requirements, control objectives, regulatory obligations, and technical implementations.
• Support regulatory exams, audits, and remediation programs when required.

Platform Reliability & DevSecOps

• Provide architectural oversight of Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps controls .
• Ensure transaction integrity and data consistency in distributed environments using idempotent processing, resilient workflow orchestration, and failure recovery patterns .
• Oversee documentation of end-to-end wire transaction flows, data lineage, integration points, and operational readiness artifacts .

Stakeholder Leadership

• Act as a senior technical advisor , translating complex architectural and regulatory requirements into clear technical strategies.
• Collaborate across engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, risk, and compliance teams to ensure alignment with enterprise standards.

Required Experience

• 10+ years of experience in Solutions Architecture or Enterprise Architecture within regulated financial environments.
• Proven experience leading modernization initiatives for wire payments or mission-critical financial platforms .
• Strong expertise in AWS cloud services , including EKS, encryption, key management, and secure hybrid integration patterns .
• Hands-on architectural experience with Red Hat OpenShift in enterprise environments.
• Experience designing **hybrid cloud ar…