Application Architect

About the role

CoorB builds innovative solutions focused on process automation, user experience and data analytics, helping clients achieve operational excellence in the finance industry. It is looking for an Application Architect in Jeddah to define, maintain and govern the application architecture across enterprise and banking environments. The role focuses on current-state and target-state application landscapes, application and integration standards, and alignment with approved Enterprise Architecture.

Key responsibilities

• Define and maintain the application architecture and application landscape, including current-state and target-state architectures.
• Develop application architecture principles, standards and guidelines, and design application components and their relationships and dependencies.
• Define and maintain integration and API architecture, and assess dependencies, impacts and technology risks.
• Identify gaps between current and target state, ensure designs comply with Enterprise Architecture standards, and review and approve designs.
• Support application modernization, rationalization and transformation, and ensure architecture supports business capabilities.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects, Enterprise Architects, Security, Data, Infrastructure and development teams.
• Maintain the application repository, architecture models and documentation, and monitor compliance with standards.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in application, solution or software architecture or related roles.
• Experience in banking or financial services preferred; experience in a SAMA-regulated environment is an advantage.
• Strong understanding of application dependencies, interfaces and integration patterns, and of application modernization and transformation.
• Good understanding of Enterprise Architecture principles and frameworks, and of architecture governance, design reviews and technology standards.
• Analytical, problem-solving, communication and stakeholder management skills.

Required skills

• API and integration architecture, and distributed application architectures.
• Enterprise Architecture principles and frameworks.
• Preferred: TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architecture or similar certification.