architecture lead

ALPIN LIMITED

<div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>About Setec Middle East</b></h3><p>
Setec Middle East is part of Setec Group, a French multidisciplinary engineering consultancy ranked among the ENR Top 225 International Design Firms. Setec Middle East has been supporting the Kingdom&rsquo;s Vision 2030 transformation by delivering innovative and sustainable engineering solutions for government authorities and PIF-affiliated entities.
</p><p>Setec&rsquo;s expertise spans PMO/PMC, urban planning, design, and environmental and sustainability studies and is supported by a workforce of 150+ professionals across the Middle East.</p><p></p><p><b><br>
The Position:</b></p><p>
The Architectural Lead (Senior Manager level) is a highly experienced professional in the fields of design and design management and architectural motifs for a myriad of buildings, diversified infrastructure, civic public transportation systems, and for public domain structures and landscaping, inter alia. The incumbent must have demonstrative experience in all aspects of design and delivery of projects, with ability to provide practical, anticipatory, and analytical advice &ndash; and undertake and coordinate integrated technical reviews of work product done by internal teams and consultants. The incumbent must also possess formidable design management, project management, and bid preparation skills and proven track-record of successful and timely delivery of projects.
</p><p>The Architectural Lead will report directly to the PMO Program Director, and will perform his or her duties collaboratively with the client, peers within the PMO team, external consultants and contractors, and with regulatory and stakeholder principals. The following highlights the incumbent&rsquo;s profile, knowledge factors, and responsibilities of the position.</p><p><b><br>
Candidate Profile - Experience and Position Requirements:</b></p><p>
A minimum 15+ global experience in leading architecture projects. The incumbent must have experience as Architectural Lead for a minimum of 5 large-scale multi-disciplinary projects, ideally including heritage-led projects within urban regeneration programs.
</p><p>The incumbent must also have a postgraduate degree in architecture, relevant professional certifications in architecture (e.g., RIBA, AIA) and preferably certifications in project and/or program management. He or she must have demonstrable leadership and interpersonal abilities, experience in stakeholder engagement and preferably within Saudi Arabia, and excellent verbal and written skills. Fluency or working knowledge of Arabic a plus.
</p><p>He or she will also have experience and knowledge of international and local architectural codes and standards &ndash; with experience in Arab and Middle Eastern motifs a plus. The incumbent will be required to prepare, lead, and deliver design charettes and technical workshops, and in assuming a leadership role in design reviews for varied classes of assets &ndash; including but not limited to residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental buildings, local transportation networks, architectural design of select infrastructure, and for public domain structures and landscaping.</p><p>
The incumbent will also be required to advise and support the Program Director and senior PMO staff respective to status of core equity work product &ndash; including with respect to cost, schedule, and performance key indicators and milestones. He or she will also be required to support any value engineering exercises in capacity as architectural subject matter expert.<br>
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<b>About the Project:</b></p><br>
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The project is a major urban refurbishment in Riyadh, featured by a densely populated high built-up area of 152 kilometers &ndash; and primarily a &ldquo;brownfield&rdquo; development.</li>
<li>We are serving in capacity of PMO</li>
<li>We are collocated with our PIF client under a unified team framework.</li></ul></div>

Architecture Lead

Information Technology Senior Management Forum

<div><div><p>Posted Date</p>
<p>11/10/2025</p>
</div><div><p>Description</p>
<div><p>Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Our core activities are safeguarding assets, lending money, making payments and accessing the capital markets on behalf of our clients.</p><p>
Citi&rsquo;s Mission and Value Proposition explain what we do and Strategy explain how we do it. Our mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress. We strive to earn and maintain our clients&rsquo; and the public&rsquo;s trust by constantly adhering to the highest ethical standards and making a positive impact on the communities we serve.</p><p>
As a part of modernization of &ldquo;Bank in a box&rdquo; platform, Services Technology group is looking for a dynamic person to define the architecture of its next generation Core Accounts DDA (Demand and Deposit Management) ecosystem.</p><p><b>
Architecture Lead Analyst</b> is a key role to define a modern target state architecture for DDA ecosystem and how the new core accounts system will interact with other strategic systems i.e. product processors, Data and finance systems and the phasing strategy. This role will also interface with broader Institutional Client Group's Engineering and Architecture teams and ensure standards and best practices.</p><p>
The successful candidate is expected to have the right balance of enterprise architecture and modern engineering skills and working knowledge of agile practices. Candidate should be able to demonstrate the application of these skills while solving complex technology problems within banking, financial services context. This role will report directly to the Head of Architecture for Core Banking modernization<br>
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<b>Responsibilities:</b></p><ul><li>
Define the end to end technology architecture of DDA ecosystem, target state and transition states, options for reaching target state and rationale and roadmap</li><li>
Ownership of key technology decisions ranging from build vs buy decisions, benefits, evaluation of target state platforms, technology stack selection to support the new platform, integration strategy with other services systems</li><li>
Foster a culture of engineering excellence by adoption of modern engineering practices, open source technologies, collaboration and efficiency</li><li>
Collaborate with other Services Operations &amp; Technology teams to ensure technology solution aligns to the standards and best practices and ensure dependencies and risks are addressed</li><li>
Influence and negotiate with senior leaders across functions, as well as communicate with external parties as necessary</li></ul><p><b>
Qualifications:</b></p><ul><li>
10+ years of relevant experience with 3-5 years in enterprise architecture function for large scale technology transformation
</li><li>Extensive experience in Core Banking domain</li><li>
Extensive experience in e2e architecture definition of high performant technology platforms using modern engineering practices like microservices, event based architecture, real time streaming etc. in a banking, fintech set up</li><li>
Experience of designing hybrid architecture comprising of on-premise solutions and cloud native systems hosted on public cloud providers like AWS, Azure, GCP</li><li>
Experience in DevOps and CI/CD practices</li><li>
Highly credible technical leader who is confident to dive deep on product, code base and conduct / support proof of concepts as required</li><li>
Experience of both greenfield and brownfield legacy platform modernization</li><li>
Knowledge of banking industry practices and standards like BIAN, Instant Payments, GDPR etc.
</li><li>Experience with modern core banking platforms like Thought Machine, Mambu is desirable but not mandatory</li><li>
Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication</li></ul><p><b>
Education:</b></p><p>
Bachelor&rsquo;s degree/University degree or equivalent experience</p><p><br>
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.</p><p>
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Job Family Group:
</b></p>Technology<p>
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Job Family:</b></p>
Architecture<p>
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Time Type:</b></p>
Full time<p>
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Primary Location:</b></p>
Tampa Florida United States<p>
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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:</b></p>
$113,840.00 - $170,760.00<p><br>
In addition to salary, Citi&rsquo;s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental &amp; vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.</p><p>
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Most Relevant Skills
</b></p>Please see the requirements listed above.<p>
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Other Relevant Skills
</b></p>For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.<p>
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Anticipated Posting Close Date:</b></p>
Nov 30, 2025<p>
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Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.</i></p><p></p><p><i><br>
If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review </i><i>Accessibility at Citi</i><i>.</i><br>
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</div><div><p>Salary</p><p>
113,840.00 - 170,760.00 Annual</p>
</div><div></div><div><div><p>Type</p><div><p>
Full-time</p></div></div></div></div>

Architecture Lead Analyst - VP

AL HAMRA Engineering Consultants

<p>We are looking for a Freelancers based in Dubai to generate Leeds related Engineering Consultant/Architecture Work</p><p>We are seeking a proactive freelancer to help us generate new business leads for architectural consultancy projects across Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman and RAK</p><p>If you have a strong professional network, client connections, or the ability to connect us with developers, plot owners and real estate companies who require architectural design or engineering consultancy services, we&rsquo;d love to hear from you.</p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>Identify and connect potential clients needing architectural consultancy.</p><p>Generate leads for design, approvals, and consultancy related work.</p><p>Coordinate with our team to qualify and follow up on leads.</p><p>Requirements:</p><p>Based in Dubai or UAE.</p><p>Prior experience or network in Real Estate, Developer companies and with individual plot owners.</p><p>Strong communication and networking skills.</p><p>Job Type: Full-time &amp; commission on every deal signed</p><p>Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary</p><p>Pay: AED2,500.00 - AED4,500.00 per month</p>

Freelancer - Architecture Work Lead Generator

Brainlake Advertising LLC

<div><p><b>About The Role</b></p><p></p><p>
We&rsquo;re looking for a Chief Digital Architect to lead architecture vision and governance across a multi-brand digital ecosystem defining how customer-facing platforms, data, and Gen-AI applications come together to deliver next-generation experiences.</p><p>
You&rsquo;ll act as the overall architecture authority, aligning strategy and execution across digital, web, mobile, loyalty, integration, and cloud. You&rsquo;ll collaborate with Enterprise, Cloud, and Solution Architects to design a cohesive, scalable, and secure landscape that powers innovation across multiple brands.</p><p>
This is a senior, high-impact role for someone who combines deep technical acumen with strategic leadership and hands-on delivery.</p><p></p><p><b>
What You'll Do</b></p><p></p><ul>
<li>
Act as the Chief Architect for the enterprise digital landscape.</li>
<li>Coordinate across Solution, Cloud, and Enterprise Architecture teams.</li>
<li>Map and document the current-state architecture across all digital domains.</li>
<li>Lead architecture reviews of key customer journeys and technology layers.</li>
<li>Design target-state architectures and transition roadmaps across platforms.</li>
<li>Define architecture for digital workstreams (web, mobile, loyalty, data, integration, cloud).</li>
<li>Ensure architectural coherence across Gen-AI, cloud-native, and CX applications.</li>
<li>Drive design reviews, documentation standards, and governance processes.</li>
</ul><p><b>
Requirements</b></p><ul>
<li>
12+ years building and delivering customer-facing digital applications (web &amp; mobile).</li>
<li>Expertise in MDM, CDP, CXP, CMS, DAM, and Loyalty platforms.</li>
<li>Hands-on experience with cloud-native applications (Azure or GCP).</li>
<li>Experience building and deploying Gen-AI solutions.</li>
<li>Strong understanding of software architecture styles, microservices, and DevSecOps.</li>
<li>Exposure to multi-tenancy and FinOps in scalable cloud environments.</li>
<li>Experience leading architecture teams and collaborating with delivery squads.</li>
<li>Broad understanding of retail and e-commerce ecosystems.</li>
<li>Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.</li></ul></div>

Chief Digital Architect

Brainlake

<div>
 <strong>
  About The Role
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  <br/>
 </strong>
 We're looking for a Chief Digital Architect to lead architecture vision and governance across a multi-brand digital ecosystem defining how customer-facing platforms, data, and Gen-AI applications come together to deliver next-generation experiences.
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 You'll act as the overall architecture authority, aligning strategy and execution across digital, web, mobile, loyalty, integration, and cloud. You'll collaborate with Enterprise, Cloud, and Solution Architects to design a cohesive, scalable, and secure landscape that powers innovation across multiple brands.
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 This is a senior, high-impact role for someone who combines deep technical acumen with strategic leadership and hands-on delivery.
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 <strong>
  What You'll Do
  <br/>
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 </strong>
 <ul>
  <li>
   Act as the Chief Architect for the enterprise digital landscape
  </li>
  <li>
   Coordinate across Solution, Cloud, and Enterprise Architecture teams
  </li>
  <li>
   Map and document the current-state architecture across all digital domains
  </li>
  <li>
   Lead architecture reviews of key customer journeys and technology layers
  </li>
  <li>
   Design target-state architectures and transition roadmaps across platforms
  </li>
  <li>
   Define architecture for digital workstreams (web, mobile, loyalty, data, integration, cloud)
  </li>
  <li>
   Ensure architectural coherence across Gen-AI, cloud-native, and CX applications
  </li>
  <li>
   Drive design reviews, documentation standards, and governance processes
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  </li>
 </ul>
 <strong>
  Requirements
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  <li>
   12+ years building and delivering customer-facing digital applications (web &amp; mobile)
  </li>
  <li>
   Expertise in MDM, CDP, CXP, CMS, DAM, and Loyalty platforms
  </li>
  <li>
   Hands-on experience with cloud-native applications (Azure or GCP)
  </li>
  <li>
   Experience building and deploying Gen-AI solutions
  </li>
  <li>
   Strong understanding of software architecture styles, microservices, and DevSecOps
  </li>
  <li>
   Exposure to multi-tenancy and FinOps in scalable cloud environments
  </li>
  <li>
   Experience leading architecture teams and collaborating with delivery squads
  </li>
  <li>
   Broad understanding of retail and e-commerce ecosystems
  </li>
  <li>
   Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  </li>
 </ul>
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<div><div><b><i>About Emirates Global Aluminium</i></b><i>
</i></div><div>Emirates Global Aluminium is the world&rsquo;s biggest &lsquo;premium aluminium&rsquo; producer and the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside the oil and gas industry. EGA is an integrated aluminium producer, with operations on four continents from bauxite mining to the production of cast primary aluminium and recycling. EGA employs over 7,000 of these people including more than 1,200 UAE Nationals. EGA operates aluminium smelters in Jebel Ali and Al Taweelah in the United Arab Emirates, an alumina refinery in Al Taweelah, a bauxite mine and associated export facilities in the Republic of Guinea, a speciality foundry in high strength recycled aluminium in Germany, and a recycling plant in the United States.</div>
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JOB PURPOSE:</div>
<div>
To lead and oversee the strategic development and implementation of the organization's enterprise architecture, to shape and align the technology landscape with business goals, and to ascertain scalability, flexibility, and security. To drive the creation of a cohesive and integrated architecture that optimizes technology investments, fosters innovation, and enhances overall organizational efficiency.</div><br>
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KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:</div>
<ul>
<li>Spearhead the creation or evolution of the Enterprise Architecture (EA) function, facilitating a balanced pursuit of enterprise information systems, data, technical, and solution architecture viewpoints.</li>
<li>Lead, design, and own the target state enterprise architecture (Level-0 to Level 4 of Purdue model), the enterprise roadmap, and governance processes required to meet future needs involving data architects, solution architects, security architects, infrastructure architects, and business architects.</li>
<li>Formulate perspectives on emerging technologies, assess their relevance to business goals and operational requirements, and advocate for a comprehensive understanding of industry trends.</li>
<li>Lead the identification and analysis of enterprise business drivers, deriving architecture requirements and analyzing industry trends for potential impacts on the enterprise.</li>
<li>Analyze the current business and IT environment, detect critical deficiencies, and recommend solutions for improvement.</li>
<li>Make informed decisions regarding the development of Enterprise Architecture strategy and principles, considering overall IT strategy decisions and incorporating new technologies.</li>
<li>Establish guiding principles, standards, and architecture strategy across infrastructure, data, security, application, and solution domains, influencing the development of the system landscape.</li>
<li>Prepare strategic trade-off decisions for senior management, securing organizational commitment for enterprise-level architecture initiatives. Drive the planning, development, and administration of proof-of-concept and special projects aligned with strategic initiatives.</li>
<li>Develop models for compliance architecture, monitor and measure architecture performance against global benchmarks, and ensure compliance in critical areas such as data storage, metadata management, regulatory compliance, and change control.</li>
<li>Formulate and maintain policies, processes, metrics, and governance structures, ensuring that solutions exhibit resilience, scalability, cost-efficiency, and effectiveness.</li>
<li>Establish and lead the architecture review board, enabling the alignment of all solution deployments and proactively resolving potential architectural conflicts.</li>
<li>Act as a representative of Enterprise Architecture in executive and strategic business meetings, committees, external relations, and audits.</li>
<li>Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of the department&rsquo;s systems, processes, and practices considering international best practices, improvement of business processes and cost optimization.</li>
<li>Research relevant regional and global market trends to stay up to date with best practices and drive relevant initiatives for improvements.</li>
<li>Enable compliance with all policies and procedures, as well as to controls related to quality, health, safety, environmental management, guaranteeing employee and assets safety and legislative compliance.</li></ul><br>
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AUTHORITY/ DECISION MAKING:</div>
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Key decisions having significant impact on the department are referred to the reporting manager for approval before implementation.</div>
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Job holder exercises financial authority as per the level established by the company board and stipulated in the authority matrix.</div><br>
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QUALIFICATIONS &amp; SKILLS:</div>
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Minimum Qualifications:</div>
<ul>
<li>Bachelor&rsquo;s Degree in Business, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, System Analysis, or a related field from a reputable university. (Master&rsquo;s Degree preferred)</li>
<li>Practitioner qualification in Zachman Framework, FEAF, DoDAF, TOGAF, or equivalent.</li></ul><br>
<div></div>
<div>
Minimum Experience:</div>
<ul>
<li>7-10 years of experience in a similar role</li></ul><br>
<div></div>
<div>
Job-Specific Skills (Generic / Technical):</div>
<ul>
<li>Excellent experience working in an Agile environment with a clear understanding of key roles and practices, with specific Enterprise Architect (or similar) experience preferred (7-10 years)</li>
<li>A thorough understanding of Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Internet as a Service (IaaS), and various cloud-related concepts/models</li>
<li>A keen awareness of regional laws and regulations pertaining to data privacy, data locality, data retention, data protection, and compliance, particularly in the context of a global company</li>
<li>Ability to integrate architectural processes with Agile practices</li>
<li>Advanced customer service orientation</li>
<li>Ability to work in a team environment and sometimes independently with minimal supervision as the task may be from time to time</li>
<li>Strong conflict management, facilitation, and resolution skills</li>
<li>Excellent use of the English (must) and Arabic language (preferred)</li>
<li>Excellent relationship building skills</li>
<li>Extensive skill handling personnel from a multi-cultural work environment</li>
<li>Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills</li>
<li>Ability to scan the external environment and to understand the impact on the business</li>
<li>Excellent decision making and problem-solving skills</li>
<li>Good understanding of KSA and EGA culture and working environment.</li></ul></div>

Head of Enterprise Architecture

<div>
 Provide architecture guidance to the project team working on products with strong focus on solution architecture, architecture artifacts, performance, scaling and security. Lead architecture aspects of software development with strong emphasis on Object Oriented analysis and design (OOAD), layered application development, domain driven design, and architecture design patterns. Practice standard development process leveraging agile methodologies such as SCRUM and Test Drive Development Should have in-depth knowledge of ASP.NET MVC using C#, should resolve day to day issues faced by team members. Should have built durable / Scalable architectures in last 3 yrs. using Design Patterns. Designing, product prototyping, development, testing, and implementation of .NET based products. The person must have proven leadership skill. Excellent communication skills Having knowledge of ASP.NET , C# , JavaScript, Microsoft SQL Server (2000 2008,2012), .Net .Net 4.0 frameworks, Strong skills in OOAD and OOP. Extensive experience in Software Architecture and Design Extensive experience in Cross Technology/Cross Platform Application Design Experience in ASP .Net, MVC, MVVM, WPF and WinForms. Experience in writing WCF Services Must possess a balance of analytical problem solving and strong interpersonal and relationship development skills. Engages with Diagnostic/ Pre-Sales team to understand Customer requirements, drives Business Solutions, define technical architectures, and provides effort estimates for proposed Solutions Participate in organization initiatives, drives as part of COE. Architectural reviews of other projects Software development using Agile and TDD would be must. Able to produce quality artifacts (HLD / LLD etc.) as per projects need. Should have hands on industry standard design patterns for .net development Design database schema, develop stored procedures and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages.
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