Senior Enterprise Architect (Banking or FinTech Experience)

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt on site Until 8/21/2026 10+ years exp H-1B sponsor history First posted May 8, 2026 Last posted May 8, 2026
Job description

Description

Job Description

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Enterprise Architect with a strong background in the Banking and/or FinTech industry to lead enterprise-wide architecture initiatives, digital transformation programs, and technology strategy alignment. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in enterprise architecture frameworks, banking systems, cloud transformation, integration architecture, and modern financial technologies.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define and maintain the organization’s enterprise architecture strategy, roadmap, and governance framework.
  • Align business objectives with scalable technology solutions across banking and financial platforms.
  • Lead architecture design for digital banking, payments, lending, treasury, core banking, and fintech integrations.
  • Drive modernization initiatives including cloud migration, microservices architecture, API ecosystems, and event-driven systems.
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, engineering teams, security, and compliance departments.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative solutions to improve operational efficiency and customer experience.
  • Ensure architecture compliance with banking regulations, security standards, and risk management policies.
  • Design integration strategies between legacy banking systems and modern platforms.
  • Lead architecture review boards and provide technical leadership across enterprise programs.
  • Develop reference architectures, technical standards, and best practices.
  • Support solution architects and engineering teams during project implementation.
  • Ensure high availability, scalability, performance, and security of enterprise systems.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, or enterprise architecture.
  • 5+ years of experience within the banking, financial services, or fintech industry.
  • Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman.
  • Strong knowledge of:
    • Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
    • Microservices Architecture
    • API Management
    • Event-Driven Architecture
    • Integration Platforms
    • DevOps & CI/CD
  • Experience designing secure and compliant financial systems.
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • Experience with Agile and large-scale transformation programs.

Benefits

- 50 Percent of the Salarly in USD

-Social and medical insurance

-Transportation

-Internet package

About this role

Summary

Lead enterprise architecture, digital transformation, and technology strategy for banking/finTech.

Job title

Senior Enterprise Architect

Experience level

10+ years

Minimum experience

10+ years exp

Industry

finance

Location requirements

Cairo, Egypt; remote work not specified

Salary

- 50 Percent of the Salary in USD

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

enterprise architecture frameworksTOGAFcloud platformsmicroservicesAPI managementevent-driven architectureintegration platformsDevOps

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

enterprise architecturebankingfintechcloudintegration
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

On-site City