AWS Devops Engineer

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 architectures

balancing security, compliance, performance, and resiliency .

Experience implementing high-availability, disaster recovery, and multi-region architectures

with clearly defined RTO and RPO objectives .

Familiarity with wire payment ecosystems such as Fedwire, SWIFT, and CHIPS .

Strong experience in architecture governance, regulatory control mapping, risk integration, and audit support .

Experience guiding architecture through structured stage-gate governance and Permit to Operate processes .

Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as OCC , Federal Reserve , and Sarbanes-Oxley Act .

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Finacle 11.x

or similar core banking platforms supporting wire payments.

Experience supporting **ISO 20022 transformation initiatives.

Experience designing high-throughput, low-latency financial transaction platforms .

TOGAF

or equivalent Enterprise Architecture certification.