Lead Technical Architect

**ABOUT TEMENOS**

We’re passionate about helping banks to perform better, so we solely focus on creating banking software. Temenos offers cloud-native, cloud-agnostic, API-first digital banking, core banking, payments, fund management, and wealth management software products, enabling banks to deliver consistent, frictionless customer journeys and achieve market-leading cost/income performance. Our products combine the richest end-to-end packaged country model bank functionality and the most advanced technology, helping our clients go-live faster, giving them the freedom to innovate and deliver personalized experiences.
We are technology first, with 700+ published APIs, we partner with 100+ Fintechs in our marketplace. We have been recognized year after year by Gartner, IBS, and Forrester for our award-winning solutions.
Temenos is the 4th largest European Software company, with over 3000 clients in 150 countries. We are proud of our 7500+ Temenosians working across the globe to make banking better

**THE ROLE**

Lead Technical Architect is a senior role within a Temenos project team with responsibility for establishing and communicating the overall architectural and non-functional solution design.
You will focus on complex problems, and lead the Technical teams in resolving issues, challenging both colleagues and clients when required and demonstrate proven Stakeholder Management Skills with all contacts.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Acting as an architectural leader and trusted advisor to Clients.
- To design viable technical solutions compatible with business solutions, agreed requirements, contractual obligations and project plans.
- To identify, evaluate and offer mitigation strategies for technical risks.
- Providing expert advice and guidance to Clients on the optimal implementation of Temenos products within the Client’s infrastructure, thus achieving the desired non-functional characteristics such as online and COB performance, high availability, disaster recovery and associated testing strategy.
- Providing an effective link between the project team and Development Teams and the Technology Product Group in respect of Reference Architecture and Sizing information.
- Helping the Project Manager to prevent scope creep, eliminating the design and delivery of inconsistent solutions, and providing transparency on the entire solution design process.
- Helping to ensure that the Technical Consulting and architectural elements of Temenos Implementation Methodology (TIM) are understood by the Client and adhered to by project team members.
- Review and supervision of technical System Amendment Requests (SARs), and process changes.(L1 Developments).
- Working closely with Client, project team members and Regional and Local development teams (L2 & L3) to develop a robust and viable architecture related to customer value and business benefit.
- Defining technical solution for customization and configuration needs for TEMENOS products as per agreed technical definitions.
- Ensuring completion of TAABS data collection through the Technical Process Analysis phase of the project.
- Lead the installation of custom enhancements and give final validation on technical set-up and conduct necessary testing to ensure user acceptance and global quality of the solution delivered.

**SKILLS & EXPERIENCE**
- The Lead Technical Architect is expected to specialize in at least two of the following technical areas: Technical architecture and best use of TEMENOS Client services tools; Configuration of TEMENOS products or interfaces with the products, according to the definitions supplied; Data migration and related activities.
- The Principal Technical Consultant is required to be TEMENOS certified or to acquire TEMENOS certification within a limited timeframe (to be agreed with manager) in two or more technical streams.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in software technical consultancy including T24 implementation experience in a banking environment.
- Programming in Infobasic, Java, Javascript. Application Servers (jBOSS, Web Sphere, Web Logic) OS (Windows, RedHat Linux, IBM AIX) Understanding of RDBMS; knowledge of MSSQL, DB2 and Oracle RDMS.
- Exposure to mainframes.
- Good level of understanding industry concepts (Java VMs, performance tuning, integration, Web Services, Internet Security, Penetration etc.).
- Temenos portfolio with expert knowledge in one specific product together with a willingness and ability to master other Temenos products that from our product suite.
- Knowledge of general Architecture of T24 and related interfaces.
- Willingness to travel frequently (Normally Monday-Friday, with possible extensions).
- Strong awareness of Industry and market developments, good overall company knowledge.
- Fluency in English.

**WHY TEMENOS**
- You will work at the cutting edge of technology innovation; we challenge the status quo and are transforming banking every day.
- You will experience in a fast-paced enviro