Business Domain Solutions Architect – Operations Domain

We are looking for a Business Domain Solution Architect to lead the architecture of our Operations Business Domain, covering critical post-trade and operational functions including: 

• Collateral Management 

• Settlements 

• Reconciliation 

• One Stop Processing (OSP) 

This role combines the responsibilities of Business Domain Architect, System Architect, and SBI Architect, making it one of the most strategic architecture positions within the organization. 

You will define the architectural vision for a major business domain, influence product strategy, shape large-scale platform evolution, and ensure successful delivery across multiple development organizations and agile trains. 

Your Mission 

As the architectural leader for the Operations domain, you will ensure that business solutions evolve coherently with Murex's platform strategy while delivering measurable value to clients and market participants. 

You will serve as the primary architecture partner for business domain management, product management, development teams, and platform architects, ensuring alignment between business objectives, software architecture, and execution strategy.  

What You Will Do 

Business Domain Architecture 

• Own the target architecture and roadmap for the Operations domain. 

• Drive the evolution of business capabilities across collateral, settlement, reconciliation, and processing workflows. 

• Translate strategic business challenges into scalable platform solutions. 

• Ensure architectural consistency across products, services, and software functions. 

• Define and maintain business solution blueprints and domain architecture documentation. 

SBI Architecture Leadership 

• Define and communicate SBI-level architecture. 

• Ensure epics, features, and implementation roadmaps align with business and platform architecture objectives. 

• Drive architectural trade-offs, investment decisions, sequencing, and dependency management. 

• Collaborate across domains and agile trains to ensure coherent delivery and long-term sustainability. (Derived from the SBI Architect responsibilities shown in the provided material.)  

System Architecture 

• Guide agile trains in delivering solutions aligned with architecture principles and standards. 

• Ensure architecturally significant requirements are identified, documented, and addressed. 

• Manage technical debt and architectural runway investments. 

• Validate solution designs through architecture governance processes. 

• Mentor teams and raise architectural maturity across the organization. 

Architectural Governance 

• Lead architecture reviews and decision-making processes. 

• Own Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and architecture governance practices. 

• Define and maintain standards, guidelines, design principles, and reference architectures. 

• Influence strategic technology choices and platform evolution. 

What You Will Own 

You will be accountable for key architecture artifacts including: 

• Architecture vision and multi-year roadmap 

• Domain blueprints and target-state architectures 

• Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) 

• High-level solution and integration diagrams 

• Capability and non-functional architecture documentation 

• Governance frameworks and architecture standards 

• Executive architecture communications and strategy presentations 

What We're Looking For 

Required Experience 

• 12+ years of experience designing large-scale enterprise software platforms. 

• Strong software architecture expertise covering distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, event-driven systems, integration platforms, scalability, resilience, and security. 

• Proven experience leading architecture across multiple teams and products. 

• Experience influencing strategic technology decisions without direct authority. 

• Strong understanding of software delivery within agile organizations. 

• Demonstrated ability to mentor senior engineers and architects. 

Domain Expertise 

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in one or more of the following areas: 

• Capital Markets 

• Securities Finance 

• Collateral Management 

• Post-Trade Processing 

• Settlement & Clearing 

• Reconciliation Platforms 

• Operations and Back Office Systems 

• Risk, Regulatory and Financial Market Infrastructure solutions 

Leadership Characteristics 

You are: 

• A strategic thinker capable of defining long-term architectural vision. 

• Comfortable making complex trade-offs involving business value, delivery cost, scalability, and risk. 

• Able to influence senior stakeholders across product, engineering, and business functions. 

• Passionate about architecture excellence, technical mentoring, and organizational transformation. 

• Equally comfortable discussing details with developers and strategy with executives. 

Why Join Us? 

This role offers a unique opportunity to: 

• Shape the future architecture of one of the industry's leading capital markets platforms. 

• Drive business and technology strategy for mission-critical post-trade functions. 

• Work with highly experienced architects, engineers, and domain experts. 

• Influence platform-wide architectural decisions with long-term impact. 

• Operate at the intersection of business innovation, software engineering, and enterprise architecture. 

If you are passionate about building the future of financial technology and want to drive architecture at scale, we'd love to hear from you.