Technology and Cybersecurity Architect

About Us:

Network International is the largest Financial Technology company in the Middle East and Africa. Payments is our core business where we provide services in more than 50 countries UAE, Jordan, South Africa, Egypt are some of our key markets. Apart from payments, we provide services on Data and Insights, Lending, Insurance, Risk Solutions, etc. Our core customers are businesses at every scale and segment, though recently we have been growing in the direct-to-consumer card segment as well.

Our EVP:

At Network International, we always stay ahead. . In the fast-paced world of financial services, we thrive on innovation, agility, and purposeful collaboration. We invest first in our people, empowering you to make bold decisions, learn fast, and grow your expertise alongside industry leaders. Here, solving complex problems means more than using cutting-edge technology; it's about creating meaningful value for our customers, together. We foster a culture where trust, accountability, and achievement go hand in handbecause success isn't just a goal; it's how we work, every day, as one team.

About The Role:

This role requires the incumbent to have in-depth architecture skills in network, storage, database & server domains in on-premise, multi-tenant & private/public cloud setting. We are looking for someone with strong understanding of standard architecture views targeted to resolve stakeholder's concerns at various levels.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engage with program stakeholders to derive & advice on Infra & security requirements for hosting & managing business application workloads.
• Apply a long-term & pragmatic view to design decisions keeping in mind the program constraints such as time, capability & budget.
• Ability to judge & baseline capacity needs with minimal inputs and derive cost estimations for Infra & Security Domains.
• Ability to discover, derive, define, articulate & baseline various architectural decisions with stakeholders within a reasonable time.

Key Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Information Systems / Computer Science.
• At least 10+ years of domain expertise in designing highly scalable, resilient & cost-effective Infra & Security Solutions.
• In-depth experience in articulating security objectives & standard design patterns / decisions for a multi-tenant, private cloud landscape across Network, Storage & Server domains.
• Prior design experience in Container Orchestration & Package Management Software.
• Strong design experience in foundational architecture components such as Identity Access Management, Observability / Monitoring, dev-ops, release, Static & Dynamic security scan, API Gateway, Security Appliances & Services.
• Experience as a Cloud Architect in at least 2 SAAS / PAAS implementation in AWS & Azure.
• Experience in planning highly available workloads in both Cloud and On-Prem.
• Certification in Private / Public Cloud Solution Architecture is an added advantage.
• TOGAF Certification would be an added advantage.