Solutions Architect – Collateral Management (12‑month contract)

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Solutions Architect to join a leading European financial market infrastructure organisation on a 12‑month transformation programme. The role focuses on designing end‑to‑end technology solutions for the Collateral Management domain, bridging business needs and technical delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Define end‑to‑end solution architectures across the Collateral Management domain.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Domain Architects and Engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable designs.
• Produce target‑state architectures, solution roadmaps and integration patterns for multiple business applications.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards and participate in architecture governance and design reviews.
• Help shape reusable architecture patterns, best practices and support both strategic architecture and delivery activities.

Required profile

• Strong understanding of Collateral Management processes (settlement, custody, margin, securities financing, repo, etc.).
• Experience in Capital Markets, Post‑Trade, Settlement or Custody environments.
• Ability to engage both business and technology stakeholders and translate requirements into practical solutions.
• Proven experience in solution, business, domain or application architecture roles.

Required skills

• Event‑Driven Architecture
• Microservices
• REST APIs
• Integration Architecture
• Mainframe environments
• Cloud technologies
• Enterprise Architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF)