Lead Solution Architect - Digital Banking Platform

About the role

PwC's ETIC advisory practice in Cairo is hiring a Lead Solution Architect (Senior Manager level) to own the end-to-end design and implementation of a large-scale digital banking platform. The role reports directly into the territory, manages key technical client stakeholders such as CTO, CIO and Technical Directors, and acts as the primary technical representative for the ETIC team across territories. It also leads the architecture team (Data, Integration, Cloud, Application) and works closely with the Project Director on project planning, risk management, reporting and delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the design and integration of scalable, secure and resilient digital banking solutions.
• Define architecture blueprints, patterns and guardrails for cross-functional engineering teams.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, data, DevOps and security teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, security and data privacy requirements.
• Guide technology selection, proof of concepts and adoption of modern engineering practices.
• Mentor and develop junior architects and engineers.

Required profile

• 15+ years in solution architecture, with significant experience in financial services or regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of security, compliance and data privacy in financial services.
• Experience with agile delivery, CI/CD and DevSecOps.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Required skills

• Cloud-native architectures (Azure/AWS)
• Microservices, API-led integration and event-driven design
• Enterprise architecture and integration