Job Overview
ARCHITECT — Digital Identity & Financial Authentication
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — Remote / Regional
Seniority Level: Principal / Architecture Leadership
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Industry Focus: Fintech, Digital Identity, Banking Technology, Cybersecurity, Authentication
Architecture Mandate
We are seeking an accomplished Architect to design the identity and authentication infrastructure supporting next-generation digital financial services.
The role focuses on creating secure, frictionless and scalable identity architectures across digital banking, payments and financial applications. The successful candidate will connect identity intelligence, authentication technologies, cybersecurity and customer experience into a coherent enterprise architecture.
Key Responsibilities
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Design enterprise architecture for digital identity and financial authentication.
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Establish secure identity-management frameworks across digital financial channels.
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Architect authentication services supporting mobile, web and API environments.
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Define identity-verification and access-control patterns for fintech platforms.
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Design secure integration between identity systems and financial applications.
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Evaluate biometric, cryptographic and risk-based authentication technologies.
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Establish architecture standards for identity lifecycle management.
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Collaborate with cybersecurity, engineering, product and risk teams.
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Conduct architecture assessments and identify security weaknesses.
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Develop modernization roadmaps for legacy identity infrastructure.
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Establish resilience and disaster-recovery strategies for critical identity services.
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Evaluate third-party identity technologies and integration models.
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Provide technical direction during major digital-transformation programmes.
Required Experience
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Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems or a related discipline.
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8+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, digital identity, cybersecurity or financial technology.
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Strong knowledge of authentication, authorization and identity-management concepts.
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Experience with APIs, cloud platforms and distributed systems.
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Understanding of cryptography and modern security architecture.
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Experience designing highly available systems within financial or other high-security environments.
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Excellent technical communication and stakeholder-management capabilities.
Architecture Expertise
Digital Identity • Authentication • Authorization • IAM • Cryptography • APIs • Cybersecurity • Cloud Architecture • Financial Platforms • Identity Intelligence
Strategic Outcome
The Architect will create an identity environment that balances two objectives that traditionally compete: strong financial security and a frictionless digital customer experience.
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