Application Architect (Banking)

iKnowHow Group is a dynamic, international technology company with 24+ years of experience and a team of 300+ talented professionals delivering innovative technology solutions across Energy, Telecommunications, Banking & Financial Services, and the Public Sector.

Through its specialized subsidiaries, it brings domain expertise in areas such as Health and Robotics—blending deep industry knowledge with advanced, future-ready technologies.

At its core, iKnowHow S.A. delivers end-to-end project development - both internal and client-facing - turning strategy into scalable, real-world solutions. Our portfolio spans Data & AI platforms, enterprise integration, cloud-native applications, and large-scale digital transformation initiatives, enabling leading organizations across the public and private sectors to evolve and grow.

We are now looking for a talented Application Architect - Cloud Data Modernization to work in new challenging outsourced projects and contribute to ongoing and upcoming projects, related to end-to-end integration architecture of Banking Products.

Responsibilities:

- Define and govern the project platform architecture and design standards
- Own the target-state integration architecture vision and ensuring all integration work aligns to it
- Establish Authentication and Authorization (RBAC, SSO/Identity Provider patterns), security, audit-trail and fallback-behavior standards)
- Oversee DevSecOps pipeline design (CI/CD, deployment automation) and environment strategy; securing integration design sign-off
- Provide technical governance during SIT, NFRT and UAT phases, leading production deployment planning
- Delegate detailed integration flow design, sequence diagrams, API specification artefacts and Initial Load design & execution to the Integration Architect
- Mentor the Integration Architect and development team.

Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or any related field.
- 5+ years of experience in solution / application architecture
- End-to-end integration architecture in banking / financial services
- Integration architecture design — API-led, event-driven and orchestration patterns
- Ability to produce and own architecture sign-off artefacts
- Architecture governance & review board facilitation
- Integration design sign-off & traceability
- Proficient verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Strong leadership skills, collaborative spirit, sense of ownership, and accountability.
- Completion of military obligations if applicable.

Nice to have:

- Previous experience in mentoring and technical leadership of architect/developer teams
- Familiarity with core banking systems

Benefits

- An attractive salary package

- Private health insurance plan

- Career development and growth opportunities

- Continuous training via personalized seminars

- An amazing private & open-office workspace in Athens #LI_Hybrid
- Stable and enjoyable working environment