Senior IT Solutions Architect

About Temenos

Temenos powers a world of banking that creates opportunities for billions of people and businesses everywhere. For over 30 years, Temenosians have pioneered and are passionate about making banking better, together. We serve over 3000 clients, from the largest institutions to challengers and community banks, across 150+ countries. We collaborate to build new banking services and state-of-the-art customer experiences on our open banking platform, helping clients operate more sustainably.

At Temenos, we foster an open-minded and inclusive culture, empowering everyone to shape their destiny and positively contribute to the world of banking and society.

Values

• Care About Transforming The Banking Landscape: Commit to being part of an exciting culture and product evolving within the financial industry.
• Collaborate Effectively: Proactively work with teams within or outside Temenos.
• Challenge Yourself: Be ambitious and achieve individual and company targets.

About The Role

We're seeking a hands-on technology leader to drive our business application architecture and establish a modern Identity & Access Management (IAM) function. As a Senior IT Solutions Architect, you will shape the future of our application landscape, enhance integration and security, and implement enterprise-wide identity governance.

What You’ll Do

• Lead solution architecture for core business applications, ensuring scalability, integration, and simplification.
• Govern application design standards and drive modernization across platforms.
• Develop a governance framework for Identity & Access Management and establish an IAM platform using Entra P1 and P2 plans.
• Define and implement standardized job roles and access privileges to harmonize and simplify access company-wide.
• Improve onboarding, offboarding, and mover processes by tightening IAM controls, automating identity lifecycle steps, and ensuring timely, correct access provisioning and deprovisioning.
• Build and operate the IAM function across identity lifecycle, Microsoft Entra ID / AD governance, MFA, SSO, Conditional Access, RBAC, and privileged access.
• Enhance automation for identity governance and application integration.
• Actively collaborate with existing M365, EntraID, and Cloud teams, as well as other application owners.
• Work closely with the IT Project Management Office and provide consulting support to IT teams and different business units.
• Partner with CSRO, HR, and Business stakeholders to ensure secure, compliant, and efficient access management.
• Build a team of professionals to drive the Identity & Access Management function.

What You Bring

• Proven track record in solution architecture with strong experience in enterprise applications and integrations.
• Proficient in IAM, including Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD, Active Directory, MFA, SSO, and access governance.
• Solid understanding of authentication standards (SAML, OAuth, OIDC) and identity lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated expertise in overseeing and managing complex projects.
• Leadership competencies relevant to prospective IAM or IT management positions.
• Ability to simplify complex environments, define enterprise standards, and lead cross-functional initiatives.

Some of Our Benefits Include

• Maternity leave: Transition back with 3 days per week in the first month and 4 days per week in the second month.
• Civil Partnership: 1 week of paid leave for marriage or civil partnership (including same-sex).
• Family care: 4 weeks of paid family care leave.
• Recharge days: 4 days per year for physical or mental rejuvenation.
• Study leaves: 2 weeks of paid leave each year for study or personal development.

Key skills/competency

• Solution Architecture
• Identity & Access Management (IAM)
• Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD
• Access Governance
• Enterprise Application Integration
• Authentication Standards (SAML, OAuth, OIDC)
• Security Architecture
• Project Management
• Automation
• Leadership