Enterprise Architect (Hybrid, Contract) at Heirs Technologies – Lagos

Heirs Technologies Limited is recruiting a contract Enterprise Architect for a hybrid role in Lagos. The architect will direct the end-to-end technical design of a large digital financial platform, covering cloud, data, networks, security and integration with on-premises systems.

Responsibilities

• Translate business, customer and regulatory needs into a coherent technical vision and architectural roadmap.
• Design cloud, database, network, security and integration architectures, working hands-on where required.
• Set architectural standards for microservices, APIs, event-driven messaging, infrastructure as code, containers and observability.
• Develop integration patterns for legacy and core-banking platforms, addressing connectivity, reliability and security.
• Lead architecture governance, review boards, architectural decision records and technology selection.
• Define performance, scalability, resilience, availability and recovery requirements for the platform.
• Ensure alignment with financial-sector regulatory and data protection obligations, including PCI DSS and relevant CBN requirements.
• Work with the Platform Director, technology leadership, engineering teams and institutional stakeholders.

Essential experience

• At least ten years of technology experience, including substantial practical architecture work.
• Hands-on depth in AWS and/or Azure, distributed data, network, security and application architectures.
• Experience integrating cloud-native and legacy or on-premises enterprise systems.
• Strong command of microservices, event-driven systems, API-first design and architecture governance.
• Ability to explain complex design choices to senior executives and lead cross-functional architectural decisions.

Additional advantages

TOGAF, advanced AWS or Azure architect certification, fintech or banking experience, domain-driven design and knowledge of African regulatory requirements are advantageous.