📍 Location: Dublin, Ireland (Hybrid)
📅 Contract Type: Contract
💼 Experience Required: 10+ Years

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Applications Developer Architect to provide architectural leadership across critical pension systems, specifically PDR (Pension Data Repository)and IPS (Integrated Pension System).

This role will focus on legacy system transition, architectural governance, and system modernisation, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with regulatory and public sector standards.

Key Responsibilities

Provide end-to-end application architecture oversight across IPS and PDR
Lead and produce high-quality application designs for:
- Enhancements
- Defect remediation
- Integration changes
Drive legacy system decommissioning strategy, including:
- Dependency mapping
- Cutover planning
- Data archiving & audit compliance
Support PDR → IPS transition, including migration strategy and execution
Review releases for:
- Architectural alignment
- Operational readiness
- Risk mitigation
Ensure compliance with governance, security, and data protection standards
Provide technical leadership & mentoring to internal teams
Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business & regulatory requirements into technical solutions

Required Experience & Skills

Core Expertise

10+ years in Application Architecture / Enterprise Systems
Strong experience in the pension systems domain, especially PDR
Proven track record in:
- Legacy system modernization & decommissioning
- Large-scale enterprise application design
- Integration architecture (APIs, data flows, governance)

Technical & Functional

Deep understanding of:
- Data structures & database schemas
- Business rules and system workflows
- Data governance and reporting frameworks
Experience with:
- Dependency analysis & cutover strategies
- Data retention, archiving & audit requirements
Strong exposure to integration with internal/external systems

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Experience leading development teams and driving delivery outcomes
Strong ability to review and assure architecture/design quality
Excellent communication skills — able to present to both technical & non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Background

Experience in the Public Sector
OR Consulting experience with:
- Big Four Accounting Firms
Exposure to large-scale transformation programmes

Work Model

Hybrid role based in Dublin
Candidate must be based in Ireland and available for onsite collaboration when required

What We’re Looking For

A true senior architect (10+ years)— not mid-level
Strong domain-driven thinker with pension systems expertise
Someone who can own architecture decisions and guide transformation end-to-end

Budget / Rate

Open but aligned with senior market rates in Ireland
Competitive daily rate based on experience

Senior Applications Developer Architect

Job Description