Senior Solutions Architect

We are actively looking for a Sr. Solutions Architect to design and architect complex solutions covering payments, reporting, analytics, onboarding and several other capabilities required for day-to-day banking needs.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Define the overall solution architecture for initiatives within the group.
• Be able to understand the business in their terms and be able to distill highly technical concepts to business and operational implications
• Define end to end technical solutions that consider the enterprise architecture strategies, current state environment and constraints. Analyze the viability of the solution to meet project timeline, budget, quality and business sponsor needs.
• Identifies opportunities to improve solution's resilience, reusability, complexity, security etc. and builds them into project solutions.
• Provide expert counsel and support to the development team on construction and maintenance of robust, integrated, secure and efficient applications.
• Raise awareness of associated tech and operational debt that could arise from tactical approaches.
• Prepare or contribute to a high-level solution/design (Architecture Blueprint), which will evolve along with the initiative execution
• Lead complex group meetings (including business, vendor and technology partners) for technical design, decision making, problem solving, implementation and strategic planning, providing technical leadership and design guidance as projects evolve and key decisions are needed

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?

Must have

• Typically requires 3 to 5 years of related experience in Solution Architecture or development, and 5 years of experience in application design, including the creation of architecture artifacts such as system context diagrams and architecture blueprints.
• Advanced knowledge of industry practices, with focus on micro services, cloud application design, API design, Event-Driven Architecture, database technologies
• Demonstrated ability in written and oral communication skills along with strong presentation skills. Ability to determine the information and communication needs of the stakeholders and project.
• Deadline-driven and results-oriented; able to meet consistently high-quality standards while handling a variety of tasks and deadlines simultaneously.

Nice-to-have :

• Experience in an agile delivery model.
• Retail and commercial banking domain knowledge at a large FI.
• Vendor relationship management experience.