Technical Architect (32006)

Important to Know: You will be client facing in the financial sector. Strong communication is key. You will be technically hands on. If you are not / will not, this is not for you. Working with Global Onboard Team Role and Responsibilities Be a subject matter expert aware of the Bank’s needs and strategy, and product capabilities. Understand customer needs and strategy, in the context of enterprise banking technology, including core banking, product and pricing, channels and integration. Develop architecture for complex business and technical needs across multiple groups. Provide architectural blueprints to the development teams. Ensure that the architecture and design cater to the non-functional requirements specified. Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies and recommend innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization. Lead and manage customer engagements from a technology and integration perspective. Be a part of a collaborative cross-functional squad delivering value to a customer. Be a subject matter expert aware of both the customer’s technology needs and our product capabilities. Be a coach and a guide consulting with the customer on the right way to implement solutions to address business problems. Own accountability of the value delivered to the customer. Lead and perform in a customer facing role Expectations and Additional Responsibilities Research, select, prototype, implement, evaluate, approve progress of architecture/design solutions. Articulate technology solutions to address business problems. Architect, design and implement software and systems solutions. Define technology architecture within the context of the overall enterprise business framework. Develop technology architecture strategy based on situational awareness of various business scenarios and motivations of clients. Define the data shared across the enterprise and the relationships between data in relation to their impact and use from a technology and strategic perspective. Support and align efforts to meet customer business needs as a part of software delivery Participate in requirements elicitation Conduct discovery and JAD sessions Create, review and present specification documents Conduct walkthroughs to clarify customer requirements Work with senior team members to present product capabilities to customers and partners Work with team members to determine system objectives, constraints and solve design problems Provide architectural blueprints to the development teams Ensure that the architecture and design caters to the non functional requirements specified Verify configurations as a part of acceptance before software delivery to customer Communicate proactively with customers and internal team members to deliver business value as a part of daily work management Identify new methodologies for making development more cost effective Assist team members in conducting regular design and code reviews and document software designs Train and guide junior members of the team to obtain necessary product and project knowledge Support team in developing product and customer knowledge base Support pre-sales efforts to acquire new customers and projects Experience: 7 years of technology design experience including systems, applications or architecture 7 years of experience with cloud architecture, framework and design patterns 5 years of experience in working with teams building microservices Knowledge and understanding in working with third party hosted solutions Must Have: Degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent experience Domain knowledge of banking and financial institutions and/or large enterprise IT environment Technical Skills Core Java, Spring Boot Web Services : REST, SOAP Kafka, Design Patterns Familiarity using development tools : IDE, Unit testing tools, Build tools, Source control and code review tools