Solution Architect

**Job Title**:Engineering Solution Architect (AVP)

**Location: Pune**

**Role Description - Summary**:
The Solution architecture is a complex process, with many sub-processes to bridge the gap between business requirements/problem and technology solution.

The Engineering Solution Architect is responsible for creating architectural solutions and is part of the architecture owner team which is responsible for overall architectural direction of the Business Application. The Engineering Solution Architect leads their sub-team through initial architecture envisioning for their sub-systems and will be involved with the initial architecture envisioning for the system as a whole.

**What we’ll offer you**

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy
- Best in class leave policy
- Gender neutral parental leaves
- 100% reimbursement under child care assistance benefit (gender neutral)
- Flexible working arrangements
- Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
- Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
- Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
- Accident and Term life Insurance
- Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

**Your key responsibilities**

**Key Responsibilities / Tasks**:

- Work closely with Product owners, UI/UX, and squad members to design solution architecture in conformance with bank standards, regulatory and security requirements
- Write technical documentations including design, documentation and training materials
- Present solution to Enterprise Architect, validation committees at different levels and secure approvals
- Collaborate with cross-squads/cross-functional tribes and to understand and build appropriate solutions
- Lead and create quick proof of concepts and identify break-through solutions
- Work with Central Architecture Board and align solutions with standard reference architecture
- Collaborate with DevOps/QA on continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)
- Define Agile (Scrum) based practices with test driven development

**Your skills and experience**
- Comfortable working in an open, highly collaborative team
- Experienced with Agile principles and motived to lead the teams across the organisation
- Experienced in standard testing practices (Unit, UI, Functional, Performance, Scalability, Regression etc.)
- Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to translate complex business processes and technical designs and concerns into easy to understand language
- Feedback: Seeks feedback from others, provides feedback to others in support of their development, and is open and honest while dealing constructively with criticism
- Inclusive Leadership: Values individuals and embraces diversity by integrating differences and promoting diversity and inclusion across teams and functions
- Coaching: Understands and anticipates people's needs, skills, and abilities, in order to coach, motivate and empower them for success
- Work with enabling Squads/departments to create a culture of move fast, learn faster without compromising quality
- Be data and client driven and bring evidence-based decision-making to explain ‘why’
- Design architecture standards along with other Tribe architects
- Minimum 10-12 Years’ experience in IT & Architecture, preferably servicing for the Banking Applications Domains
- At least 5-6 years of experience as a Solution Architect
- Significant experience with and knowledge of Agile design methodologies and process
- Proficient in one or many programming languages (Java, Objective-C, Swift, C++ etc.,)
- Good understanding of micro services architecture
- Well versed in HTML5, CSS3 and native JavaScript
- Middle Tier - WSO2 / Spring Boot, Spring Cloud (Netflix OOS Stack)
- Experience with Web (Apache), Application Servers (Tomcat, Weblogic) and database (Oracle, SQL/PL-SQL)
- Experience protocols and formats (HTTP/HTTPS, Websockets, SOAP, RESTFul, JSON, XML)
- Experience in Android UI Layouts, Themes, Custom Styles etc.
- Expertise in iOS SDK (UIKit, Cocoa Touch, Core Services, etc)
- Experience in Core Data, iOS Networking libraries, UIKit etc.,
- Ability to develop custom iOS UI controls
- iOS project infrastructure (code-signing, certificates, provisioning profiles etc.,)
- Experience in NodeJS, Falcor, React, JSX, Flux, Redux and Netflix OSS Stack is highly preferred
- Familiar with network & deployment architecture for iOS/Android apps in Banking world
- Experience in React-Native & ReactJS Framework
- Experience in Cordova/AngularJS, Native platform SDKs (iOS, Android) will be good to have

**How we’ll support you**
- Training and development to help you excel in your career
- Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
- Coaching and support from experts in your team
- A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
- A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor