Solution Architect

To be successful as a Solution Architect, you should have experience with:

- Experience with Cloud Architecture Expertise: Public Cloud: Strong knowledge of major public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) for hybrid or multi-cloud deployments, including services like compute, storage, and networking and Hybrid Cloud: Ability to integrate private and public clouds for scalability, cost-efficiency, and resilience.
- Hands on containerization and orchestration expertise (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) for microservices-based architectures common in banking products.
- Must have skill banking domain knowledge: Understanding of banking regulations and compliance standards (e.g., PCIR, INDIA, UAE & APAC payments regulations) to ensure solutions meet legal and security requirements and should have familiarity with core banking systems, payment processing (e.g., RTGS, UPI, NEFT, IMPS, Cross Border, UAE local scheme, NPSS, etc ), and financial APIs (e.g., Open Banking standards).
- Good Understanding of Banking product offerings such as Payments, DDA, Lending, Internet Banking etc.
- Needs hands on security and risk management: Knowledge of securing cloud environments (e.g., encryption, identity access management, firewalls, etc) to protect sensitive financial data and experience with risk assessment and mitigation strategies in cloud and DevOps workflows.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

- Certifications like AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Cloud Professional Architect.
- Vendor-specific private cloud certifications (e.g., VMware VCP, Red Hat Openshift).
- Experience with serverless computing (e.g., AWS Lambda, Azure Functions) for cost-effective, scalable banking microservices.
- Knowledge of blockchain or distributed ledger technology for secure transaction systems.
- Familiarity with AI/ML integration for fraud detection or customer analytics in banking.
- Expertise in monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack) for real-time system performance tracking.
- Proficiency in GitOps workflows for streamlined deployments.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skill.

This role is for Pune Location.

**Purpose of the role**

To design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems, collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements, and design and implement solutions that meet those needs and create solutions that balance technology risks against business delivery, driving consistency.

**Accountabilities**
- Design and development of solutions as products that can evolve, meeting business requirements that align with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling. This includes identification and implementation of the technologies and platforms.
- Best practice designs incorporating security principles (such as defence in depth and reduction of blast radius) that meet the Bank’s resiliency expectations.
- Solutions that appropriately balance risks and controls to deliver the agreed business and technology value.
- Adoption of standardised solutions where they fit. If no standard solutions fit, feed into their ongoing evolution where appropriate.
- Fault finding and performance issues support to operational support teams, leveraging available tooling.
- Solution design impact assessment in terms of risk, capacity and cost impact, inc. estimation of project change and ongoing run costs.
- Development of the requisite architecture inputs required to comply with the banks governance processes, including design artefacts required for architecture, privacy, security and records management governance processes.

**Vice President Expectations**
- To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
- If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
- If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D