IT Architect, AVP

Job Title: IT Architect

Corporate Title: Assistant Vice President

Location: Pune, India

Role Description

• Solution architect is responsible for designing the solution architecture for the product. Would be involved into other architecture activities, e.g. decommissioning of the application or creation of the domain architecture or complex reorganization for the project's applications.
• Solution architect should aim to simplify product architecture.
• Standards, guides, checklists and the best practices provided by Solution Architecture Community are the strong recommended guidelines to develop Solution Architecture.
• Writing/generation of the Solution Architecture Document for product(s) is recommended and should cover the major architecture changes or new architecture transformed projects.
• The Solution Architect (SA) defines the technical solution design of specific IT platforms and provides guidance to the squad members in order to design, build, test and deliver high quality software solutions. A key element in this context is the translation of functional and non-functional business requirements into an appropriate technical solution design, leveraging best practices and consistent design patterns.
• The SA collaborates closely with Product Owners, Chapter Leads, and Squad Members to ensure consistent adherence to the agreed-upon application design and is responsible for maintaining an appropriate technical design documentation.
• The Solution Architect ensures that architectures and designs of solutions conform to the principles, blueprints, standards, patterns, etc. that have been established by Enterprise Architecture. The SA also actively contributes to the definition and enrichment of design patterns and standards with the aim to leverage those across squads and tribes.
• SA should have leadership capabilities to collaborate with business and technology stakeholders, manage the resources wherever applicable for architecture and key technology deliveries.
• As part of this Role, We are seeking a highly experienced Solution Architect to join our team. In this senior role, you will be a trusted advisor, providing comprehensive technical guidance and driving innovation as we leverage GCP alongside our on-premise infrastructure.

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 childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• 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

• Oversee the development of architecture viewpoints which demonstrate how capabilities need to change to support the bank's critical goals, and ensuring the buy-in of key stakeholders.
• Supporting development of business cases, approval, funding and prioritization, engaging senior stakeholders across the functions and divisions of the bank.
• Support alignment of Global Procurement Technology with the bank's strategy, balancing benefits, opportunities, costs and risks. In cases where there is not full alignment, proactively manage the impacts
• Work closely with Procurement Technology Product, Data and Engineering teams to execute the architectural vision
• Support & coach Technical Leads across multiple squads by aiding agile decisions while steering the Architecture runway towards strategic direction
• Facilitate open communication with stakeholders at all levels.
• Stay current with emerging trends and innovations in GCP services, application development frameworks, and programming languages.

Your Skills & Experience

• Recent experience as a Solution Architect in a top-tier Bank or Fintech designing data intensive applications while operating in an Agile environment
• Deep knowledge of the Architecture and Design Principles, Algorithms and Data Structures for both on-prem and cloud native solutions (GCP Architecture Certification preferred)
• Prior experience as a senior engineer, architect, or senior business/technical analyst, designing and implementing complex systems, platforms and services
• Experience on transformation programmes, including representing architecture or delivery in senior stakeholder and governance forums
• Strong written and oral communication skills to diverse audiences to build consensus, share and drive architecture and strategy, with senior management and our global engineering delivery team
• Good experience in technical skills in language technologies –Web Technologies, Databases, Cloud. Should have mainframe exposure and good knowledge of COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL etc.
• SAS on Mainframe would be Add-on.
• Good Knowledge of Microservices Architecture, DevOps and SRE techniques
• Understanding principles of Information Security

The following criteria would be beneficial, but are good to have:

• An interest in the concepts and issues around vendor management, procurement initiatives and the risk management
• Knowledge in AI/ML to boost the business objectives
• Experience in migrating application workloads and data to Google Cloud Platform

How we'll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career.
• 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 to suit your needs.

About us and our teams

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We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.