VP/AVP, Architect, Group Consumer Banking and Big Data Analytics Technology, Technology & Operations

Business Function

Group Technology and Operations (T&O) enables and empowers the bank with an efficient, nimble and resilient infrastructure through a strategic focus on productivity, quality & control, technology, people capability and innovation. In Group T&O, we manage the majority of the Bank's operational processes and inspire to delight our business partners through our multiple banking delivery channels.

Responsibilities

Subject Matter Expertise

• Act as visionary and strategist for solution/application area
• Survey market landscape for solution/application insights, direction, vendors, and methods
• Provides expertise to identify and translate system requirements into software design artifacts
• Make presentations at internal conferences and authorship internal in publications

Early Ideation

• Help business development life cycle by serving as a solution SME to help identify and qualify business development opportunities
• Provide end to end solution and design details
• Drive POCs to assess new solution/application paths
• Lead / participate in product selection process and fit gap analysis

Methodology and Quality Assurance

• Contribute to a repository for solution/application artifacts
• Interface and coordinate tasks with internal and external technical resources. Collaborates with Project Managers and technical staff to provision estimates, develop overall implementation solution/application plan, and serve as a lead as required, to implement the installation, customization, and integration efforts
• Oversee aspects of project life cycle, from initial kickoff through requirements analysis, design and implementation phases for projects within the solution/application area
• Provide quality assurance for services within the solution/application area
• Write, or direct the writing of white papers that add further insight and thought in the solution/application area

Work Force Management, Supervision and Mentoring

• Manages a team of direct reports (if applicable) who drive service lines in the solution/application area
• Assists staffing coordinators who define project team requirements for projects in solution/application area
• Work with Delivery to define overall recruiting needs and expertise in solution/application area
• Work with Delivery to establish professional development needs for practitioners in solution/application area
• Mentor and guide more junior technical resources
• Feed the overall project status to the senior management

Requirements

• At least 10 years of relevant experience in a complex enterprise environment
• At least 8 years of experience in banking technology
• Experience in design Cloud native, Event based and Microservice Architecture
• Deep End-to-End Enterprise Architecture understanding, including Enterprise Java Stack (JEE), JAVA spring boot, Rich UI and Front-End technologies (ReactJS, Kony, etc.), mobile applications (Android and iOS), Middleware technologies (Tibco, Solace, Kafka, Active MQ etc.), Mainframe technologies, Databases, Data Warehouses, and Core Banking solutions
• Experienced working in a cloud native work environment, spring cloud data, Spring Security, OAuth, service monitoring on cloud, PaaS environment such as Pivotal, Kubernetes
• Presence in open source projects will be huge plus
• Experience with event based and microservice solutions developed in large cloud computing infrastructures such as Amazon Web Services, Azure Cloud, and/or Google Cloud
• Strong communication skills including engaging senior management on strategic plans, leading project steering committees and status updates etc
• Experienced in Agile methodology
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Excellent organizational, vendor management, negotiation, and prioritization skills
• Excellent team player and strong interpersonal skills
• Proactive and able to work under pressure, strong problem-solving skills and positive "can do" attitude

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We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and the professional advantages of a dynamic environment that supports your development and recognises your achievements.