IFTAS - Deputy Vice President - Technology Operations

About IFTAS :

Indian Financial Technology and Allied Services (IFTAS), is promoted by IDRBT (Institute for Development & Research in Banking Technology) for rendering IT services to the Indian Banking and Financial industry.

IDRBT is an autonomous centre for development and research in Banking Technology, established by the Reserve Bank of India.

Services being rendered by IFTAS include

(a) INFINET, the country-wide secure information technology network.0

(b) SFMS, India's backbone inter-bank Financial Messaging Platform used for RTGS, NEFT, etc.

(c) IBCC, the most trusted cloud platform for banks in India.

The mandate of IFTAS is to provide essential IT-related services, presently being offered by the IDRBT, to the Reserve Bank of India, banks and financial institutions, effectively and efficiently. As these services constitute the backbone of the payment systems operations in India, IFTAS is geared up to provide uninterrupted 24 x 7 high-quality IT-related services to the Indian Banking and Financial Sector.

IFTAS has been incorporated under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 as a non-profit company, reflecting the intention and mandate of the organization as an enabler and facilitator of automation. NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India), which was formed out of IDRBT under a similar initiative in 2009, has gone on to revolutionize the Payments space in India, with successful implementation of RuPay, IMPS, ACH and other services.

With INFINET and SFMS in steady state operations, IFTAS is focused on expanding its Cloud Services to include the entire gamut of Banking applications, targeted at players in the entire banking sector. IFTAS is looking for self-motivated, service-oriented, technology-savvy personnel who will help scale its operations and take it to a whole new level in innovation, service and size.

Job Description :

Title : DVP - Technology Operations

Reports to : Vertical Head

Team : Large operations team includes IT application, Production Support and Networking.

(a) Responsibilities :

1. Reporting to vertical head, managing all IT operations, application, production support, infrastructure & network.

2. Ensure compliance to committed SLAs.

3. Ensuring 24x7 seamless & smooth operations of countrywide infrastructure, network and applications.

4. Ensuring prompt daily / periodic status reporting.

5. Manage all aspects of networking, system administration, help desk / support, security, user training and resource / service / project / stakeholder management.

6. Responsible for Budgeting & control, Procurement / sustenance / refresh of Infrastructure, network & applications.

7. Management of multiple hardware, software, network and staffing service providers.

8. Banking domain, Payment System exposure is must.

Requirements :

(a) Education : BE/B.Tech + MBA

(b) Experience : 12 yrs to 15 yrs