Solution Architect - BFSI

Good to have:

Banking Domain (Transaction Banking - Liquidity, Trade, Cash Management, Payments) - Primary, Any Banking (Secondary)

Solutioning Architect

TOGAF Certification - good to have

Techno-functional architect

Design Pattern, SOA, Microservice

Java, J2EE, Spring

Docker, Kubernete, Jenkin (Good to have)

Role Description :

- As an Architect you will design and define the solution catering to a customer's needs using Intellect Design Arena's (IDA) suite of Corporate Transaction Banking Products, preferably Payments/Liquidity for various customers.

- We are seeking candidates with a very strong technical background in J2EE and web applications in general, with the ability to ensure customer's success beyond coding and into system planning and architecture. You will be working as part of a delivery focused and talented product implementation team responsible for designing, developing and supporting IDA's suite of Transaction Banking Products for international customers.

Responsibilities :

- Provide technical design and construction expertise to product implementation teams and deployments.

- Develop best practices for architecture, design, coding & automated test coverage.

- Lead the solution for Non Functional Requirements around deployment, integration, performance, security, etc.

- Review and approve technical design documents and participate in discussions with Customer's architecture team.

- Drive the design and approach for complex data migration requirements.

- Research and follow up on technical issues related to projects, inform, communicate and train associates.

- Lead a small team of developers to create Proof of Concept or prototypes within challenging timelines.

- Represent IDA product teams in discussions with customer's architecture team on issues, solutions and articulate IDA positions in writing.

- This is a hands-on role involving Architecture, Design & Development, not a general management role.

Desired Skills and Experience :

- 12-20 years software consulting experience involving BFSI domain including direct customer contact

- Knowledge and experience with the product implementation project lifecycle (scoping, requirements, customization, QA - functional, non-functional).

- 10+ years of experience in developing Java and Web applications in a large product development organization with Oracle backbends

- Hands on exp in Dockers,Kubernetes, Microservices.

- J2EE (Java, JSP, Servlets, JMS, Web Services) with one of the following application servers

- Weblogic Application Server

- JBoss Application Server

- Websphere Application Server

- Hands on experience with Databases like Oracle. Must be comfortable working independently.

- Experience with Messaging Servers like IBM MQ.

- Experience with caching technologies like EhCache.

- Experience in designing highly scalable enterprise application using distributed multi-tier architecture and cloud technologies (both J2EE and Spring)

- Experience in deploying containerized modules using Dockers and Kubernetes

- Excellent understanding of Relational Database concepts with JDBC and XA transactions involving EJBs and MDBs.

- Knowledge of Source control systems like CVS and SVN, and Java Development & Deployment tools like Ant, Maven and Sonar.

- Experience with Operating Systems like UNIX/Linux/AIX/Windows. Must be comfortable working independently.

- Industry knowledge of Corporate Transaction Banking domain and related products a plus

- Ability to analyze and articulate capacity requirements and provide recommendations to both Customer and IDA teams.

- Excellent logical analysis, creative problem-solving & troubleshooting skills.

- Keen interest in keeping abreast of latest developments in Information Technology.

- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.