Job Description

Job Mandate
Own the solution architecture for the Deposits Modernization Program (CASA/Time Deposit scope), ensuring business requirements and non-functional requirements are translated into a cohesive target solution across applications, integrations, environments, and security controls.
Work with Build, Integration, Data Migration, Testing, and Operations teams (and vendor architects) to ensure the delivered solution is consistent with architecture standards, scalable, secure, and supportable.
Duties and Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into solution architecture covering application components, integration patterns, data flows, and operational considerations.
  
• Define and maintain key architecture artifacts: target architecture, HLD/SAD, interface designs (logical), data flow diagrams, deployment view, and architecture decision records.
  
• Define and govern non-functional requirements (performance, availability, resiliency, security, DR, observability, maintainability) and ensure they are built into the design.
  
• Lead solution design workshops with vendor and stakeholders; review vendor design deliverables and ensure alignment to standards and agreed scope.
  
• Drive fit-gap at solution level and propose pragmatic design options/alternatives with clear trade-offs (cost, timeline, risk, operability).
  
• Coordinate architecture dependencies across channels, surrounding systems, and enabling capabilities (IAM, logging/monitoring, middleware/API gateway, batch scheduling).
  
• Provide design guidance to Build and Integration teams; ensure functional requirements are implementable and traceable to design and test coverage.
  
• Support environment planning and release readiness: ensure deployment architecture, environment configuration needs, and integration connectivity are defined early.
  
• Participate in test strategy/design from an architecture lens (SIT/UAT, performance testing, DR testing); support defect triage for design-related issues.
  
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Education
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Work Experience

• 5-8 years of experience in solution architecture / systems design for banking or financial services programs.
• Proven experience on core banking / deposits platforms (CASA/TD) and complex integration landscapes preferred.
• Hands-on experience with TCS, Finacle, or Fiserv platforms (at least two required)
• Experience working across multi-stakeholder teams.
  
Knowledge Area

• Solution architecture methods and artifacts
• Integration approaches, security fundamentals, and environment/deployment concepts.
• Non-functional design: performance, resiliency, DR, logging/monitoring, and supportability etc.
• Banking domain understanding: deposits lifecycle, product parameters, interest, fees, accounting impacts, etc.
  
Skills

• Strong ability to translate requirements into an implementable architecture and produce clear design documentation.
• Stakeholder management and facilitation (business, IT, vendor); able to drive decisions and align teams.
• Analytical problem-solving; able to articulate trade-offs and recommend options clearly.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Structured problem-solving and ability to summarize issues and impacts clearly.