Java solution architect

Job Description

Location- Pune/Hyderabad
 

Principal responsibilities
 

● Work with the leadership of the Business, Product Ownership, Architecture and
 

Engineering, helping them define their technology vision, strategy and solutions.
 

● Ensure the architecture governance practices are followed and designs are
 

● correctly aligned and supportive of the client’s strategies (Tech, Data, Cloud, Security,
 

etc.).
 

● Create and own architecture deliverables as part of the project architecture team,
 

including both solution and enterprise architecture artefacts.
 

● Take a leading role in the development and implementation of the Future State
 

Architecture of the product.
 

● Liaise with many geographically dispersed teams and stakeholders to build knowledge
 

and coordinate solution design.
 

● Produce both written and verbal knowledge transfer documentation in preparation for
 

transitioning solutions to BAU ownership by the client.
 

● Develop an understanding of the business and organisational context of the client
 

engagement and use this knowledge to suggest optimisations and reduce risks.
 

Requirements

Requirements
 

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:
 

● A strong technical and solution architecture background, capable of having technical
 

discussions with engineering teams.
 

● Experience working with Enterprise Architecture.
 

● A track record of owning and delivering solutions across a broad spectrum of the project
 

delivery lifecycle involving mixed-shore resources.
 

● The ability to communicate efficiently upwards (to business), downwards (to IT teams)
 

and laterally (to peers, vendors, and client-side staff).
 

● Familiarity with technology concepts, roles, and terminology, and the ability to work
 

closely with application architects and modellers.
 

● Familiarity with API design and an awareness of micro-service architectures.
 

● The ability to serve as an active participant in architecture groups and forums
 

communicating solution strategy and design in conversation, documentation and
 

presentations.
 

In addition to the above, the following background experience would be highly beneficial:
 

● Consultancy/customer-facing experiences within a software vendor or enterprise-scale
 

services environment.
 

● Financial Services domain knowledge with practical experience in mobilizing technology
 

to meet the market dynamics affecting the financial services domain (Risk / Cost /
 

Customer).
 

● A track record of successful refactoring / tech-debt remediation projects.
 

● Proficiency in interrogating codebases to ascertain behaviour, particularly with Java and
 

Spring Boot.
 

High Level Holistic Capabilities sought:
 

● Experience in digital and broader architectural transformation, applying solutions from
 

experience in decomposing monolithic solutions and methods to manage technical debt.
 

● Experience working with enterprise architectures, and translating those into solution
 

architectures.
 

● Ability to understand, articulate and translate customer journeys into technical design,
 

leveraging API and micro-service architecture techniques.
 

● Experience, knowledge and understanding of enterprise-level software development and
 

API based integration e.g. Spring, Kong
 

● Participate in technical design and oversee all technology-related issues of cloud-native
 

product development, building a micro-services-based architecture, promoting API reuse
 

and managing technical debt across the enterprise.
 

Key Role Capabilities [non-technical]
 

● Problem Solving and critical thinking
 

● Innovation & Idea Management
 

● Maximising Business Performance
 

● Business analysis and design
 

● Leading and Improving business systems
 

● Influences and Challenges Stakeholders
 

● Working in a dynamic environment
 

● Engaging with Customers/Stakeholders/Colleagues
 

● Shapes and Drives the Right Working Environment