Biometric Architect

Role & responsibilities

Minimum Competency Requirement

• Must have at least 10 years of hands-on experience in IT architecture design in large projects and implementation, with at least 7 years of relevant experience in global projects or in software product company.
• Should have over 4 years of industry experience in biometric solution implementation.
• Should have in-depth knowledge of biometric algorithms, biometric devices and identity management systems.
• Knowledge of AI / ML technologies will be preferred.
• Should have good knowledge of application level biometric integration.
• Should have successfully architected at least one large mission-critical, large transaction volume biometric projects.
• Good working knowledge of high availability databases, micro-services, middleware.
• Experience in IT infrastructure assessment and gap analysis of large mission critical and complex enterprise technology setups, involving digital transformation and automation of existing business processes.

Job Profile

• Responsible for suggesting new ideas and technology for improving present system and assist in design of new Biometric related projects of UIDAI
• Responsible for monitoring biometric service provider performance, accuracy and quality of biometrics.
• Responsible for designing new/indigenous systems for bio-metric identification
• Responsible for recommending suitable technology solutions for individual application modules and components.
• Reviewing design documents, Test Cases & Reports, SLAs and Release/Build Documents related to biometrics
• Working with project manager, test Manager, Leads, Staging team and UAT team for project planning & delivery, process compliance and SLA adherence
• Coordinating with Security team / CISO for Vulnerability Assessment and fixes
• Coordinating with Infra team for servers, storage and access needs
• Coordinate with Business/HQ for requirements, issue resolution, release rollouts, trainings, demos, reports/updates/presentations.
• Responsibilities assigned by UIDAI from time to time.
• Own key business and product metrics and drive major improvement through product development.
• Responsible for all the stages of Product / Software Development Life Cycle
• Overall ownership for all deliverables relating to the product/application software to be built for the UIDAI
• Create thorough and clear User Acceptance Criteria
• Co-ordinate with the testing team to ensure that the testing (functional, performance & security) is done as per the Test Plan; ensure requisite coverage of test case/scenarios
• Define user interface guidelines and work with user base to improve usability to address business needs.
• Responsible for key Project management knowledge areas like Scope, Risk, Quality, Human resource, Time, Cost and Communications
• Review various artefacts of Software Development viz. the Software Requirement Study, Software Design & Architecture
• Co-ordinate / own all the application audit activities
• Interact with the MSAP/other stakeholders in troubleshooting in resolution of issues relating to maintenance of a development and testing environment including systems and procedures for source control, for UIDAIs software building, testing and document management
• Involve in project planning for sizing various components, defining and scheduling various sizing tasks, coordinating & scheduling interviews sessions with stakeholders.
• Responsible for planning the different Agile development sprints and managing the application backlog, high-level application requirements and sprint demonstrations.
• Responsible for evaluating current business processes, across all application tracks, for automation.
• Prepare, Review and Approve Product Requirement documents, including the Functional and Non-Functional specifications (including for security, performance) for all application releases.
• Responsible for managing the change management process, including conducting impact assessment on the application suite, ensuring the change request documentation is complete and collaborating with the development teams in implementing the changes.
• Responsible for developing functional requirement specifications, change request documentation.
• Collaborate with the development teams during the implementation of features, change requests and defect fixes.