Integration Lead Core Banking Upgrade

Job Summary:

Integration Lead

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Leadership:

• Lead end-to-end integration efforts for the Core Banking upgrade program.
  
• Serve as the single point of contact for all integration-related activities, aligning with application owners, architects, and delivery teams.
  

• Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Work closely with Retail Technology and Digital Studio teams to understand application landscapes, dependencies, and integration needs.
  
• Coordinate with product owners, solution architects, and third-party vendors to ensure seamless integration planning and execution.
  

• Solution Design & Architecture:

• Define integration strategies and reference architectures across systems using REST, SOAP, messaging queues, event-driven patterns, etc.
  
• Design and review API contracts, data mappings, error handling mechanisms, and security protocols.
  

• Execution & Oversight:

• Oversee the build, deployment, and testing of integration solutions across the banking platform.
  
• Ensure integration solutions adhere to enterprise architecture, security, scalability, and performance standards.
  
• Guide and mentor development teams during design, build, and troubleshooting.
  

• Governance & Compliance:

• Define and enforce integration standards, best practices, and documentation processes.
  
• Ensure regulatory, audit, and compliance requirements are factored into the integration layer.
  

• Risk Management:

• Identify integration risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks; proactively implement mitigation plans.
  
• Support impact analysis and change management during upgrades or modifications.
  

Required Skills & Experience:

• 12 to 15+ years of overall IT experience, with a strong background in system and application integration.
  
• Proven experience leading

  core banking transformation or upgrade programs

  .
• Hands-on experience with

  integration platforms/tools

  like MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, Apache Camel, or IBM Integration Bus.
• Strong expertise in

  API management

  , including Swagger/OpenAPI, API gateways, and security models (OAuth2, JWT, etc.).
• Experience in

  microservices architecture

  , event-driven systems, message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ), and data synchronization patterns.
• Solid understanding of

  core banking systems (e.g., Finacle, Temenos, Flexcube, T24, etc.)

  and their integration landscapes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in Agile or DevOps environments.
  
• Familiarity with cloud-native integration services (Azure Logic Apps, AWS API Gateway, etc.).
  
• Certification in integration tools or enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect).
  

Education:

• Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.