Sr. Solution Architect

Role Overview: At Ford Credit, we are seeking a highly skilled and visionary Enterprise Architect to join our team in Chennai. As an Enterprise Architect, you will play a critical role in shaping our strategic technology landscape. You will be responsible for managing a team of architects across the US and India, defining and driving solution architecture decisions to ensure scalable, secure, and resilient IT infrastructure aligned with our ambitious business objectives in the Fintech, Banking, and Lending sectors. Your role will involve leading transformative initiatives, modernizing core systems, and establishing robust architectural practices that define our future success. Key Responsibilities: - Define architectural solutions aligned with enterprise architectural vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and growth initiatives across Fintech, Banking, and Lending domains. - Participate in the Enterprise Architecture (EA) Office, supporting and aligning with architectural principles, standards, and processes. Define architecture decision documents and drive consensus in the ARB to advance technology initiatives. - Lead, mentor, and develop a team of architects, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Provide guidance and thought leadership on complex architectural challenges. - Spearhead and provide architectural leadership for large-scale digital transformation initiatives, ensuring successful delivery and adoption of new technologies and methodologies. - Develop strategies and roadmaps for modernizing legacy systems and applications, implement hybrid cloud solutions integrating on-premises and public cloud environments, ensuring scalability, security, and flexibility. - Design and oversee complex integration architectures, champion microservice architectures, and provide guidance across backend (Java) and frontend technologies for optimal design and performance. - Champion architectural patterns and practices enhancing system resiliency, security, and operational efficiency, integrating DevOps principles throughout the development lifecycle. - Conduct cost-benefit analyses, derive value propositions for architectural decisions and technology investments, and develop comprehensive enterprise roadmaps outlining the strategic evolution of our technology landscape. - Act as a trusted advisor and consultant to senior leadership and business stakeholders, negotiate architectural trade-offs, manage expectations, and communicate complex technical concepts effectively. - Collaborate effectively with onshore stakeholders, business leaders, product managers, and development teams to ensure architectural solutions meet business requirements and align with global strategies. Qualification Required: - Experience: 15+ years in IT, with at least 8+ years in an Enterprise Architecture role within Fintech, Banking, or Lending industries. Proven experience in managing an EA Office, leading architectural efforts, legacy modernization, hybrid cloud architectures, and integration architecture. - Knowledge: Strong understanding of industry standard modeling languages, REST APIs, event-driven designs, microservice architectures, Java-based systems, frontend technologies, cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure), architectural principles, and artefacts. - Skills: Exceptional consulting, negotiation, stakeholder management, communication, presentation, and leadership skills. Proficiency in conducting cost-benefit analysis, developing technology roadmaps, and implementing architectural solutions. - Certifications: TOGAF Certification is mandatory. Additional certifications in AI, ML, Java, or cloud platforms are desirable.,