Technical Architect

Position Purpose

The role of Technical Architect is to design, implement, and maintain a robust and scalable applications. This framework would require ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements while optimizing operational efficiency.

Technical Architect would play a pivotal role in safeguarding BNPP Group against fraud, money laundering, and other financial crimes by leveraging advanced technologies and innovative solutions.

This position is critical in driving technical vision, strategy of core banking team, thereby contributing to the overall risk management and integrity of the organization.

Position will require to work in a globally distributed setup.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Lead the design of enterprise-level software solutions leveraging technology frameworks
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and create architectural blueprints for complex systems
• Design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure distributed architectures which are cost-effective.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to development teams on best practices, design patterns, and coding standards.

Contributing Responsibilities

• Perform architectural reviews, code reviews, and technology assessments to ensure adherence to BNPP CIB defined architectural principles and standards.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in architecture.
• Lead automation and guide teams to align with shift left and shift right strategy by encouraging a mindset for automation first and reduce recursive manual efforts
• Take ownership of technical feasibility studies, demos, proposal development and represent in ITSVC (architectural committee)

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Strong knowledge in RDBMS / SQL with Oracle or SQL server or Postgres
• Troubleshooting & Performance tuning using any profiling tools e.g. Dynatrace, JProfiler etc.
• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Experienced on building CI/CD pipelines, Bitbucket, Git, Jenkins, SonarQube, infrastructure as code (IaC), and serverless computing.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Ability & willingness to learn & work on diverse technologies (languages, frameworks, and tools)

Specific Qualifications

• Project Management skills in Core Banking systems
• Good hands on MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, MS Projects)
• Handson experience in Project Management Tools (Clarity / JIRA / ServiceNow)
• Good to have exposure to Oracle, Autosys /Unix/Linux
• Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect, or Google Professional Cloud Architect.