India Channels SME

Barclays; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays in Pune seeks an India Channels SME to drive the evolution of our infrastructure and deployment pipelines, delivering robust, scalable, and secure solutions for our digital channels. You will lead API architecture, large-scale integrations, and migration efforts across Internet and mobile banking, while championing risk controls and strategic technology initiatives.

The role emphasizes collaboration with stakeholders, feasibility studies, and delivery within budget.

Qualifications

• Experience in banking or financial services.
• Experience implementing digital banking channels (Internet/Mobile banking).
• Experience with API architecture, API Gateway, REST services, microservices and large-scale integration platforms.
• Experience with payments, core banking, customer/account services, fraud/risk systems.
• Experience migrating Internet Banking users between systems.

Responsibilities

• Identify and analyse business requirements needing change.
• Develop requirements addressing problems and opportunities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to meet needs and expectations.
• Support business cases and feasibility studies for proposed solutions.
• Produce project progress reports and ensure on-time delivery within budget.
• Create operational and process designs within agreed scope.
• Support change management with traceability matrices.

Skills

Banking/FS experience

Digital banking channels

API architecture & REST/microservices

Payments/core banking/fraud

Migration of Internet Banking users

Risk & controls

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

API Gateway

Kafka/MQ

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

PKI/HSM/mTLS

Job description

Join us as a India Channels SME at Barclays where you will spearhead the evolution of our infrastructure and deployment pipelines, driving innovation and operational excellence. You will harness cutting‑edge technology to build and manage robust, scalable and secure infrastructure, ensuring seamless delivery of our digital solutions.

To be successful as a India Channels SME, you should have experience with:

• Years of technology experience, preferably in banking or financial services.
• Experience in implementing digital banking channels such as Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, Corporate Banking and Open Banking.
• Implementation expertise in API architecture, API Gateway, API Management, REST services, microservices and large‑scale integration platforms.
• Experience with payments, core banking, customer/account services, fraud/risk systems and transaction processing.
• Experience in executing Migration of Internet Banking Users and capabilities between two systems.

Some Other Highly Valued Skills May Include

• Experience with event‑driven architecture using Kafka, MQ or similar messaging platforms.
• Cloud and container platform experience across AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes and containers.
• Exposure to ISO 20022, cards, AML, FX, loans, deposits and regulatory payment ecosystems.
• Experience with PKI, HSM, mTLS, certificate/key management, digital signatures and non‑repudiation.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job‑specific technical skills.

The role is based out of Pune.

Purpose of the role

To support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities.

Accountabilities

• Identification and analysis of business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation.
• Development of business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities.
• Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations.
• Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions.
• Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions.
• Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Creation of operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope.
• Support to change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub‑function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.