Opening For Solution Architect

Tekskills Inc.; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills Inc. is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect in Kolkata to define target-state architecture aligned with business outcomes.

You will design end-to-end solutions across business, application, data and technology layers, leveraging cloud-native patterns and microservices. The role requires collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams and stakeholders across regions, with emphasis on integration to Payments and Core Banking platforms.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to define target state architecture aligned with business outcomes.
• Knowledge of cloud-native and microservices design patterns.
• Experience with TOGAF/ArchiMate frameworks and banking regulations.

Responsibilities

• Current State analysis with business, product owners, and SMEs to document architecture.
• Define target state solution architecture and end-to-end views.
• Document roadmap options and an end-to-end plan for the recommended option.
• Create High Level Solution Design covering architecture, NFRs, data models and dependencies.

Skills

Target-State Architecture

Cloud Native Architecture

Microservices patterns

API design

Event-Driven Architecture

Database concepts

Migration to microservices

Stakeholder management

TOGAF

ArchiMate

Basel III

PSD2

ISO 20022

Banking domain

Payments integration

Core Banking integration

Job description

Key Skills and experience:

• Proficient in defining the target state architecture and high-level design for the assigned scope based on business outcomes and aligned with the bank's strategy. The target architecture and solution should cover all relevant dimensions business, application, data and technology architecture.
• Proficient in Cloud Native Architecture, Microservices design patterns, API design, Event-Driven Architecture and Database concepts. Expected to have good understanding of monolithic to microservices migration.
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders across multiple functional areas, domains and geographies, to define the strategic architecture for a given area.
• Analysis of options and delivery of end-to-end solution designs using the relevant building blocks making sure the implementation delivers both the immediate business outcomes and moves us towards the longer-term enterprise architecture outcomes.
• Good communication and negotiation skills
• Preferrable to have knowledge and experience of Industry Architecture Frameworks: TOGAF, ArchiMate etc.
• Preferrable to have knowledge and experience of global and regional regulatory frameworks (e.g., Basel III, PSD2, ISO 20022).
• Domain – Experience in Banking preferably on Commercial Banking and good understanding of integration to Payments and Core Banking platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Current State analysis – Collaborate with business, product owners, architects and technical SMEs from different areas to understand and document the current state architecture, pain points, objectives and strategy from different stakeholders.
• Solution Development – Define target state solution architecture, design end-to-end architectural views and processes for the given scope.
• Roadmap options evaluation – Document different roadmap options, analysis of different options and define end-to-end roadmap for the recommended option.
• Deliverable - Create High Level Solution Design (HLSD) which covers conceptual, logical and physical architecture along with NFRs, Data Model, dependencies, risk etc.