Bank IN Solution Architecture - VP

About the role

Barclays is looking for a Bank IN Solution Architecture Vice President based in Bangalore. The role leads the evolution of infrastructure and deployment pipelines, building and managing robust, scalable and secure infrastructure for digital solutions. It sits in the Customer Digital and Data business area under the Technology expertise.

Key responsibilities

• Work with engineers, QA engineers, UX designers, architects and Scrum Masters to deliver high-quality software, taking part in Agile ceremonies.
• Define scalable, secure and maintainable Android solutions, and define architecture, APIs, integrations and cloud-based services.
• Support release planning, dependency management and product increments that deliver measurable business value.
• Develop architecture roadmaps for modernizing the Core Banking estate and reduce legacy risk, technical debt and complexity.
• Identify cloud and container capabilities, assess build vs buy options, and recommend architectures that protect critical banking services.
• Define non-functional requirements for availability, resilience, performance, capacity, scalability, security, maintainability and observability, and assess failure modes across customer journeys.
• Integrate Core Banking, Fiserv, OpenText and TSYS systems, design integration patterns and minimize single points of failure.
• Partner with Engineering and Operations on performance and availability issues, and act as the architecture interface between business, product, engineering and operations.
• Challenge vendor proposals, communicate architecture decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders, and advise on commercial and technology decisions.

Required profile

• Experience with Core Banking and account servicing, including Fiserv interfaces and OpenText document management.
• TSYS experience with card processing and card servicing.
• VP-level expectations: setting strategy, advising senior management, managing risk and controls, and leading multi-year assignments or a team.
• Analytical thinking, stakeholder influence and negotiation skills.
• Legal right to work in the role; the position may be subject to enhanced governance and regulatory compliance obligations.

Required skills

• Android solution architecture
• Core Banking and account servicing systems (Fiserv, OpenText, TSYS)
• Cloud and container architecture
• APIs and integrations

What we offer

• Permanent contract
• Holiday allowance, life assurance, private medical care and pension contribution
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements, discussed with the hiring manager