Senior Architect - GBS IND

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Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Global Business Services

Global Business Services delivers Technology and Operations capabilities to Lines of Business and Staff Support Functions of Bank of America through a centrally managed, globally integrated delivery model and globally resilient operations.

Global Business Services is recognized for flawless execution, sound risk management, operational resiliency, operational excellence, and innovation.

In India, we are present in five locations and operate as BA Continuum India Private Limited (BACI), a non-banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation and the operating company for India operations of Global Business Services

Job Description:

The selected candidate is responsible for end-to-end ownership of the design, Architecture and development of the EMEA projects for core banking applications.

Responsibilities:

• Performing initial engagement with the business to determine concept designs, project estimates and provide technology guidance.
• Develop High Level/E2E Design for EMEA projects.
• Define end- to-end technical solution to address business requests.  This includes –
  • Defining use cases
  • Define AS-IS and TO-BE flows.
  • Document impact to each of the application in the flow, along with the details of change required.
• Involved in the design reviews, technical code reviews.
• Work closely with Global Strategy and Architecture (GSA) to ensure alignment to the global strategy and resolve design issues.
• Present end to end solution design & individual application impacts to the delivery teams in deliverable decomposition.
• The number of impacted applications could range from 1 to 100+ depending on the project
• Review high level and low level (platform) design and testing strategy and support the development and testing teams as the solutions are built out.
• Collaborate with Product and Operations to provide high level solutions and estimates to engagement requests. 
• Peer review solution architecture designs produced by team members.
• Responsible for end-to-end technology delivery of the assigned project and is the primary point of escalation for technology issues.
• Highlight and escalate risks appropriately.
• Drives overall technology execution and manages line of business stakeholder relationships and acts as their advocate throughout the life of the project.
• Accountable for analyzing present-state, developing alternative future-state approaches and facilitating implementation.
• Accountable for hiring and building the talent within the teams
• Plans, organizes, monitors and controls projects using appropriate tools and techniques to ensure efficient and effective project completion. Develop and socialize potential risk mitigation strategies.
• Effectively communicates with the team, managers, peers and business partners on deliverables, timelines and support needed.
• Partners with the business to develop and transition plans, including ongoing success measures, to sustain the change.
• Strong program management skills, including the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines and work across work streams seamlessly.

Requirements

B.E. / B. Tech. / MCA

Certifications (if any):

Experience Range: 12 – 17 Years

Foundational Skills:

• Should have Experience between 12 to 15 years.
• Strong Payments & Banking domain expertise.
• Mainframe - COBOL, JCL, IMS, DB2, VSAM, MQ, API, and tools like Expeditor, Changeman, GIT bucket, Horizon, File manager, File Aid
• Technology knowledge/ strength in emerging technologies
• Must have the ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Must possess analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Efficient time management and prioritization skills
• Self-driven personality rather than being told what to do.
• Good eye for talent
• Guides projects through all phases, ensuring processes are followed, required documents are completed, and reporting
• Schedules and facilitates regular meetings to review progress and status, and adhoc topics; formulates agendas and documents minutes, action items.

Desired skills:

• Exposure to functional programming concepts
• MS Visio

Work Timings:  11:00 AM – 8:00 PM IST

Location: Chennai