Compliance with applicable regulatory standards and identification of industry developments that may impact the banks operations and controls to enhance the banks application portfolio.
Support of engineering and architecture community initiatives to mentor team members, streamline operations, share and grow knowledge.
Vice President Expectations
To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.
Join us as a Solution Architect at Barclays where you will lead solutioning and end-to-end design for projects across the software development lifecycle within Trade & Working Capital Technology, You will own the end-to-end technical and application architecture for your projects, ensure designs comply with architecture standards and governance, and advise senior stakeholders while managing risk and strengthening controls.
To be successful as a Solution Architect , you should have experience with:
Experience as a technical Solution Architect, with strong experience creating technical documents such as E2E Design, High Level Design and Architectural Vision, system design
Strong experience in relevant technologies (Java/.Net/DB)
Experience in application integration technologies (Streaming services, APIs, Digital).
Experience in application infrastructure, both on premises, external and Public Cloud (AWS)
Experience and understanding in AI System design, infrastructure and languages.
Experience in Project Management, both Agile and Waterfall, and previous evidence of drive, energy, commitment and enthusiasm
Some other highly valued skills may include
Understanding of the Banking and Financial Services industry and the Trade and Working Capital domain, including experience with financial instruments, deposits, loans and treasury
Professional certifications, e.g. TOGAF/ Cloud SA
Strong data and database architecture expertise across enterprise relational and NoSQL platforms, and proven leadership in regulatory-driven design ensuring auditability, traceability, model transparency, and compliance
Excellent senior stakeholder engagement and technology leadership, including mentoring architects, influencing roadmaps and driving cross-functional alignment
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.
