Position Description

We are seeking aspirational candidates who are interested in a career in Consulting to join our niche Banking Domain and Practice. The position will support Territory Heads, Delivery Managers, Portfolio and  Project Managers and teams of talented, professional business and technology consultants in the delivery of business focused solutions for our clients using Oracle applications, tools and technology. Utilizing sound product skills and experience, the successful applicant will work on value consulting, solutioning and  transforming and addressing complex business requirements into sound and optimal solutions to achieve successful outcomes for our customers, partners and associates and drive towards  client and customer reference ability. Longer term you will grow, with the help of extensive training and experience of the team around you, into a seasoned employee and become a Subject Matter experts in Business domain and or Solution Architecture with full accountability and responsibility of the delivered solution for your own projects, programs and territory and larger region and organization.

 

Job Requirements

 

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent; Master's degree in Business or Technology is an advantage Formal architecture certification (TOGAF or equivalent) At least 15 years' experience in the IT industry, preferably in large, complex enterprises At least 7 years' experience in Enterprise Architecture in a large, complex, multi-location, multi-national environment Deep experience delivering mission critical, enterprise scale IT solutions in a heterogeneous technology environment Demonstrate deep domain expertise in Application Architecture in EAI, Microservices and Cloud native technologies Experience in Domain driven and Event driven architecture and in technologies such as Kafka and Spark Experience architecting, designing and developing large scale high performance retail business banking solutions utilizing a mixture of Open systems and messaging and high performance DB solutions. Experience in log analysis and log based monitoring (e.g. ELK) and metrics driven monitoring (Grafana, Prometheus) Direct experience with highly scalable enterprise applications, designing high performance, low latency solutions with high availability and near or no data loss. Familiarity with: best practice methodologies and tools for the entire solution lifecycle from ideation to requirements, design, development, testing, deployment and operations one or more formal Architecture frameworks / methodologies (TOGAF, Zachman, BIAN, etc.) architecture governance frameworks heterogeneous technology platforms such as AS400, Unix/Linux, Windows A deep understanding of all domains of Enterprise Architecture, including the business, data, application, infrastructure and security domains Possess strong understanding of business strategies and able to translate them into concrete achievable action plans Practical experience in: data modelling, object modelling, design patterns and Enterprise Architecture tool or other software modelling tools. business capabilities model Advanced Relational Database Experience (RDBMS) in Oracle Multi-tenant database is an advantage Functional Expertise preferred (but not a mandatory requirement) in at least two of the below domains: Branch Banking CRM and e-CIF Transaction Banking - Cash Management and Payments Lending Origination and Servicing Trade Finance & Supply Chain Finance e-Channels, eco-system partnerships and API (Open Banking) Proven experience leading teams resulting in the successful deployment of applications built on Cloud or on-prem enterprise environments for large Tier-1 Banks and Financial institutions Candidates having experience with migrating from legacy applications to a solution utilizing  methodologies and  Platforms that will ensure least down-time, reduced risk and excellent customer experience both the customer and end-users of those services will be preferred. IT Strategy consulting experience will be an added advantage Comfortable in working in an environment which is mix of several parties and teams from customer as well from Oracle where collaboration is key. Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills to stakeholders at all levels Ability to communicate complex topics in an understandable way using a level of detail and terms appropriate to the situation Capability to think conceptually and identify patterns across seemingly unrelated situations Must be a good team player and able to drive consensus amongst stakeholders with conflicting viewpoints and objectives People and team management in a transversal function Able to collaborate and drive motivation across a diverse slate within and across teams and can deal with difficult conversations effectively