Senior Solution Architect

Experience: 10 to 20 years

About the company

We are an HR Tech company based in Trivandrum, offering hiring support to MNCs across India through interviews, assessments and recruitment services. We have a network of 4000+ experienced professionals who take interviews in their available time slots.

We’re looking for experienced professionals across various domains who can take up freelance interviews for our clients. Interviews are conducted remotely, and schedules are flexible based on your availability. And currently we are looking at panels for the given description.

Job Description:

The candidate must have at least 3 years of architect-level experience in the cards/payments domain and should understand the following:

• Strong understanding in issuing and aquiring domain
• Integrate with Visa/Mastercard/RuPay/Amex and with payment gateways/switches to handle authorizations, reversals, and settlements.
• Set up card controls and basic fraud/risk rules with the risk and operations teams.
• Ensure PCI DSS and regulator compliance and protect PAN/PIN/tokens using HSMs and strong encryption.
• Know the basics of ISO 8583/EMV/3DS and well versed in cloud-native design.

Experience

• 8+ years of experience required

Domain Competencies:

• Develop and maintain architecture standards, guidelines, and best practices
• Design and implement end-to-end solutions for requirements from product owners and business stakeholders
• Developing and designing of requirements for web apps, mobile apps, microservices and its associated ecosystem in consultation with involved internal departments and subsidiaries.
• Utilize best practices for app design, user interface, and overall architecture.
• Ensuring that all designs are created according to internal ENBD development best practices and based on user journeys, wireframes & architectural patterns used by ENBD.
• 5+ years of experience designing applications (web & mobile), microservices & APIs.
• 5+ years of experience working with cloud native technologies such as containers, service mesh, Kubernetes/OpenShift and virtualization
• 3+ years of work experience in Cyber/Information Security.
• Collaborate with the Information security team to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of bank’s data assets

Technical Competencies:

• Strong all-round knowledge of software engineering, architecture & cyber security
• Experience with building end-end design patterns & solutions by ensuring a balance of user experience, performance, resiliency, reliability & security
• Experience integrating an application with surrounding eco-systems & technologies including but not limited to mobile apps, micro-services, containers/ cloud-native technologies, event-streams, APIs, message-brokers and the like
• Deep understanding of architectural patterns like micro-services, APIs & app development (mobile and application)
• Deep understanding of security concepts like Authentication, Authorization, Encryption, Logging/Monitoring, Application Security (OWASP Top10), Infrastructure Security, Cloud Security & Regulations
• Good experience of enterprise architecture tools (Enterprise Architect), data modeling tools.
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as OpenShift, Azure, AWS & OCI

Behavioral Competencies:

• Delivery focused while ensuring the right balance of Customer Experience, Business Requirements, Performance, Reliability & Security
• High energy, enthusiasm & passion
• Excellent analytical & critical thinking skills.
• Excellent stakeholder, time management & expectation management skills
• Autonomous decision-making ability with minimal guidance
• High learning potential
• Ability to coach & mentor associate/junior architects.

Core Objectives & Key Results (OKRs)

• Deliver complete & self-sufficient solutions and/or design documents within agreed timelines.
• Upskill self to ensure eventual mastery of Security Architecture