Mainframe Architect at Nagarro

Job description:

• 10-13 years of experience in Designing, Architecting Mainframe solutions
• Strong technical experience in Mainframe technologies viz. CICS, COBOL, DB2, JCL
• Core banking domain experience. Experience in lending will be plus
• Experience in end to end system, security, integration, and infrastructure design.
• Strong technical acumen on how the technical landscape fits together
• Broad understanding of end to end landscape and specialisation in banking domain
• Architectural thinking and proven track record in decision making.
• Strong financial background either fintech banking start-up or financial e-commerce.
• Troubleshooting in software solution development.
• DevOps experience and exposure to agile methodologies.
• Experience in technical design modelling and methods.
• Analysing and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data for accurate design and implementation
• Hands on experience on conceptual design and managing production of websites and portals
• Working with relevant software development languages
• Certifications: TOGAF Certification plus

Role and responsibilities:

• Analyse problems and formulate solution based on organisations boundaries, architectures and constraints
• Needs to be achievable and operational, must push boundaries when required and continuously push for improvements.
• Take proposed solutions through relevant governance forums and obtain acceptance for solutions from relevant specialists (domain or technology).
• Collaborate and communicate and obtain buy-in from key stakeholders.
• Decomposition of the solution and assisting with the scheduling/sequencing work and identification of resourcing needs.
• Flesh out designs and contribute to functional and non-functional requirements.
• Assist software designers with lower level designs and troubleshoot issues relating to technical delivery.
• Design with a holistic, robust and sustainable mindset. Apply a product management mindset (long term thinking).
• Understand constraints and risk and make the necessary trade-offs. Influence and negotiate with key stakeholders.
• Craft the end to end solution taking into consideration: people, technology, systems and data.
• Future proof end to end solutions as far as possible within the organisation constraints.
• Continuously build and enhance the technical assets that are touched by the solution to ensure long term sustainability.
• Grow the engineering lead practice through contributing to the engineering lead chapter.
• Drive organisational alignment across areas of accountability and provide coaching, mentoring and upskilling of others within area of expertise.
• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values.
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise.
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy.
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking.