Solution Architect-Technical Lead

Solution Architect & Technical Lead

CAREER OPPORTUNITY

Title: Solution Architect & Technical Lead

Work type: Contract 

Duration: 6-12 months 

Industry: Financial Services 

Work location: Caribbean 

Role Summary: 

The incumbent acts as the Technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) on projects, maintaining a full understanding of business requirements and how they are supported by the overall solution being delivered.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Provides guidance and direction to the project team on technical procedures and processes, standards, and integration requirements.
2. Builds and maintains relationships with Solution Vendors' technical counterparts in order to facilitate open communication on projects.
3.  Accountable for delivering solution designs that conform to agreed solution architectures and technology standards and mitigates risks.
4.  Responsible for meeting development schedules and ensuring delivered solutions meet business, technical, and quality requirements.
5.  Accountable for delivering Technical Documentation, such as solution design description, operational support guide, etc.

Technical Environment Management

• Identify non-Production (DEV, SIT, UAT, etc.) and Production environment build / change requirements and raise the required Requests and Change Records.
• Responsible for preparing and presenting documentation for Gating Reviews.
• Responsible for preparing and presenting documentation for Service Continuity Management (SCM) Reviews.
• Responsible for representing the project at Review Meetings for requests for Standards Deviations.

Team Composition:

• Build and/or lead the Technical Team on projects responsible for development and/or delivery of solutions.
• Identify Technical Team resourcing requirements for projects and provide details to the Project Manager to secure the resources.
• Mentor junior Technical Team members with the assistance of the Project Manager / Architect.
• Responsible for the quality and on-time delivery of agreed technical deliverables

Management:

• Proactively identify and/or promptly escalate to the Project Manager risks and issues affecting product delivery, delivery schedule, and build quality.
• Identify, liaise with, and follow through with the relevant parties to address technical issues on the project.
• Assist with problem analysis and defect resolution.

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications, knowledge & experience: 

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a technical role or in IT-related project management. Banking/Fintech sector experience is an asset.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Business or relevant tertiary qualifications.
• Knowledge of the banking standards and key processes including, Gating, Change Management, SCM, Incident & Problem Management, Environment setup preferred
• Knowledge of EDF fundamentals, stages and objectives
• Knowledge of software development and integration technologies, frameworks and methodologies, such as DevOps (DevSecOps), APIs, ETL, Agile delivery methodology.
• Experience/exposure with Digital Wallets/e-Wallets/Digital currency

Key Skills & Desired Behaviours Required: 

• Displays corporate behaviours such as Leadership, Agility, Collaboration, Integrity, Ownership, Urgency.
• Technical expertise in complex, IT driven environments.
• Critical thinking and decision making.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong verbal and non-verbal communication skills.