Application Architect - AI/ML

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy

• Clear understanding of the Enterprise Architecture patterns and strategy.
• Drive the Transformation towards cloud native and cloud deployed application architecture
• Drive optimisation with a rigorous focus on efficiency & optimisation of application infrastructure capacity.

Business

• Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the group operates.

Processes

• Work with Solution Architects in Architecture Team to ensure that Project/Application Architecture, Architecture Strategy, Standards, Process, Best Practices.
• Work with Project Team and Vendors to ensure that Patterns and Best Practices are being considered and applied appropriately.
• Ensure vendor relationships are appropriately managed in partnership with Supply Chain Management Team wherever required.

People & Talent

• Provide Architecture and Engineering guidance to the Project team
• Responsible for creating, maintaining Project/Application-level architecture documentation and Roadmaps
• Work with Project teams to lead and drive Evaluations and Proof of Concepts for new technologies and other strategic technology initiatives
• Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
• Participate and contribute effectively to technical chapters such as Java, kubernetes and micro services guilds.
• Responsible for uplifting our capability of Legal, Audit, Risk and CFCC teams in implementing solution using modern technologies.
• Take Active participation in key technical hires to continuously upskill technical depth of the team.

Risk Management

• Work closely with Project Team to ensure projects are implemented in line with approved Architecture and Target Architecture.
• Work with project team closely to address day to day architecture and engineering challenges

Governance

• Responsible to work with project Team to ensure submissions to Architecture Review Forum (ARF) and Functions Technology Council (FTC) meet the required level of due diligence and quality from an architecture perspective.
• Responsible to ensure that Application/Project level architecture processes and any related deliverables are completed/met.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

• Global Head, Legal, Audit, Risk and CFCC Technology
• Domain Head – Assemble Platform
• Head of Compliance Surveillance Data & Analytics
• Global Head - Change Management – CFCC
• Chief Product Owner / Product Owners
• Domain Architect, Legal, Audit, Risk and CFCC
• Domain Chief Architect, Functions
• Technology Teams
• Product Managers
• Scrum Masters
• Agile Delivery Leads

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values in Technology Services – Functions.
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country or Functional policies and procedures.
• Bing continuous improvement culture in the team and work with SRE Lead to bringing automation first attitude of team

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Architecting Distributed Systems
• Architecture Governance, Processes and Enterprise Architecture principles
• Experience in Java, Spring boot, Spring Framework and ecosystem
• Container Technologies (e.g., Kubernetes)
• APIs, Integration and Middleware Technologies
• Data and Big Data Technologies
• Analytics and AI/ML
• Technology Trends and Industry Knowledge
• Manage Stakeholder

QUALIFICATIONS

• EDUCATION Bachelor or master's degree in computer engineering / Computer Science preferred.
• CERTIFICATIONS Cloud, Java, Spring, Architecture, Kubernetes, Big Data, AI/ML related certifications preferred
• LANGUAGES English

Skills Required
Springboot, Stakeholder Management, Big Data, Java, Analytics