Citi

Lead System Architect & Technical Program Manager

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2 months ago
Pune, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Define and communicate future-state architecture, technical vision, system design patterns, and architectural runway for the platform ARTs.
  • Design and champion architectural enablers covering cloud infrastructure, microservices, security, and data architecture.
  • Define, monitor, and enforce non-functional requirements for security, scalability, availability, performance, and maintainability.
  • Identify technical debt, prioritize remediation, and lead architectural spikes or technology evaluations.
  • Establish engineering standards including DevSecOps, test-driven development, automated testing, and API-first design.
  • Coordinate PI execution with the Release Train Engineer and ensure delivery of technical milestones and architectural enablers.
  • Manage cross-team technical dependencies, program-level risks, architectural blockers, infrastructure issues, and stakeholder communications.
  • Partner with Product Managers and Product Owners to maintain a delivery-ready program backlog.
  • Translate architecture, non-functional requirements, and security mandates into actionable features and user stories.
  • Lead technical activities for PI Planning, ART Sync, System Demo, and Inspect & Adapt ceremonies.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • At least 7 years of experience in software engineering, system design, and enterprise-scale architecture.
  • Deep hands-on experience working in a Scaled Agile Framework environment.
  • Expertise designing and deploying cloud-native architectures using ECS and AWS, along with microservices and event-driven systems.
  • Strong understanding of DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, containerization with Kubernetes and Docker, and modern data architectures.
  • Ability to guide senior engineers and architects, translate architecture into execution plans, influence without direct authority, and solve systemic technical blockers.
  • Preferred certifications include SAFe System Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, SAFe Release Train Engineer, or PMP.

Benefits

  • Full-time position.
  • The role supports the CitiDirect Platform Core and Platform Digital Servicing Agile Release Trains.
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About Citi

10,000+ employees

Citi is a public financial-services company offering consumer and institutional banking, credit cards, wealth management, treasury and trade solutions, and capital-markets services. It serves individuals, corporations, financial institutions, and governments in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions, earning interest and fee income from lending, payments, trading, and advisory. Founded in 1812 and headquartered in New York, it trades on the NYSE under the ticker C.

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