Barclays

Director, Solution Architect Cash Settlement

Barclays
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8 hours ago
Pune, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business and technology problems.
  • Create scalable solution architectures using modern software engineering practices, automated delivery tooling, cloud capabilities, containerization, and serverless approaches.
  • Define API strategies, integration patterns, event-driven architectures, and workflow automation solutions.
  • Design secure, resilient systems that balance technology risks, controls, business value, performance, capacity, and cost.
  • Support operational teams with fault finding and performance issues using available tooling.
  • Prepare architecture, privacy, security, and records-management governance artifacts.
  • Lead strategic projects and function-wide initiatives while influencing senior internal and external stakeholders.
  • Guide, coach, and develop less experienced specialists and provide expert advice to senior management.
  • Coordinate resourcing, budgeting, policy creation, compliance, and regulatory adherence for a significant function or sub-function.

Requirements

  • Excellent architectural design skills, including API strategy, integration patterns, and alignment of technical solutions with business objectives.
  • Strong expertise in Java-based enterprise application design, performance optimization, and modular architecture principles.
  • Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka event-driven architectures, stream processing, and high-throughput messaging patterns.
  • Proficiency with Kubernetes container orchestration for scalable, resilient, and secure deployments.
  • Practical knowledge of Camunda or comparable workflow automation and BPM platforms integrated with distributed systems.
  • Experience with distributed systems and high-availability architectures, particularly in financial services or other mission-critical environments.
  • Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines, including Jenkins and GitLab.
  • Understanding of performance tuning and capacity planning for large-scale, low-latency systems.
  • Strong knowledge of relational databases and SQL optimization, ideally with Oracle or PostgreSQL.
  • Knowledge of security best practices and regulatory compliance for secure banking solutions.
  • Extensive functional knowledge, advanced analytical skills, strategic project leadership, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
Barclays

About Barclays

10,000+ employees

Barclays is a UK‑based universal bank that provides retail and commercial banking, credit cards (Barclaycard), wealth management, and investment banking to consumers, businesses, and institutions. Publicly listed in London and New York, it generates revenue from net interest income, fees, and markets activities, and operates across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia. Founded in 1690 and headquartered in London, it serves customers through digital channels and a branch network.

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