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Senior Application Architect and Delivery Lead

Citigroup

On-site
Pune, Maharashtra
Full-time
Senior
Manager
14+ yrs
Salary not listedPosted 3w ago

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Job description

Citigroup is hiring a Senior Application Architect and Delivery Lead — a full-time, based in Pune, Maharashtra role. Apply directly on Citigroup's careers page below.

Senior Application Architect and Delivery Lead – Bigdata-JavaSpark -Senior Vice President

Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India

Employment Type: Regular

The Applications Development Group Manager is a senior management level position responsible for accomplishing results through the management of a team or department in an effort to establish and implement new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology Team. The overall objective of this role is to drive applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage multiple teams of professionals to accomplish established goals and conduct personnel duties for team (e.g. performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions)
  • Provide strategic influence and exercise control over resources, budget management and planning while monitoring end results
  • Utilize in-depth knowledge of concepts and procedures within own area and basic knowledge of other areas to resolve issues
  • Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards
  • Integrate in-depth knowledge of applications development with overall technology function to achieve established goals
  • Provide evaluative judgement based on analysis of facts in complicated, unique, and dynamic situations including drawing from internal and external sources
  • Influence and negotiate with senior leaders across functions, as well as communicate with external parties as necessary
  • Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

Qualifications:

  • 14+ years of relevant experience
  • Experience in applications development
  • Experience in management
  • Experience managing global technology teams
  • Working knowledge of industry practices and standards
  • Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Requirements:

  • Exhibit sound understanding of theories and practices in architecture in multiple related areas.
  • Demonstrated knowledge in the areas of Big Data, Grid Computing, Data Warehousing, Cloud Computing, and programming languages such as Java, Spark and Python.
  • Extensive development expertise in building the high scaled and performant software platforms for data computation and processing.
  • Expert level knowledge of core Java concepts and framework such as Spring Boot, Microservices and well versed with OOPs concepts and design patterns.
  • Hands-on experience with Apache Spark (with Java)
  • Experience with caching solutions like Pinot, Redis etc.
  • Strong knowledge of Oracle DB, including schema design and query optimization.
  • Deep knowledge of how technology integrates within the organization and of direct competitors’ products and services.
  • Strong leadership
  • Ability to persuade and influence senior leaders through excellent data driven communication and diplomacy skills.
  • Market risk domain knowledge is plus.

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
  • Master’s degree preferred

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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Frequently asked questions

What skills are required for Senior Application Architect and Delivery Lead at Citigroup?

The required skills for Senior Application Architect and Delivery Lead at Citigroup include: Big Data, Java, Spark, Python, Spring Boot, Microservices, Redis, Oracle, SQL.

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Senior Application Architect and Delivery Lead at Citigroup is a Senior / Manager level position.

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