Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT

INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT - TECHNICAL ARCHITECT

Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)

Negotiable

Remote3-5 Yrs ExpBachelorFull-time

Remote Details

Open Country：Philippines

Language Requirements：English

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Job Description

Description

The Technical Architect is accountable for the end-to-end solutions architecture (infrastructure and application) and technical implementation, including overall responsibility for related actions taken, decisions, and completion of deliverables across project phases. Acts as the overall project architect. Reviews technical requirements and understands business requirements to develop the solution design (including infrastructure and application architecture and integration components). Ensures that the design adheres to the bank’s standards.

Responsibilities

Manages the development team to ensure that technical deliverables are completed including the SOW

Reviews technical (architectural) test script to be included in the SIT testing
Reviews and monitor the technical testing execution
Ensures that programs adhere to standards
Attends to and escalate any issues to the EA as necessary

Vendor and POC Management

Addresses the technical questions of the vendors
Prepares the entity diagram (if vendor will submit, review is required)
Attends the vendor solution presentation and score when needed
Prepares the POC script and create the POC environment when needed
Scores base on the POC scripts and how vendors followed and understood the technical requirements
Analyzes the technical requirements of business users including performance, integration, and technical administration issues
Provides subject matter expertise that may be needed by various IT and business units

Manages projects assigned to the cluster/group

Provides status on the different project requests assigned to the department
Ensures compliance to bank and industry standards
Escalates issues as needed

Manages the resources of the cluster/group

Evaluates the performance of the people in the department, listening to their concerns and raising them to higher management when necessary
Mentors individuals to address areas of improvement
Ensures that the people in the department have adequate equipment and supplies required for them to function
Ensures that the people in the department adhere to bank policies and standards

Qualifications

Graduate of a 4-year college degree in IT, computer science, or other IT-related courses
At least 7-12 years of experience in leading a technical team and in solutions delivery
At least 3-7 years of experience in a financial institution
Knowledge in Solution Delivery Life Cycle
Knowledge in Advanced Analysis and Design
Knowledge in COBOL, CICS, JAVA, VB, SQL Programming
Knowledge in Infrastructure architecture (network layers/protocols, telecommunication layers, infrastructure security

Work Set-up: Hybrid