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AVP, Solution Architect (L11)

Synchrony Financial
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LOCATION

Hyderabad IN · Onsite

EXPERIENCE

10+ Years

TYPE

FullTime

SKILLS REQUIRED

System DesignStakeholder ManagementRoot Cause AnalysisIntegration TestingRESTful APIsJavaSQL

Job description

Overview

AVP, Solution Architect (Technology Lead / Senior Technical Business Analyst) to drive partner onboarding success by leading cross-shore teams focused on partner integration, testing, and resiliency.

What you'll do

  • Lead multiple cross-shore technology teams focused on partner integration, partner testing, and resiliency disciplines in partner onboarding process
  • Influence and collaborate to ensure integration environment availability and effective change management
  • Analyze integration defects, troubleshoot systems, identify root cause and implement fixes in collaboration with other Agile build teams
  • Develop and manage tools that facilitate testing, including but not limited to mock test data, testing intake requests, and communication plans
  • Apply strong technical understanding of Java coding, database structures, log analysis, and infrastructure layer to support the partner onboarding process
  • Mentor and influence up and down the chain of command
  • Participate in Agile scrums with cross-functional teams, including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog grooming sessions and reviews
  • Participate in the innovation workshop
  • Participate in regular presentations and updates on improvement process and client onboarding progress
  • Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

What you'll need

  • Bachelor's degree and 10 years of technology experience or equivalent leadership program experience including 3+ years of experience as a technical analyst
  • Strong technical knowledge on integration with 3rd party tools and widgets
  • Critical thinking and creativity
  • Excellence in communication with technical and non-technical peers
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • 5+ years of experience building and consuming web services via SOAP and REST
  • 5+ years of experience in SQL and NoSQL technologies, data modeling, query optimization, caching strategies, and transactional vs eventual consistency trade-offs
  • Strong understanding of SDLC (Agile), release/change management, incident management, and production readiness expectations
  • AI-assisted development proficiency (e.g., GitHub Copilot/enterprise LLM tools) to accelerate design, coding, testing, and documentation, used responsibly with security, privacy, and IP considerations
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills; ability to lead cross-team design discussions and drive alignment
  • Flexibility to support critical releases/incidents as needed
  • Deep Agile expertise
  • Strong cross-functional team player with the ability to work seamlessly across a matrix organization and partner with global development companies
  • Experience with continuous integration environments like Jenkins
  • Experience building and deploying applications on Pivotal Cloud Foundry, AWS, or other cloud environments
  • Experience with test data management, test case coverage, and associated maintenance
  • Experience using Splunk (or equivalent)
  • Experience in automation and innovation of easing business onboarding problems
  • Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with Micro-Frontends and front-end platform governance

Details

  • Location: Hyderabad, India
  • Work timings: 2PM - 11PM IST
  • Enhanced Flexibility applies: must be available between 06:00 AM and 11:30 AM Eastern Time for meetings with India and US teams; remaining hours flexible; exceptions may apply periodically due to business needs
  • Grade / Level: 11

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AVP, Solution Architect (L11)