Solution Architect, Solution Engineering – Pune, India

Are you ready to join a team in a global company where your primary focus is to deliver cloud related services and products to our internal customers, you will provide thought leadership on creating solutions? Are you interested in joining a globally diverse organization where our unique contributions are recognized and celebrated, allowing each of us to thrive? Then it’s time to join Western Union as Solution Architect, Solution Engineering

Western Union powers your pursuit.

We recently launched digital banks and wallets in multiple markets to enhance our customers’ experiences with a cutting-edge digital Ecosystem. As a solution Architect, your primary responsibility will be to establish core digital banking and wallet solutions globally.  

Role Responsibilities

• Hands-on experience in Cloud/Hybrid service and supporting business capture by developing cost effective, secured, complaint solutions.
• Assist Application product and services in designing solutions and implementation on various cloud native, agnostics technologies that meet technical, security and business needs.
• Translate/Discuss/Engages project-based requirement to technical approaches/breakdown as per organization standards and guidelines, develop and understand conceptual/contextual/logical arch using standards, methodologies, and best practices.
• Research and identify, engage cross-teams, and do the analysis of alternative cloud solutions.
• Demonstrating knowledge related to Cloud Platforms, Virtualization Strategies, Automation and Orchestration Strategies, Cloud Capacity/Performance/cost Optimization, and Application Migrations/Onboarding to a Cloud, Disaster Recovery strategies and implementation.
• Perform rapid POC’s and build rails for engineering team, implement Architectural governance.
• Provide technical expertise, implementation on cloud technologies – implementation of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Private SaaS on AWS, GCP.  Well versed with Serverless, Microservices, Service Mesh, Event based solutions, API Gateway, Messaging, EKS, ECS, big data processing, AI/ML, Networking.
• Understanding of container and container orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes.
• Working knowledge in cloud container services (e.g. GKE, EKS, AKS), storage services (e.g. EBS), and database services (e.g. RDS); infrastructure deployments with systems integrations, network engineering, and cybersecurity.
• Strong understanding and implementation on Application & Infra observability, backups, alerts, and notification.
• Work on Engineering- develop, deployment of the cloud resources, troubleshooting, Incident resolution focusing on root cause analysis, prevention, and knowledge transfer.
• Manage escalations with cloud service providers and other vendors for a timely resolution of operational and design issues.
• Knowledge on IaC (Ex: Terraform, CFT), DevOps Tools and Technologies- CI/CD(ex: Jenkins, Spinnaker, Gitlab, Jfrog)
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate/recommend remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• knowledge of on-premises networking as well as the hybrid connectivity to AWS
• Work on engineering with cross-team for architecture and engineering discussions.
• Create & maintain support documentation, architecture diagrams & communications.
• Ensure technology complexities are understood very clearly to implement solutions meet security policies and complaint.
• Research, evaluate and plan technical solutions to business problems, including software evaluations.
• Oversee implementation and adoption of new technology acquisition, including performing some hands-on engineering implementation.
• Design integration scenarios for end-to-end system integration of new and existing solutions.
• Proof of Concept – Evaluate various technologies, performing a proof of concept in each, and define the recommended solution.
• Develop and maintain system architecture strategy and roadmaps, working with engineering partners and business stakeholders.
• Contribute to creating a cohesive and reusable engineering architecture that optimizes for speed and value.

Role Requirements

• Professional 5-8 years of experience.
• AWS Certification – Application Architect track, Any DevOps related certifications and trainings
• Hands-On AWS cloud infrastructure and deployments strategies- Blue/Green, Canary, AWS CLI usages, SDK’s.
• Hand-on on delivering System Design & Solutioning, observability & operational stability with high resiliency, availability, and reliability.
• Evaluate current and emerging technologies to recommend the best solutions for the future state.
• Ability to cross collaborate and advise stakeholders.
• Knowledge & hands-on on DevOps and modern CICD philosophies and tools like Cloud bees Jenkins and Spinnaker, Ansible.
• Knowledge & Experience with AWS CloudFormation, Terraform
• Ability to lead, communicate and problem solving.

We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for what’s next.

Western Union is positioned to become the world’s most accessible financial services company —transforming lives and communities. We’re a diverse and passionate customer-centric team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories, reaching customers and receivers around the globe. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward.

Just as we help our global customers prosper, we support our employees in achieving their professional aspirations. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as receive a great compensation package. If you’re ready to help drive the future of financial services, it’s time for the Western Union. Learn more about our purpose and people at https://careers.westernunion.com/.

Benefits

You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few
(https://careers.westernunion.com/global-benefits/). Please see the location-specific benefits below and note that your Recruiter may share additional role-specific benefits during your interview process or in an offer of employment.

Your India specific benefits include:

• Employees Provident Fund [EPF]
• Gratuity Payment
• Public holidays
• Annual Leave, Sick leave, Compensatory leave, and Maternity / Paternity leave
• Annual Health Check up
• Hospitalization Insurance Coverage (Mediclaim)
• Group Life Insurance, Group Personal Accident Insurance Coverage, Business Travel Insurance
• Cab Facility
• Relocation Benefit

Western Union values in-person collaboration, learning, and ideation whenever possible. We believe this creates value through common ways of working and supports the execution of enterprise objectives which will ultimately help us achieve our strategic goals. By connecting face-to-face, we are better able to learn from our peers, problem-solve together, and innovate.  

Our Hybrid Work Model categorizes each role into one of three categories. Western Union has determined the category of this role to be Hybrid. This is defined as a flexible working arrangement that enables employees to divide their time between working from home and working from an office location. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.

We are passionate about diversity. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, following applicable laws.

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Estimated Job Posting End Date:

09-02-2024

This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This posting will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended or the role is filled.