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:A Position OverviewPosition TitleCloud ArchitectDepartmentTDA-BSG (IT)Level/ BandAVP/VPRole Summary:B Organizational RelationshipsReports toSr.VP - Head of Enterprise ComputingSupervisesCloud operation teams, DevOps team and other cross functional project teamsC Job DimensionsGeographic Area CoveredPan IndiaStakeholders InternalAll DepartmentsExternalCloud partners, Implementation Partners, IRDA, SecurityD Key Result Areas\xc2\xb7 Ensure business solution meets customer requirements and adheres to Alliance defined standards\xc2\xb7 Assist strategic project team on technical and functional area\xc2\xb7 Identify reusable components to create a service catalog that can be leveraged to accelerate solution delivery\xc2\xb7 Identify areas of improvement & ensure application architecture as per current standards and technology innovations are in place\xc2\xb7 DevOps tools implementation for CI/CD.\xc2\xb7 Capacity Management and Emerging technologies POC\xc2\xb7 Act as interface between Business & delivery team on business solution , effort estimation, capacity planning, design patterns to be adhered\xc2\xb7 Contributes to the development of solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas.\xc2\xb7 Identifies and evaluates alternative architectures and the trade-offs in cost, performance and scalability.\xc2\xb7 Produces specifications of cloud-based or on-premises components, tiers and interfaces, for translation into detailed designs using selected services and products.\xc2\xb7 Supports a change programme or project through the preparation of technical plans and application of design principles that comply with enterprise and solution architecture standards (including security).\xc2\xb7 Designs components using appropriate modelling techniques following agreed architectures, design standards, patterns and methodology.\xc2\xb7 Identifies and evaluates alternative design options and trade-offs. Creates multiple design views to address the concerns of the different stakeholders of the architecture and to handle both functional and non-functional requirements.\xc2\xb7 Models, simulates, or prototypes the behaviour of proposed systems components to enable approval by stakeholders.\xc2\xb7 Produces detailed design specification to form the basis for construction of systems.\xc2\xb7 Reviews, verifies, and improves own designs against specifications. Software design\xc2\xb7 Designs software components and modules using appropriate modelling techniques following agreed software design standards, patterns, and methodology.\xc2\xb7 Creates and communicates multiple design views to identify and balance the concerns of all stakeholders of the software design and to allow for both functional and non-functional requirements.\xc2\xb7 Identifies and evaluates alternative design options and trade-offs. Recommends designs which consider target environment, performance security requirements and existing systems.\xc2\xb7 Reviews, verifies, and improves own designs against specifications. Leads reviews of others designs.\xc2\xb7 Models, simulates, or prototypes the behaviour of proposed software to enable approval by stakeholders, and effective construction of the software.\xc2\xb7 Verifies software design by constructing and applying appropriate methods\xc2\xb7 Provides technical expertise to enable the configuration of software, other system components and equipment for systems testing.\xc2\xb7 Collaborates with technical teams to develop and agree system integration plans and report on progress.\xc2\xb7 Ensures that integration test environments are correctly configured.\xc2\xb7 Designs, performs and reports results of tests of the integration build.\xc2\xb7 Identifies and documents system integration components for recording in the configuration management system.\xc2\xb7 Recommends and implements improvements to processes and tools.\xc2\xb7 Analyse Process and systems to mitigate risk and provide solutions for non-stated functional requirements\xc2\xb7 Ensure all IT design and architecture risks are managed\xc2\xb7 Guide extended team in sequencing the project deliverables to ensure all the building blocks fit in properly with no rework and surprises\xc2\xb7 Review provided technical, integration, database design artifacts and source code if required\xc2\xb7 Mentor to the application development team on appropriate use of architecture, Java / J2EE and SOA design patterns\xc2\xb7 Mentoring the team on technical and business-related areas\xc2\xb7 Help in coordination between different verticals of IT / DC Team\xc2\xb7 Ensure compliance to AIA and TALIC rules and standards\xc2\xb7 Constantly align with the IT team, Vendor team and business stakeholderE Competencies ( Please copy paste from Competency Dictionary)Competency ForProficiency ScaleProficiency Scale DescriptionEgBusiness Acumen and Strategic OrientationAbility to align with the organization's vision with a fair understanding of the insurance industry, regulations, financial markets and the agency business model in order to deliver profitable and sustainable business growth.3Has an in-depth understanding of the market of operations and proposes changes if required as per market dynamics.
Understands how and to what extent business complexities impacts one's own area of work.
Is able to identify trends and analyze performance of self and various branches in one's geography.
Has expert knowledge of BA model, BA compensation and Agent commission and progression and uses it to deliver superior performance.
Is able to device plans to recruit, develop and sustain distributors on a long term basis with organization.
Strives towards achieving proportionate business contribution from all the branches of assigned territory.G Skills RequiredTechnical\xc2\xb7 Relevant experience working with Azure or another public cloud solution (AWS/GCP) 7+ Years experience implementing and supporting Microsoft cloud services, specifically: Azure IaaS, Monitoring Services, Cloud Backup Services, or Site Recovery Services\xc2\xb7 2 Years experience with Microsoft Hyper-V and Virtual Networking\xc2\xb7 Expertise around Azure delta lake, big data, CDC is must to have.\xc2\xb7 Experience as an Azure Admin working with: Azure AD, Azure MECM (formerly SCCM), Azure Update Management, and Migrating workloads.\xc2\xb7 Knowledge of design or implementation of on-premises Private Clouds, including any of the following: Azure Stack Hub or Azure Stack HCI\xc2\xb7 Relevant experience with IaaS and PaaS services, SQL Azure, Azure Sentinel, Migration from On-premise environments to Azure platform, Windows Server services and configuration and deployment, Active Directory (DNS, DHCP, Radius, etc), Hybrid On-premise & Azure platform.\xc2\xb7 Fundamental experience with Azure cognitive services (ML, AI, etc), Azure DevOps and Azure Data & Databases\xc2\xb7 Ability to effectively manage complex relationships\xc2\xb7 A communication style which positively impacts\xc2\xb7 Flexibility & resilience\xc2\xb7 Ability and willingness to challenge constructively and effectively\xc2\xb7 Good communication skills\xc2\xb7 University Bachelor Degree or preferably with an Engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications or InformationBehavioralEssentialDesiredInterpersonal skills\xc2\xb7Communication skills\xc2\xb7Creative thinking skills\xc2\xb7Supervising/Leadership skills\xc2\xb7Teamwork Skills\xc2\xb7Influencing skills\xc2\xb7Relationship Building skills\xc2\xb7Decision making skills\xc2\xb7H Incumbent CharacteristicsEssentialDesiredQualificationB.E\xc2\xb7 Microsoft certifications preferred - Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-303 and Z-304, or AZ305), any other Azure certifications would be an advantageAzure SDN or Azure ARC experience a plus.Experience\xc2\xb7 15 plus years of Java / J2EE, mobility, cloud base framework based development and architecture experience\xc2\xb7 DevOps tools implementation for CI/CD.\xc2\xb7 Capacity Management and Emerging technologies\xc2\xb7 Azure setup.\xc2\xb7 Good interpersonal and communication skills with ability to build productive relationships across the participants in the ecosystem\xc2\xb7 Experience with IBM WebSphere Portal Server, IBM WebSphere Process Server, IBM WAS, File Net, JMS etc.
Experience with prominent Architecture frameworks such as Zachman, TOGAF, FEAF
Experience in digital business transformation\xc2\xb7 10 +year of experience in Solution Architecture , Experience in J2EE Frameworks, open source , , Java Security, JMS, etc)About Company:Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Limited (Tata AIA Life) is a joint venture company, formed by Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd. and AIA Group Ltd. (AIA). Tata AIA Life combines Tatas pre-eminent leadership position in India and AIAs presence as the largest, independent listed pan-Asian life insurance group in the world spanning 18 markets in the Asia Pacific region. Tata AIA Life has written retail new business weighted premium of Rs. 2,692 crore for the financial year 2019-20. For the same period, the 13th month persistency of the company was at 89.10% and, the individual death claims settlement ratio was 99.06%. One of the fastest growing companies in the Life Insurance sector, Tata AIA Life is now ranked at no. 5, based on individual weighted new business premium.

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