Manjit Tara
Programme Enterprise Architect @Mansfield Building Society
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WORK HISTORY
Programme Enterprise Architect @Mansfield Building Society
Mansfield, GB
Provided technical and architectural directorship to ensure successful RFI/RFP vendor selection for a major core banking transformation, partnering with TCS (Tata Consulting Services) and their BaNCS and DigiHome SaaS platform. • Provision of Enterprise Architectural support and governance to Programme Sherwood.• Architecture assurance of the incoming TCS BaNCS and DigiHome core banking platform for savings and mortgage origination, and back-office processes.• Delivered and chaired formal Design Authority with key stakeholders for key design decisions.• Impact and solution options assessment of existing and future target state architecture landscape.• Third-party vendor selection and engagement for automated integrations into the target state.• Architecting circa. 30 external vendor integrations for ID & V, KYC, Credit Bureaus, Regulatory Bodies, Payments (Faster Payments, CHAPS, BACS), Ledger, Data Sources, Reporting, Document Management, Multi-Factor Authentication, e-Signatures, to name a few.• Worked on business and integrations requirements elicitation and validation with outsourced partner, Woodhurst Consulting.• Identifying gaps and future needs arising from vendor solutions shortlisted / selected.• Defined the Architecture Integration Design Process framework for adoption by TCS.• Provided support to the integration Workstream Lead to implement iterative agile approach.• Influenced the high- and low-level technical direction advising TCS on best practices.
EDUCATION
University of Reading
BSc (Hons) Computer Science, Computer Science
SKILLS
ABOUT MANJIT TARA
An accomplished Enterprise Solutions Architect/Technologist with a proven track record of over 20 years experience in IT solutions design, architecture, consulting, strategies, implementation, development, deployment, and maintenance, in sectors ranging from Defence Surveillance, Telecommunications, Financial Technologies, Energy and Retail Ecommerce. I am self-driven and highly motivated bringing an entrepreneurial working approach placing my full commitment in the success of projects. I have provided effective engagement with varied stakeholders, bridging the gap between business and technical groups.Core Skills Enterprise/Solutions design and architecture over varied industry sectors and mostly in financial systems Heading up and establishing an enterprise architecture practice Producing technical roadmaps to meet business mandates Engaging with senior stakeholders to interpret technical solutions from business requirements Driving the high level technical architecture solutions through to detailed planned works Providing initial estimates on resourcing and costings to ensure proposal viability Managing technical direction with Development and QA teams (including offshore) Request for Proposals / Outsourcing supplier selection Technical Project Management Advising on technical issues on Change Boards Worked extensively with clients/offshore offices in AsiaTechnical Skills Solaris UNIX, Linux, Windows Microsoft Windows NT, XP, 7 Java (SE/EE), C, C++, C#.NET, WPF, WCF Oracle (9 to 11g) HTML 5, CSS, XML, SOAP, JSON, REST, PL/SQL, Perl, JavaScript, R, UNIX Shell Scripting Salesforce Platform, Mircrosoft Dynamics365, Talend Data Integration Platform, IBM Websphere, GlassFish Enterprise level multiple Data Centre architectures including Disaster Recovery Management Information Systems and Trade Reporting Business Intelligence - Big Data, Splunk Enterprise, Hadoop Framework Architecture Principles, Roadmaps, High-Level Designs, Design Patterns
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