Senior Consultant | Infrastructure / Technical Architect | FS

Job Role: Senior Consultant | Infrastructure / Technical Architect | FS Location: Mumbai About Cedar: Cedar Management Consulting International () is a global boutique management and technology consulting firm with offices globally. Since 1985, Cedar's teams have been assisting clients in areas of strategy, process, strategic human capital, and business technology, across industries, with a strong focus on the financial services sector. The firm’s heritage includes being part of the former $1 Billion Renaissance Worldwide, whose leadership included the creators of the Balanced Scorecard – a leading strategy deployment and performance management tool used by firms globally. As a general management consulting firm, Cedar assists clients across these areas in an integrated fashion – from strategy formulation to execution and implementation. Cedar’s group unit, IBS Intelligence (), for over 30 years, has been the definitive source for independent, research, news-analysis and advisory specialized in Financial Technology markets globally. Headquartered in the UK with offices around the world, IBSI has an integrated offering which includes a comprehensive research portfolio, an active news platform, a range of value-added-services, and the iconic IBS Journal, which has been a key publication for the overall financial services industry globally. Its research covers all key areas of Financial Technology systems, and over 350 technology suppliers – both in terms of legacy banking systems, and new age financial technology firms. This strong financial technology proposition also adds immense value to the technology consulting practice of Cedar, where clients appreciate in-depth research offerings on their industry from IBS Intelligence. For more information, please visit the IBS website. Principal Accountabilities: Primary responsibility includes consulting engagement delivery, client relationship and team management. Additional responsibilities also include proposal development and cross-sell within existing client relationship. Typical engagements include IT Assessment, IT Strategy formulation, Enterprise Architecture design, Technical Architecture design, Infrastructure Architecture design, Network Architecture design, Solution Architecture design, Cloud Strategy formulation, Cloud Architecture design, migration to Cloud, Data Center assessment and Technology Implementation programs for BFSI clients Role requires a good understanding of banking architecture, technology, platforms, hardware, network, security, cloud service providers both at a conceptual, logical and physical level. Good appreciation of banking domain and its application would be key. Understanding of emerging practices in digital banking, AI, payments, FinTech and strong appetite for application of learning would be key. Job includes significant opportunities for active contribution of articles, thought leadership papers and industry engagement. Penchant for writing would be key. We have offices in global cities, and a large number of projects presently executed in the Asia/Middle East region. Competencies: Technical:

• Highly proficient at the MS office suite.
• Highly proficient with any EA Tool.
• Highly proficient with technical architecture design at physical level for traditional and digital banks.
• Project Management qualification is a plus.

• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
• Strong global orientation with an excitement to interact with Cedar and IBSI’s multi-cultural teams
• Execution-focused
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Good problem-solving skills
• Ability to multi-task across activities along with different teams.

• BE or BTech in Computer Science of Information technology
• MBA or a master’s degree in Banking, Finance, Management or Information Technology a from top-tier business school
• TOGAF Certified
• Any Cloud Architecture Certification (AWS / Azure / OCI / GCP / Alibaba / Huwaei)
• 6-8 years of relevant experience.
• Proven track record of engagement delivery