Senior Cloud Manager (GCP/AWS)

About the Role

This position is for a Senior Cloud Manager with expertise in GCP and AWS, requiring significant experience in cloud management.

What You Should Know

• •Core banking systems (Finacle, Flexcube, TCS BaNCS) and what "core" means architecturally
• •API Banking / Open Banking - the Account Aggregator framework and consent architecture
• •High-availability requirements for banking systems (99.9%+ uptime, disaster recovery)
• •Batch vs real-time processing - EOD batch jobs vs UPI's real-time rails
• •Compliance standards relevant to fintech engineering, e.g. PCI-DSS

Interview Questions

1. 1.What are the unique engineering challenges of building for banking vs a typical consumer app?
2. 2.How would you design a system to handle a core banking batch job that must complete before branches open?
3. 3.What is the Account Aggregator framework and how does consent flow work?
4. 4.How do you ensure zero data loss in a payments system during a service outage?
5. 5.Walk me through your experience with any core banking platform (Finacle/Flexcube/BaNCS), if any.
6. 6.How do you manage a team through a target miss without it becoming a blame exercise?

Scenario-Based Questions

1. 1.A core banking batch job is running late and branches open in 2 hours. What's your escalation and mitigation plan?
2. 2.You need to ship an API change that a partner bank depends on, without breaking their integration. How do you approach it?
3. 3.Production incident: UPI success rate drops 15% during peak hours. Walk through your on-call response.

Interview Tips

• •Banking tech interviews weigh reliability and compliance as heavily as raw coding ability - bring an example of handling a production incident.
• •If the JD names a specific core banking platform, don't overstate familiarity you don't have - describe transferable experience instead.
• •Be ready to discuss build-vs-buy trade-offs for banking infrastructure - increasingly common in fintech interviews.
• •Expect at least one people-management question (a target miss, a difficult team member, cross-functional conflict) - have a real example ready.