Program Director
Role Overview
The source title is Program Director, but the description body is a professional profile for a Technical Delivery Manager and Solution Architect.
The profile describes a senior engineering leader with 16+ years of experience in enterprise integration, API ecosystems, cloud-native solutions, and AI-enabled engineering across banking and financial services.
The profile says the individual is currently with Cognizant Technology Solutions and assigned to First Abu Dhabi Bank; this is presented as candidate career history, not an employer requirement.
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The source title is Program Director, but the description body is a professional profile for a Technical Delivery Manager and Solution Architect.
The profile describes a senior engineering leader with 16+ years of experience in enterprise integration, API ecosystems, cloud-native solutions, and AI-enabled engineering across banking and financial services.
The profile says the individual is currently with Cognizant Technology Solutions and assigned to First Abu Dhabi Bank; this is presented as candidate career history, not an employer requirement.
Core technical skills
- AI and intelligent systems include Spring AI, Embabel, Agentic AI workflows, MCP servers, RAG, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and AI-assisted SDLC.
- Architecture and integration experience includes Spring Boot, Spring Integration, microservices, REST APIs, SOAP services, API governance, IBM Integration Bus, Mule ESB, IBM MQ, ActiveMQ, Kafka, and event-driven architecture.
- Cloud and platform skills include AWS, EKS, AWS Outposts, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, and GitLab.
- Leadership experience includes architecture governance, technical delivery, Agile Scrum Master work, technical product ownership, technology migration, and digital transformation.
Work described
- Lead enterprise integration modernization and API strategy for the corporate banking middleware portfolio.
- Represent the group in enterprise architecture decisions and own end-to-end solution design across cash, trade, and credit service lines.
- The profile cites modernization of 450+ services from legacy Mule ESB to Spring Boot microservices and migration of 400+ APIs from AWS Outposts to the AWS UAE region.
- Recent work described includes Agentic AI workflows, MCP servers, and RAG use cases, including work-request estimation, impact analysis automation, and automated governance validation across the SDLC.
Requirements
- The profile describes a senior engineering leader with 16+ years of experience designing and governing enterprise integration platforms, API ecosystems, cloud-native solutions, and AI-enabled engineering systems.
- Experience is presented in the banking and financial services domain, including work in a regulated banking environment.
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