MUHAMMED RASHIK

Role: Digital Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Led end-to-end digital architecture for web, mobile, and omnichannel applications, ensuring alignment with performance, scalability, and security standards.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams within the Digital Factory, aligning architecture with evolving business needs, UX strategies, and product roadmaps.
• Owned and delivered High-Level Design (HLD) documents including deployment topologies, network architectures, integration strategies, and API management (including microservices and Backend-for-Frontend architecture).
• Reviewed and validated Low-Level Designs (LLDs) from development teams, ensuring alignment with enterprise architectural standards and future scalability.
• Drove the integration of CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native deployments, and containerization strategies using industry best practices (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.).
• Promoted API-first development, focusing on RESTful standards, versioning, and developer experience.
• Worked closely with Product Owners, Engineering Leads, and Enterprise Architects to drive digital transformation initiatives across channels.
• Advocated for secure-by-design architecture, incorporating OAuth2.0, OpenID Connect, and token-based authentication mechanisms across digital assets.
• Ensured architectural governance through code/design reviews, architecture boards, and compliance audits.

Key Achievements:

• Architected and delivered a Unified Payment Portal supporting both Web and Mobile clients with seamless payment orchestration.
• Designed and rolled out a scalable Dealer Application ecosystem with role-based access and robust service integrations.
• Introduced and operationalized Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) architecture to decouple frontend and backend concerns, enhancing performance and flexibility.
• Implemented an Omnichannel Authentication Framework using OAuth 2.0 and OpenID, enabling secure user journeys across all channels.
• Contributed to the adoption of emerging technologies, performing PoCs and guiding the adoption strategy for API Gateways, NoSQL stores, and cloud-native services.
• Ensured delivery of secure, observable, and maintainable solutions aligned with 12-factor app principles and cloud best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Spearheaded digital transformation efforts by migrating legacy monolithic banking applications to cloud-native microservices hosted on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Championed an API-first design approach, delivering robust and scalable REST and GraphQL APIs to support omnichannel banking services.
• Architected and implemented microservices using Spring Boot, with security layers enforced through Spring Security and OAuth2 standards for role-based access control.
• Led the Branch Service Squad, overseeing the modernization of backend services, and guided engineering teams on adopting Java 11+, Spring Cloud, API Gateway patterns, and best practices in CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps.
• Enforced containerization best practices using Docker, deploying services via Helm charts on OCP (OpenShift Container Platform) and Azure-native services.
• Conducted code and architecture reviews, ensuring compliance with NFRs such as security, fault tolerance, logging (ELK stack), and observability using Azure Monitor and Application Insights.

Key Projects & Achievements:

• Mobile Banking Microservices Migration:
  Decomposed a tightly coupled legacy mobile banking platform into independently deployable Spring Boot-based microservices, significantly reducing release cycles and improving maintainability.
• Beneficiary Management Revamp:
  Designed a standalone microservice for managing payees and beneficiaries with full CRUD capabilities, leveraging Spring Data JPA, PostgreSQL, and integrating with internal core banking APIs through secure API Gateway.
• Branch Services Modernization:
  Re-architected legacy teller and branch workflows into digital-first solutions, exposing APIs consumed by frontend apps. Delivered a consistent experience across web and apps improving customer turnaround time and reducing manual operations.
• Enabled DevSecOps integration, embedding automated security checks in the CI/CD lifecycle and container image scans via Aqua Security on OCP.

• Designed and developed APIs for monolithic-to-microservices migration.
• Led a team to develop Open Banking APIs, ensuring compliance with security standards.
• Developed API framework for security, authentication, configuration, and logging.

• Developed and enhanced features for the Departure Control Services (DCS) product, an integrated multi-host system for automated check-in, boarding, and load planning.
• Led the Passenger Check-in module, optimizing workflows to streamline the check-in process across multiple airlines.
• Implemented performance optimizations and bug fixes, improving system stability and operational efficiency.
• Provided production support, resolving critical incidents to ensure seamless airline operations.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance load planning and passenger flow management.