Parthasarathy Balakrishnan

I am a senior technology architect with 19+ years of experience delivering enterprise-scale solutions across the Banking and Financial Services industry. I specialize in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, cloud transformation, AI-driven modernization, and digital banking platforms.

I have led architecture initiatives for large banking programs involving hybrid cloud, active-active deployments, modernization of legacy platforms, payments, retail banking, and enterprise integration. My experience spans strategic architecture governance through to hands-on solution delivery.

I work closely with business stakeholders, engineering teams, product owners, and executive leadership to design scalable, secure, and future-ready platforms aligned with business outcomes.

Enterprise Architecture & Solution Architecture

Banking & Financial Services Technology

Cloud Architecture (Azure & Hybrid Cloud)

AI & Generative AI Use Cases

Digital Transformation Programs

Architecture Governance & TOGAF Practices

API & Integration Architecture

Modern Data Platforms

High Availability & Active-Active Architectures

Technology Strategy & Roadmaps

Project Title:

Project Description: Used to settle transactions between banks and financial markets. Wholesale payments are small in number, but are typically very high face values, and represent most of the value of payments. Tech Stack: New Project in (ReactJS , React Native, JavaScript, HTML 5), Old Project in ( Angular ) Java Microservices, Open API v3 Kafka, Oracle Cloud Database, Kubernetes (GKP), Fluentbit, Splunk Jenkins Data Pipeline [Liquibase], Jenkins Deploy Pipeline via Pattern, UI & Service Performance Analysis and fixes, Head Analysis for the project and fixes, Designing Resilient Architecture in Kubernetes

Functional Area: Payment Settlement | Paper | Digital Docs | Swift payment ISO20022

Results: Through these architectural and process improvements, I was able to reduce processing times by 25%. This significantly improved client satisfaction, reduced operational costs, and helped the firm maintain its competitive edge in the payments sector.

Project Description: Trade Finance is an automated, Web-based trade system. It enables a company to manage its time-sensitive international trade transactions through a direct communication to the bank over the Internet. it can take advantage of the extensive worldwide network of international branches and correspondent banks to speed the handling of your trade transactions around the world

Roles and Responsibilities:

● Technical Leadership: As a Senior software engineers often provide technical leadership within their team or project. This involves guiding less experienced team members, making technical decisions, and ensuring that the team follows best practices and coding standards.