3054129 - Cannot invoke "java.util.List.stream()" because "submitOrderStrategies" is null

Code base can be built/run normally locally/in on-premises environment.
When deploying build in CCV2, below error fails the application startup.
{"thread":"main","level":"ERROR","loggerName":"de.hybris.platform.core.HybrisContextFactory","message":"Error initializing global application context!","thrown":{"commonElementCount":0,"localizedMessage":"Cannot invoke \"java.util.List.stream()\" because \"submitOrderStrategies\" is null","message":"Cannot invoke \"java.util.List.stream()\" because \"submitOrderStrategies\" is null","name":"java.lang.NullPointerException"

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