Solution Architect

Position: Payment Solution Architect (Permanent, Contract)
Job Description:

* We are seeking a Payment Solution Architect with deep experience in banking and payments to own architecture decisions for a suite of payment applications. The role focuses on defining end-to-end solution designs, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards, and guiding delivery teams to build scalable, secure, and high-performance payment systems.

Key Responsibilities:

* Own and drive architecture design and decisions across multiple payment applications.

* Define solution vision, system interactions, interfaces, and non-functional requirements.

* Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, governance standards, and regulatory requirements.

* Lead architecture trade-off decisions covering scalability, security, resilience, and availability.

* Act as a trusted advisor to technology leadership, product owners, and delivery teams.

* Drive adoption of architecture standards, patterns, and roadmaps.

* Mentor junior architects and collaborate with global delivery teams.

Required Experience &

Skills:

* 20+ years in IT with 10+ years in Solution Architecture.

* 5+ years in Banking / Financial Services, preferably Payments.

* Strong expertise in microservices architecture, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), containers, Kafka, and distributed systems.

* Proven experience designing high-throughput, low-latency applications.

* Strong background in architecture governance, design reviews, and decision documentation.

* Experience working across Agile and Waterfall delivery models