solution Architect -Payment platform

EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or related

Experience:

• 15+ years experience in Banking industry, preferably in Payment Solutions required
• 5+ years experience in at least two IT solution development disciplines, including technical architecture, cloud architecture, application development, middleware or database management required
• Experience in Payment platforms and good understanding of products supporting real time payments preferred
• Familiarity with Fiserv Portfolio or an equivalent preferred
• Experience implementing and/or projects involving ACH, Wire, RTP, SWIFT
• Experience with ISO 20022
• Experience implementing and/or integrating with Plaid, Venmo, and/or Zelle preferred
• Experience with SCRUM and preferably SAFe frameworks
• Experience with the following architectures and patterns: * REST APIs, SOAP, Pub-Sub messaging * Data ingestion and integration * Microservices & containers * Cloud native application architecture and design preferably on Amazon AWS * Relational and NoSQL databases * OLAP and OLTP capabilities and workload planning * Single page application architecture and design * Integration with Commercial off The Shelf applications preferred
• Experience in defining and maintaining Living Target Enterprise Architectures with using tools like BizzDesign, Lucid or Archi required
• Experience with UML, BPMN, or preferably ArchiMate modelling notations preferred
• Experience in defining and executing Stress, Performance, Load tests and Systems Capacity planning preferred
• Experience in designing and implementing HA architectures preferred
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• ISC2's CISSP, ISACA's CISA, The Open Group's TOGAF, SANS' GAIC, ISACA's CISM preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Good understanding of strategic and new and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing, new and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models
• Understanding of agile methods and processes, and capability of supporting agile project teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of technical and architectural debt
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation
• Strong leadership and customer service skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent planning, analytical and organizational skills
• Knowledge of financial models and budgeting
• Desire to learn and keep up with technology trends
• Ability to scale up and down the organization levels to have candid conversations in both technology and business areas
• Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations
• Ability to translate future-state business capabilities and requirements into solution architecture requirements
• Ability to propose and estimate the financial impact of solution architecture alternatives