Solutions Architect (Payments)

Summary: The Solutions Architect role involves working with a banking client in London, focusing on Cash Management and Liquidity. The position requires strong stakeholder management skills and expertise in integration, payments, and core banking platforms. The role operates in a hybrid model, requiring 1-2 days on-site each week. It is classified as inside IR35 due to the use of an umbrella company.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define target state architecture and roadmap.
• Utilize transactional banking experience in payments, governance, and compliance.
• Develop high-level design aligned with business outcomes and bank strategy.
• Cover all relevant dimensions of architecture: business, application, data, and technology.
• Demonstrate proficiency in Cash Management & Liquidity and integration with payments and core banking platforms.
• Implement cloud-native architecture, microservices design patterns, API design, and event-driven architecture.
• Conduct current state analysis and define architectural strategy and options analysis.
• Collaborate with business solution vendors and technology vendors.

Key Skills:

• Experience in defining target state architecture and roadmap.
• Transactional banking experience (payments, governance, compliance).
• Proficient in cloud-native architecture and microservices design.
• Strong understanding of integration with payments and core banking platforms.
• Experience in current state analysis and architectural strategy.
• Experience working within financial services.
• Ability to work with business and technology vendors.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: City of London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Finance