Role Title: Cards Solution Architect

Location: Knutsford (Hybrid)

Duration: Until 31/12/2025

Rate: £492 per day Inside IR35

Role Description:

• Good To have skill - TOGAF and specifically the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) provide very good guidelines and best practices to architects, implement architectures within organizations.
• "Requirements Management" circle at the center of the ADM graphic, the ADM is continuously driven by the requirements management process.
• Solution Architect with domain expertise & experience in designing the solutions involving various payments/core/cards systems

Architecture Development Cycle

• Need associate with prior exp in Cards and Payments domain knowledge. of cards issuance and authorization journeys
• Good to have banking and Cards secured lending work exp
• Cards migration work is an added advantage
• Responsible for understanding the various requirements with respect to the payments/cards systems, design & provide detailed solution design with the stipulated Nonfunctional requirements in place.
• Should create technical solution to specific business problems and requirements within the company’s business strategy and considering the company’s Enterprise Architecture roadmap.
• Present tactical and strategic options architecture and solution to senior management
• Manage and review application, data and technology component and building blocks from enterprise architecture perspective.

Essential skills:

• A good understanding of the Payments, Card Issuing & Acquiring message and transaction flows and must have experience of integrating in-house applications with the 3rd party Fintechs or vice-versa.
• Must have the domain knowledge of the working of Card Issuing & Acquiring including gateways, ATM and Switch
• Must have Understanding on the ISO8583, MT & MX messages
• Must Have working knowledge Defining API Specification for REST or Web Services
• Must have knowledge of API & Interface governances, design standards and principles
• Must have experience to transform the user journey and experience with the help of latest technologies
• Should have knowledge in Cloud Deployments
• Should have experience to evaluate the technology partners and define their KPIs.
• Managing the life cycle of solutions, undertaking technology watch and developing proofs of concept for Payments & Cards systems.

Experience:

• Cards & payment processing systems, Acquiring & Issuing Processes,
• ATMs, ISO8583
• SWIFT, PACS