Solution Architect, VP

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In everything we do, we work to one aim To make digital experiences which are effortless and secure, So we organise ourselves around three principles: engineer, protect, and operate We engineer simple solutions, we protect our customers, and we operate smarter, Our people work differently depending on their jobs and needs From hybrid working to flexible hours, we have plenty of options that help our people to thrive, This role is based in India and as such all normal working days must be carried out in India, Job Description Join us as a Solution Architect in Payments Technology This is an opportunity for an experienced Solution Architect to help us define the high level technical architecture and design for your assigned scope that provides solutions to deliver great business outcomes and meets our longer term strategy Youll define and communicate a shared technical and architectural vision of end-to-end designs that may span multiple platforms and domains Take on this exciting new challenge and hone your technical capabilities while advancing your career and building your network across the bank We're offering this role at vice president level What you'll do Well look to you to influence and promote the collaboration across platform and domain teams on the solution delivery Partnering with platform and domain teams, youll elaborate the solution and its interfaces, validating technology assumptions, evaluating implementation alternatives, and creating the continuous delivery pipeline, Youll also provide analysis of options and deliver end-to-end solution designs using the relevant building blocks, as well as producing designs for features that allow frequent incremental delivery of customer value, On top of this, youll be: Owning the technical design issues and driving resolution through the iteration of the technical solution design Working in Payments Technology with stakeholders and product owners to develop payments solutions Participating in activities to shape requirements, validating designs and prototypes to deliver change that aligns with the target architecture Working closely with engineers and other architecture disciplines within Payments spanning the SDLC Promoting adaptive design practices to drive collaboration of feature teams around a common technical vision using continuous feedback Working with Payment Technology vendors on integration designs and patterns Making recommendations of potential impacts to existing and prospective customers of the latest technology and customer trends The skills you'll need As a Solution Architect, youll bring expert knowledge of application architecture, and in business data or infrastructure architecture with working knowledge of industry architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or ArchiMate Youll also need an understanding of Agile and contemporary methodologies with experience of working in Agile teams, Youll need experience of defining application architectures and roadmaps for complex solutions working for all layers of the technical architecture Well also look for knowledge of hardware, software, application, and systems engineering In addition, youll bring: Knowledge of Payment schemes and the latest industry trends and regulations Experience of real time Payment processing approaches and their application Experience with Payments data models and key data relationships Knowledge of Payment processing functional architecture, the payments process and ISO20022 A background in delivering solutions that securely span a complex infrastructure domain Experience of systems development change lifecycles, best practices and approaches The ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to peers and leadership level colleagues Show