Payments Solutions Architect

at  Stanchion Payment Solutions

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or related field.
• Solution Architecture, Consulting, and Integration skills.
• Software Development skills with a focus on payments systems.
• Strong business process management skills with experience in payment operations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with financial services, specifically payments, is required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with payment schemes such as Visa and Mastercard is preferred.
• Certifications in Solution Architecture, such as TOGAF, is preferred.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a full-time remote role for a Solutions Architect. The Solutions Architect will be responsible for designing and delivering complex payment solutions to meet client needs. The Solutions Architect will also manage software development, integration, and business process changes to support our client’s payment operations.

Responsibilities include:

• Architect, prototype, develop, own and communicate technical solutions from the business specifications.
• Assess the pros and cons of different technical methods, products and processes available to create a solution when presenting the proposed architecture and design of the solution. This includes consideration of functional and non-functional requirements.
• Map business processes and relationships clearly, in line with the solution features, and ensure that the recommended approach supports overall scope of the solution.
• Prepare clear objectives, and accurate, concise and relevant documentation for each solution.
• Accurately interpret relevant information, gaps, errors and inaccurate data and identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Effective knowledge transfer to and the empowerment of the technical teams to build on and deliver as per the technical design documentation.
• The role requires an engaging personality and the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to non-technical audiences. Interactions will be both internal and external facing