Solutions Architect

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Base pay range

$60.00/hr - $70.00/hr

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Solutions Architect

18 Month W2 Contract

Chicago | Charlotte | Addison

Hybrid 3 days onsite 2 days remote

$70/hour

Solutions Architect – Global Payment Solutions

Overview

We deliver technology solution architecture for Global Payment Solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and strategic goals. Our team manages architecture-related risks and drives compliance with enterprise standards, principles, and technology blueprints.

We are seeking a Solutions Architect to support Corporate Channels, Payments, Accounting Services, Commercial Card, Liquidity Management, and related domains.

This role offers exposure to a diverse, global portfolio of initiatives across US, EMEA, and APAC, providing a challenging and rewarding environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain an architectural vision and solution architecture aligned with business strategy, enterprise architecture principles, and approved technology platforms.

• Articulate solution intent and operating environments, identifying primary systems, subsystems, interfaces, and non-functional requirements.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, technology teams, and vendors to ensure solutions are fit for purpose and aligned with strategic objectives.

• Assess and communicate the impact of key architectural and design decisions.

• Rapidly develop high-level architectural designs and evolve them as business requirements mature, ensuring modularity, flexibility, and scalability.

• Apply architecture best practices, templates, and documentation standards to produce high-quality solution designs.

• Partner with Product Managers and Product Owners to plan and prioritize architecture-related backlog items and support the architecture runway.

• Provide architectural guidance and clarity to development teams, offering solution options to address technical impediments.

• Conduct architecture and design reviews to ensure compliance with non-functional requirements, including security, performance, scalability, usability, and reliability.

• Operate effectively as an individual contributor while influencing cross-functional teams.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of experience in Banking or Financial Services technology.

• Corporate Payments

• Commercial Card

• Corporate Channels

• Accounting Services

• Liquidity Management

• Proven ability to work in fast-paced, collaborative environments with minimal supervision.

• Strong understanding of SDLC methodologies, including Waterfall and Agile.

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and business partner coordination skills.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Demonstrated analytical thinking, attention to detail, and problem-solving ability.

• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into multiple architectural views for diverse audiences.

• Broad IT knowledge across financial applications, middleware, integration platforms, and databases.

• Experience driving shared services strategies and fostering a performance-driven culture.

• Commitment to continuous improvement of products, processes, and tools.

Technical Expertise

• Strong experience with API design, microservices architecture, and enterprise integration platforms.

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Familiarity with Dev Ops practices, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Solid understanding of modern application architecture and development languages/frameworks, including:

• Java

• Python

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

• TOGAF 9 Certification.

• Cloud Solutions Architect Certification (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Benefits

• Medical insurance

• Vision insurance

• 401(k)

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