Cards Solution Architect

Damia Group LTD ,
London, Greater London
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + 15% cash flex and bonus

Overview

Cards Solution Architect - London/ Northampton - permanent We are looking for a Cards Solution Architect to join a consultancy client of ours onsite with one of their key customers. You will be responsible for creating technology solutions to design and deliver business solutions in line with business needs and priorities and aligned to the customers card payments and IT strategies and architecture. By working closely with Product Owners, the Scrum master, other Solutions Designers, Technical Leads, developers and other team members, you will ensure that the outcomes delivered meet the business benefits and adhere to agreed standards, policies and design patterns. Key deliverables: Define and drive car architecture vison and systems strategy. Lead, coach and mentor a small team of Solution Designers Provide ad-hoc technical consultancy and support (including impact assessments) as required Required experience: Experience of Credit Cards, Commercial Cards, Card Payment Product vendors e.g. TSY API, Integration & Middleware product Very strong, hands-on technical skills with broad knowledge of web technologies, methodologies and standard Strong software development and application architecture experience Great communicator with the ability to explain technical decisions to the broader team and company at executive Passionate about and experienced at: working in agile environments; continual delivery techniques; testing Familiar with integration and implementation issues and their architectural implications. Good knowledge of open source technologies and deep knowledge of web technologies, methodologies and standards Strong software development and application architecture experience Good knowledge of open source technologies Understanding of key considerations in Secure systems & software design, Resilience and High-Availability patterns for mission-critical applications, including multi-data-centre deployments Comfortable giving and receiving feedback at all levels What you'll do : Works with external partners and suppliers to deliver require business services and product Pro-actively researches relevant technologies and demonstrate their benefits by developing POCs where necessary Adding clarity to business requirements; challenges business requirements to ensure high quality candidate solutions are create Thinks outside of the box to support the business in delivering its strategic objectives rather than just responding to a pre-defined requests Provides thought leadership and drive technology innovation Provides advice on supplier and cost options, ensures that the validity of the overall solution is fully represented and considered in any RFI/RFPs process, or in the creation and evaluation of proof of concept solutions Has experience of and is conversant with migration from legacy estate delivery to cloud based solutions (e.g. AWS), DevOps practices and agile delivery methods Provides advice and guidance to business and technology stakeholders in shaping the portfolio of technology solutions to support business needs Contributes to broader architectural governance activities by participating in peer reviews for other solutions Maintains detailed awareness of, takes fully into account, and promotes throughout the organisation, any relevant statutory, internal or external regulations, standards and codes of good practice. Is capable of contributing to the definition of such regulations, standards and codes Damia Group Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept our Data Protection Policy which can be found at www.damiagroup.com Damia Group is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89934151