Solution Architect

My client, a financial services organisation, requires an experienced Solution Architect – Banking and Payments to support a regulatory-driven payments transformation programme on an initial 6-month daily rate contract.

Job Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end solution architecture for a payments regulatory programme, ensuring alignment with the target architecture and enterprise strategy.
• Define, maintain and govern the architecture blueprint across current-state and future-state environments.
• Identify architectural risks, gaps, dependencies and integration points across multiple systems, domains and workstreams.
• Prepare, document and present architecture decisions, design papers and recommendations to relevant governance forums.
• Ensure all solution designs align with enterprise architecture standards, regulatory requirements and wider business objectives.
• Provide architectural leadership and guidance across multiple teams, vendors and delivery streams.
• Support vendor assessments, make-or-buy analysis and architecture trade-off decisions.
• Work closely with senior stakeholders to ensure scalable, compliant and fit-for-purpose architecture outcomes.

Experience Required

• Minimum 8+ years’ experience in solution architecture, with strong experience across banking, payments or financial services environments.
• Proven background delivering architecture for payments, regulatory transformation or large-scale financial services programmes.
• Strong understanding of open banking, payment regulations and compliance-led technology change.
• Experience designing enterprise-level solutions across multiple systems, applications and technology domains.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise and solution architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or equivalent.
• Proven ability to produce high-quality architectural documentation, decision papers and governance materials.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate effectively at senior leadership level.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with modern API platforms, microservices and cloud-based architecture.
• Previous experience supporting vendor selection, option analysis or technology procurement decisions.
• Strong understanding of integration patterns across complex financial services environments.
• Experience working across multi-vendor or multi-workstream transformation programmes.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical architecture and delivery outcomes.

Educational Requirements

• A third-level degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Relevant architecture certifications such as TOGAF, or equivalent professional certifications, would be beneficial.

How to Apply

To apply for this role, please submit your updated CV. If your skills and experience match job requirements, you will be contacted to discuss your application in detail.

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