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Architect
Job Description
Architecture & Design: Define the target state architecture, roadmaps, and transition states for core payment systems, specifically focusing on High-Value and Cross-Border payment rails.
Domain Leadership: Lead large-scale payment modernization programs (e.g., legacy core platform replacements, ISO 20022 migrations).
Client Advisory: Serve as a trusted advisor to C-level executives and stakeholders, providing strategic direction on payment trends, RTGS systems, and decentralized financial messaging.
Requirement Engineering: Translate complex cross-border financial workflows, compliance checks, and liquidity management rules into scalable, high-performance technical designs.
Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional teams, product vendors, and engineering units to ensure seamless delivery and integration of payment hubs.
Technical & Functional Core Competencies
Cross-Border Payments Expertise: Deep understanding of correspondent banking networks, multi-currency processing, FX management, and SWIFT messaging networks (Fin/MT and MX formats).
High-Value Payments & RTGS: Proven experience architecting or consulting on High-Value Payment systems and Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) platforms (e.g., Fedwire, CHIPS, CHAPS, TARGET2).
Standards & Compliance: Mastery of the ISO 20022 messaging standard. Solid understanding of global compliance mandates, including AML (Anti-Money Laundering), KYC, Sanctions Screening, and fraud prevention within payment flows.
Payment Hub Platforms: Hands-on architectural experience with major market-leading payment engines and hubs (e.g., Finastra, Volante, FIS, ACI Worldwide, or Temenos Payments).
Modern Integration Architecture: Strong knowledge of API-driven banking, microservices architecture, cloud-native deployments (AWS/Azure/GCP), and real-time data streaming architectures.
Qualifications & Experience
Experience: 12–15+ years of experience in the IT/Consulting industry, with at least 8+ years dedicated purely to the Banking & Financial Services (BFS) Payments domain.
Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
Certifications (Preferred): * SWIFT / ISO 20022 certified professional.
Enterprise Architecture certifications (e.g., TOGAF).
Cloud Architect certifications (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
Domain Leadership: Lead large-scale payment modernization programs (e.g., legacy core platform replacements, ISO 20022 migrations).
Client Advisory: Serve as a trusted advisor to C-level executives and stakeholders, providing strategic direction on payment trends, RTGS systems, and decentralized financial messaging.
Requirement Engineering: Translate complex cross-border financial workflows, compliance checks, and liquidity management rules into scalable, high-performance technical designs.
Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional teams, product vendors, and engineering units to ensure seamless delivery and integration of payment hubs.
Technical & Functional Core Competencies
Cross-Border Payments Expertise: Deep understanding of correspondent banking networks, multi-currency processing, FX management, and SWIFT messaging networks (Fin/MT and MX formats).
High-Value Payments & RTGS: Proven experience architecting or consulting on High-Value Payment systems and Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) platforms (e.g., Fedwire, CHIPS, CHAPS, TARGET2).
Standards & Compliance: Mastery of the ISO 20022 messaging standard. Solid understanding of global compliance mandates, including AML (Anti-Money Laundering), KYC, Sanctions Screening, and fraud prevention within payment flows.
Payment Hub Platforms: Hands-on architectural experience with major market-leading payment engines and hubs (e.g., Finastra, Volante, FIS, ACI Worldwide, or Temenos Payments).
Modern Integration Architecture: Strong knowledge of API-driven banking, microservices architecture, cloud-native deployments (AWS/Azure/GCP), and real-time data streaming architectures.
Qualifications & Experience
Experience: 12–15+ years of experience in the IT/Consulting industry, with at least 8+ years dedicated purely to the Banking & Financial Services (BFS) Payments domain.
Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
Certifications (Preferred): * SWIFT / ISO 20022 certified professional.
Enterprise Architecture certifications (e.g., TOGAF).
Cloud Architect certifications (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
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Key Skills
API-driven banking microservices architecture
High-Value Payments RTGS
real-time data streaming architectures
cloud-native deployments
Cross-Border Payments Expertise
Payment Hub Platforms
Modern Integration Architecture



