Solution Architect

Embrace Innovation and architect the future at Cuscal!

Are you ready to lead transformative change and shape ground-breaking technology solutions?

Join us as a visionary Solution Architect where creativity meets strategy in the quest to meet and exceed our business objectives.

At Cuscal, we empower you to turn visionary ideas into executable strategies that resonate across the business landscape, impacting millions every day.

Job Description: We're Seeking a Dynamic Solution Architect!

This role is pivotal in developing architectural designs that align seamlessly with our strategic initiatives and operational needs.

As a Solution Architect, you'll play a key role in guiding the future of our technological landscape.

Key Responsibilities Include:

1. Interpret Business Needs:
   • Translate both business and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint and non-functional requirements such as availability, disaster recovery, and security.
   • Develop solution architectures that adhere to our Technology Strategies including API, Cloud, and Cyber Strategy, ensuring compliance with governance obligations.
   • Collaborate closely with product owners and managers to support robust architectural foundations that accommodate future business demands.
   • Understand and integrate business drivers and enterprise solution designs to drive targeted outcomes.
   • Example Deliverables: Requirements traceability document, business process diagrams.
2. Assess Technology:
   • Monitor and evaluate our current technology landscape to identify and rectify deficiencies.
   • Stay abreast of global trends and disruptions to make informed technological decisions.
   • Support lifecycle management and strategic decision-making for end-of-life products.
   • Analyse market trends and competitor strategies to proactively adjust our technological trajectory.
   • Example Deliverables: Current state architecture documentation, vendor assessments for RFP, technology lifecycle plans.
3. Apply Technology:
   • Lead the design and implementation of solution architectures across various business applications and technologies.
   • Develop a roadmap for the evolution of the enterprise solution portfolio from its current to future state.
   • Provide consultancy across a wide range of technologies and projects, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards.
   • Work closely with the Domain Lead to ensure effective execution of architectural plans.
   • Example Deliverables: Solution architecture designs, enterprise target state architecture.
4. Provide Enterprise Guidance:
   • Deliver standards, models, and architectural designs to support governance and ensure compliance with enterprise architecture.
   • Facilitate a community of practice to align agile squads and product owners with enterprise architecture.
   • Define and direct governance activities for solution architecture assurance.
   • Example Deliverables: Solution scorecard, enterprise reference architecture components.

Join us to harness your leadership and technical expertise in a role where you can genuinely make a difference, driving innovation and excellence throughout Cuscal.

Together, we'll architect solutions that not only meet but exceed our business goals, fostering an environment of continuous improvement and technological advancement.

Requirements

To be successful in this position you will have the following skills and experience:

Essential:

• Advanced knowledge of Financial Systems; core banking systems, payment platforms, and other financial transaction processing systems.
• Demonstrated ability to define IT architectures, standards, and solutions andto get stakeholder agreement on those architectures, standards, solutions.
• Experience with API Lifecycle Management.
• Experience or familiarity with AWS Cloud Services, Data, Design and Cloud adoption frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to define IT architectures, standards, and solutions and to get stakeholder agreement on those architectures, standards, solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to guide projects and deliver outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to produce solution designs and artefacts within agile ways of working.
• Technical acumen with AWS services, PaaS, IaaS, Security, networking, and infrastructure
• Experience in working in Agile and Waterfall environments with an ability to adapt to differing project methodologies.

Desirable:

• Experience in the payment’s environments with payment system standards such as AS2805/ISO8583, ISO20022, BECS, etc.
• Experience in software development.