Solutions Architect - Payments

Solutions Architect - PaymentsClient is a Toronto-based IT consulting boutique that strives for excellence in customer service and delivery in the financial services and fintech industry. They focus on technology advisory services, application development, cloud computing, integration solutions, and enterprise big data and analytics. With a team of highly knowledgeable business and technical experts, we provide strategic, mission-critical solutions to our clients.Company location: Downtown Toronto,Work environment: Hybrid - mix of home, office, and client siteRole: Permanent / FTE - Salary: Market rate + benefits and performance bonusLooking for a Solutions Architect – Payments who has experience and expertise in modernizing and integrating payment platforms for Financial Services clients. You will be responsible for providing leadership, designing, and implementing a new payment platform for our clients.RESPONSIBILITIESLead strategy and transformation, migration roadmap, based on client needs and industry trends.Produce estimates for the system migration, design, development, and testing.Embrace Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) and Agile engineering practices in client engagements.Lead, mentor, and coach the technical team on client engagements.Lead development of our intellectual property and best practices.Foster and maintain close working relationships with clients.REQUIREMENTSMinimum Bachelor's degree in either Computer Science or Engineering.At least 10 years of development/architecture experience.Experience with high-value payments platforms, preferably FIS OPF (Open Payment Framework), SWIFT/Lynx/LVTS based on real-time on cloud/on-prem architecture.Experience with next generation ACH payments solution.Experience with payment products from leading vendors such as Fiserv, Global Payments, First Data, etc. is an asset.Knowledge of ISO20022 payment standards.Prior professional experience in application development, system integration, cloud-native development, cloud infrastructure, and platform-as-a-service.At least 8 years of experience with system design or development in one or more of the following: Java, C#, .NET, Node.js.Solid experience with a variety of technologies/frameworks including event-driven architecture, REST APIs, microservice architecture, CI/CD processes, DevOps pipelines, etc.Experience in architecting or developing applications in Azure.Strong knowledge and experience with microservices, serverless, functions, event-driven programming, REST-oriented API, or other cloud-native architectures.Strong knowledge and experience with Continuous Integration and Delivery (CD/CI) and Agile engineering practices.Strong communication, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills with experience exercising mature judgment.Preferably with certification as Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect. #J-18808-Ljbffr