Solution Architect (Closed)

SkillStorm is seeking a Solution Architect for our client in Charlotte, NC. Candidates must be able to work on SkillStorm's W2; not a C2C position. EOE, including disability/vets.

Job Description:

• The Global Banking Architecture and Strategy team has an opportunity for an ambitious individual. The Solution Architect will support Global Transaction Services with a focus on the corporate payments and cash management solutions.
• The Solution Architect will design and drive comprehensive solutions which meet business requirements in support of a given portfolio. The role requires a strong technical and architectural background with an in-depth knowledge of corporate payments and treasury management. This person will also be accountable for solution designs, evaluation, and selection (buy vs. build decisions), and domain strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Design and drive comprehensive solutions that meet business requirements in support of the Global Payments, Commercial Card, and Receivables domains
• Provide architectural support to key initiatives through ideation, design, scope, test, etc.
• Define technology roadmap and long-term strategy by building a collaborative partnership between the Architecture, Operations, Product Management, and Technology Teams
• Influence peers, managers, and build consensus while dealing with ambiguity
• Help define and maintain design specifications and standards as well as coach others in adopting them
• Ensure alignment of initiatives against documented strategy; Drive technology strategy across multiple teams ensuring simplification and consolidation where possible
• Produce conceptual and logical architectures to meet strategic business, financial, and technology objectives through documentation of strategy, systems, architectures, process flows and value-chains
• Represent the Enterprise Architecture team across regional and global technology, operations. and business partners
• Support the creation and maintenance of technology blueprints and roadmaps showing the evolution of systems from current to target state which meet strategic business, financial and technology objectives
• Participate in architecture consulting and advisory engagements to assist business partners meet their objectives
• Support vendor selection activities including recommendations of when to make the appropriate build vs. buy decisions
• Manage tradeoffs between speed to market, quality, and financial impact

Desired Knowledge and Skills:

• 10+ years in information technology with 4+ years of financial services experience preferably in Global Transaction Services and/or Commercial Payments Processing
• Skilled in software / systems architecture
• Strong proactive leadership skills
• Excellent written (technical) and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels of management
• Ability to work with various groups (business, technology, compliance, legal)
• Ability to stimulate and participate in creative thinking for out-of-the-box solutions
• Work effectively in a matrix organization with teams of architects, developers and business partners with minimal supervision
• Interpreting business needs and applying innovative technology solutions
• Governance and oversight processes for managing alignment of change to strategic goals
• B.S. or M.S. in computer science or equivalent engineering/technology degree
• Certification or extensive experience in industry best practices in architectural methodologies and standards (e.g. TOGAF, CMM, Zachman, etc.)

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