Solutions Architect - Virginia, United States - Sourcefly
3 weeks ago
Description
We are seeking a Solution Architect for a full-time HYBRID position based in Arlington, VA.Most work will be performed remotely; however, in person meetings in the Arlington / Northern Virginia area will be required at times.
You will be joining a newly established corporate team focused on financial technology services consulting.
Do you love building and pioneering in the FinTech space? We are seeking Solutions Architects who are passionate about leading, developing solutions and serving as a subject matter expert for money movement and payments modernization initiatives.
The selected candidate must have current on-prem systems and modern cloud payments ecosystem experience and provide recommendations around product architecture, design, development, and modernization.
The Solutions Architect will be consulted on Money Movement strategy, design, engineering, and integration efforts providing technical expertise on innovative solutions that leverage the latest technologies.
You will create and implement solutions for Digital Payments and draw out functional and non-functional requirements from business and technology subject matter experts.
Potential responsibilities include, managing the architecture and delivery of products and platforms requiring close collaboration with the Technology Product Owner/Managers and Development Leads in Digital Payments, Business Product Owners in Savings & Membership, vendors, and dependent platform and product teams.
What You'll Do:
Collaborate with a newly formed team in an Agile work environment to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions in full-stack development tools and technologies
Work with a team of developers with deep experience in machine learning, distributed microservices, and full stack systems
Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal & external technology communities, mentoring other members of the engineering community
Collaborate with digital product managers, and deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive powerful experiences to help millions of Americans achieve financial empowerment
Utilize programming languages like Java, React, NoSQL databases such as Cassandra & Redis, and a variety of cloud-based tools and services
Responsibilities
Provide subject matter expertise in distributed and cloud technologies including Azure Cloud, MuleSoft Anypoint, Dynamics 365, REST API, Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, etc.
Lead solution design, system architecture, technical requirements, and design specifications applying modern product development and systems engineering best practices to the implementation of payment solutions.
Analyze, define, and document requirements for data, workflow, logical processes, hardware and operating systems environment, interfaces with other systems, internal and external controls, and outputs.
Establish and evolve the architectural runway including technical enablers and architectural experiments / proof of concepts aligned with business priorities.
Drive the development and effective use of anchor platform technologies to support efficient and effective technology adoption to deliver optimal business outcomes.
Perform fit-gap analysis on current-state technology options and provide recommendations supporting the transformation to modern payment platforms that align to business needs and objectives.
Lead the implementation of a flexible change management methodology/framework including DevSecOps Continuous Integration & Delivery practices.
Consult on testing strategy including development testing, performance testing, test automation, system integration testing, etc.
Establish and manage relationships with technology vendors on payment system architecture and design with emphasis on achieving operational effectiveness and ensuring service level agreements are established and met.
Provide oversight in the application of the System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) utilizing Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) practices.
Collaborate with business and technology team members to support the development of the product backlog including participating in backlog grooming/refinement, PI Planning, and Sprint Planning.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues, work across teams to deliver solutions, and provide technical support and consultation.
Perform incident / problem root cause analysis to identify and resolve issues causing recurring technical problems.
Serve as an advisor on projects concerned with specialized or unique engineering requirements.
Provide input into financial planning including budgetary recommendations.
Provide guidance to leadership and team members on technology best practices.
Monitor and analyze metrics to ensure optimal business and technical outcomes.
Review solutions to ensure alignment with business objectives, organization standards and guidelines, and industry best practices.
Identify potential problems in design, quality, or operations and initiate corrective action.
Identify and resolve conflicts between proposed solutions and existing systems to ensure compatibility.
Identify opportunities to mitigate risk and improve functionality, performance, and security.
Provide forward-thinking technical expertise in current and emerging technologies, trends, and practices.
Provide consistent, concise, relevant, reliable, and timely information to internal and external stakeholders through a variety of communication channels.
Ensure the accuracy of information communicated to support leadership decision-making.
Collaborate on the development and refinement of standards and best practices.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, related degree, or equivalent combination of training, education, and experience.
Significant experience in systems engineering at the enterprise level including the analysis and design of cloud and distributed system architectures, preferably within the financial services or fintech sectors supporting modernization initiatives.
Significant knowledge of system engineering principles, practices, theories, and methods to identify and solve complex problems and perform sophisticated analyses.
Significant experience in software development practices including designing, developing, testing, debugging, and implementing cloud and distributed applications and systems.
Significant experience with object-oriented programming languages with specific emphasis on Java.
Significant experience with private, public and hybrid cloud infrastructure with specific emphasis on the Azure Cloud technology stack.
Advanced hands-on experience and knowledge in web service design and development, including REST, OpenAPI, RAML, WSDL, SOAP web services, REST web services, XSD, XPath, XQuery, XSLT.
Advanced troubleshooting skills and ability to identify root cause of issues and provide solutions.
Self-motivated and proactive, able to quickly learn and apply new concepts, tools, and applications.
Advanced problem solving, collaboration, critical thinking, team building, and presentation skills.
Advanced skill applying innovative approaches to solve complex technical design issues.
Ability to lead independent teams, exercise initiative, and use good judgement.
Advanced experience with Scaled Agile Framework and/or Agile software development practices.
Advanced knowledge of the product management lifecycle.
Expert verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills.
Desired Qualifications:
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related degree.
Advanced knowledge of financial/banking industry standards, regulations, and practices.
Advanced knowledge of payment systems with specific emphasis on Real-Time Payments (RTP), FedNow, Zelle, ACH, and Cross-Border Payments.
SourceFly, LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other criteria the consideration of which is made impermissible by applicable law.
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