Enterprise Architect - Credit Card Payments

 

We currently have a career opportunity for a Enterprise Architect to join our team. This role is REMOTE with 15-20% travel.

 

Job Overview:

Enterprise Architect with a focus on Card Payments and Merchant Services onboarding and KYC / AML expertise.

Enterprise Architect / Multi-Solution Architect / Chief Architect with a focus on Card Payments and Merchant Services.

The ideal candidate will design complex, large scale / enterprise-wide systems and integrations using best practices and patterns and guide the development and implementation of digital systems that support Card Payment Processing and Merchant Services.

This role is at the forefront of our strategic initiatives, working directly with customers to shape programs that drive innovation and growth. The Architect is responsible for creating a vision, strategy and governance model for the development across the enterprise. They will establish guiding principles, roadmaps, standards, patterns, and adaptable governance to deliver the strategy and drive the realization of business outcomes. The candidates’ primary responsibility will be to provide Enterprise Architecture best practices, analysis and design, proven integration patterns and market research in support of our complex Enterprise Customers. This person should be comfortable working in a challenging and fast-paced environment as well as working with senior leaders including C-Level in identifying technology trends and disruptors and then developing strategic plans.

Perficient is always looking for the best and brightest talent and we need you! We’re a quickly-growing, global digital consulting leader, and we’re transforming the world’s largest enterprises and biggest brands. You’ll work with the latest technologies, expand your skills, and become a part of our global community of talented, diverse, and knowledgeable colleagues.

 

· Provide architectural solutions/designs to product and developer teams for implementation.

· Provide technology architectural assessments, strategies, and roadmaps for one or more technology domains.

· Work with application developers, users, operational leadership, and subject matter experts to understand current and future operational data analysis goals. Recommend modern technology stacks to meet those goals and help engineering teams migrate towards their use.

· Collaborate with the customer's product, operations, and technology leadership on the future analytic goals of the organization and design a technical architecture to meet those goals. Lead the architecture configuration and advise engineering teams on its efficient use.

· Help provide alternative solutions and guide product teams to an optimal fit from both an engineering effort and timely delivery to market.

· Work closely with stakeholders, including product owners, developers and designers to ensure delivery of related products and services.

· Lead the technical planning & requirements gathering phases including estimate, development, architect and delivery.

· Act our core Technical Team member leading the design and development of software applications, ensuring they meet both functional and user experience requirements.

· Oversee code quality and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.

· Employ strong coding standards for efficiency, readability, and reuse

· Guide an engineering team, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation.

· Utilize analytical, process, and/or technical skills to meet project objectives and deliverables that are self-directed and within project scope.

· Utilize analytical, process, and/or technical skills to meet project objectives and deliverables that are self-directed and within project scope.

· Serve as a technical lead and mentor. Provide technical support or leadership in the development and continual improvement of service.

· Ensure team deliverables are of the highest quality to promote client satisfaction.

· Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field is preferred.

· Minimum 7-10 years of experience in enterprise architecture, software development, or a combination of both.

· Minimum of 5 years Payment’s processing experience in Card Payments and/or Merchant Services

· Proven experience in designing and implementing complex software solutions.

· Experience working with development frameworks and technologies is a plus.

· Strong understanding of security best practices and data governance principles.

· Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

· Ability to think strategically and translate business needs into technical solutions.

· Proficiency in relevant architecture modeling tools (e.g., UML, ArchiMate).<