Solution Architect

Job description

• Payment company 
• Solution Architecture
• Lending 

Your primary focus will be operating as the Solution Architect in the lending and partnerships domain.
You will define and drive the technology architecture strategy and work with product, engineering teams, and partners to deliver best-in-class solutions.  
 
Responsibilities

• Work closely with stakeholders to understand the technology problems to solve and their priority. 
• Analyse the current state architecture and define the target state. 
• Propose optimal architecture solutions, applying IT principles and commercial lenses. 
• Engage with key partners to understand their integration patterns and capabilities  
• Work closely with the internal engineering team to provide input to their sprint planning to ensure solutions fit within the target architecture. 
• Ensure solutions have separation between production and non-production environments 
• Identity change management processes between internal and external solutions 
• Identify and communicate risks, issues, constraints, dependencies, and tech debt to relevant stakeholders for management and resolution. 
• Ensure the Solution architecture meets our security objectives, is scalable, performant, and resilient. 

 
Skills

• Experience working in Lending or Digital Domains. 
• Strong Solution Architecture experience
  Expertise in modern architecture practises. 
• Experience working in a security-first environment. 
• Experience working in an APRA regulated environment. 
• Working knowledge of Australian payments systems. 
• Working knowledge delivering solutions into the cloud. 
• Working knowledge of App and Web development using modern frameworks. 
• Exposure to BI and Data platforms.