Solution Architect-Core Banking & Payments

Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.
Your Role and Responsibilities
Engage with client teams in understanding business context and defining effective solutions. As a consultant with banking experience advice business on direction to take. Direct teams effort to define technical, operational and user requirements. Present solution and get stakeholder buy-in. Work with infra-architects to define the infrastructure setup needed. Guide and mentor teams to deliver the solution. Define reference architecture and standards for teams to adhere. Conduct reviews to ensure compliance. Foresee potential problems and proactively suggest improvements. Build framework components and complex parts of the solution. Hand off solution to operational support teams, and assist support teams in troubleshooting production problems.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Strong experience as a Solution Architect. Experience in Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, NodeJS, REST API, API development, Microservices, Openshift, Kubernetes. Cloud – AWS or Azure, SQL and NoSQL database design. Significant experience in Retail Banking. Well versed with payments, wealth management, acquisitions, channel integration spaces. Experience architecting end to end solution approach for Open banking and Digital experience platforms. Experience with operational management of solutions delivered to production. Knowledge of infrastructure setup involved in realization of a solution. Good experience with addressing security across layers (OAuth2/3, encryption, SSL).
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Experience designing and building solutions with IBM API Connect API product. Agile/DevOps experience.