Job Summary
Synechron is seeking a market-facing Solution Architect with strong Payments and Banking expertise to drive new business, account growth, strategic consulting, and solution-led engagements. The role combines domain knowledge, enterprise architecture, client advisory, executive engagement, and business development.
Software Requirements
Required:
Enterprise and solution architecture tools
API, integration, and cloud platforms
CRM and opportunity-management tools
Proposal, estimation, presentation, and documentation tools
Payment processing and banking technology platforms
Architecture diagramming and business case tools
Preferred:
Cloud platforms, API gateways, microservices, event streaming, containers, and observability tools
Data analytics and reporting platforms
Enterprise architecture frameworks
Overall Responsibilities
Lead consulting and solution architecture engagements across Payments and Banking.
Drive new-logo acquisition, account farming, opportunity identification, and revenue growth.
Develop go-to-market strategies, client propositions, solution roadmaps, and business cases.
Design enterprise solutions covering payments, cloud, APIs, integration, modernization, data, security, and operations.
Lead executive discussions and act as a trusted advisor to clients.
Support proposals, RFPs, estimates, commercial models, and solution governance.
Collaborate with sales, delivery, engineering, product, and domain teams.
Track payment industry trends, regulatory changes, and emerging technologies.
Develop thought leadership, reusable solution assets, and industry perspectives.
Ensure solutions meet requirements for scalability, security, resilience, compliance, cost, and sustainability.
Technical Skills
Programming and Architecture:
Essential: Understanding of APIs, integration, microservices, event-driven architecture, software lifecycles, and enterprise architecture.
Preferred: Java, Python, SQL, and code-level design review experience.
Payments and Banking:
Essential: Issuing, acquiring, switching, processing, settlement, reconciliation, digital banking, and payment transformation.
Preferred: Open banking, instant payments, digital wallets, embedded finance, and real-time payments.
Cloud and Infrastructure:
Essential: Cloud adoption, migration, scalability, resilience, disaster recovery, security, and cost management.
Preferred: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, containers, Kubernetes, serverless, and infrastructure automation.
Data Management:
Essential: Data flows, transaction data, customer data, reporting, reconciliation, governance, privacy, and data quality.
Preferred: Real-time processing, analytics, data modernization, and regulatory reporting.
Tools and Methodologies:
Essential: Agile, consulting, discovery workshops, architecture governance, estimation, proposal development, business cases, and executive presentations.
Preferred: Account planning, competitive analysis, sales pursuits, and partner-led opportunities.
Security and Compliance:
Essential: Secure APIs, identity and access management, encryption, data protection, payment security, audit, and operational resilience.
Preferred: Tokenization, fraud controls, customer authentication, and payment security standards.
Experience Requirements
12–15+ years of experience in Banking, Payments, Consulting, Solution Architecture, or related fields.
Strong expertise in payment ecosystems and transformation initiatives.
Proven experience in client-facing consulting, advisory, or architecture roles.
Demonstrated success in new-logo acquisition, account expansion, opportunity shaping, and revenue growth.
Experience engaging senior stakeholders and global banking and payments clients.
Experience designing enterprise solutions involving cloud, APIs, integration, modernization, security, and data.
Experience in regulated industries is preferred.
Equivalent professional experience demonstrating domain, architecture, consulting, and commercial expertise may be…