Ascendion

Job Description: We are seeking a Payment Solution Architect with deep experience in banking and payments to own architecture decisions for a suite of payment applications. The role focuses on defining end-to-end solution designs, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards, and guiding delivery teams to build scalable, secure, and high-performance payment systems . Key Responsibilities: Own and drive architecture design and decisions across multiple payment applications. Define solution vision, system interactions, interfaces, and non-functional requirements. Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, governance standards, and regulatory requirements. Lead architecture trade-off decisions covering scalability, security, resilience, and availability. Act as a trusted advisor to technology leadership, product owners, and delivery teams. Drive adoption of architecture standards, patterns, and roadmaps. Mentor junior architects and collaborate with global delivery teams. Required Experience & Skills: 20+ years in IT with 10+ years in Solution Architecture. 5+ years in Banking / Financial Services, preferably Payments. Strong expertise in microservices architecture, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), containers, Kafka, and distributed systems. Proven experience designing high-throughput, low-latency applications. Strong background in architecture governance , design reviews, and decision documentation. Experience working across Agile and Waterfall delivery models.