Payments Solution Architect

Job Title: Payments Solution Architect

Location: London OR Manchester

Type of role: Permanent (Hybrid work)

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Overview:

Capgemini is looking for a payments Architect for one of our clients to design, build, and integrate secure, efficient payment systems by analysing business needs, defining technical solutions, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Key responsibilities include creating architectural blueprints, collaborating with cross-functional teams, recommending technology stacks, and ensuring solutions meet client requirements for payment processing, tokenization, and transaction authorization.

Key Responsibilities

• Meet with stakeholders to understand business objectives and translate them into comprehensive technical designs for payment systems.
• Develop and maintain the overall architectural structure of payment systems, including data models, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Oversee the integration of payment platforms and gateways with existing client systems and third-party services.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to development teams, ensuring adherence to best practices and architectural standards.
• Ensure all payment solutions comply with industry regulations, such as PCI certification, and implement robust security measures.
• Research and recommend emerging technologies to build scalable, future-proof payment solutions.

Required Skills & Experience

• Deep knowledge of payment transaction types, authorization, acquiring processes, card-present and card-not-present payments, and tokenization.
• Proficiency in areas like Java, Spring Boot, microservices, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), and containerization (Docker).
• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD), Unified Modeling Language (UML), and modern architectural patterns.
• Experience with logical data modeling, building common data models, and using data modeling tools.
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into effective technical strategies and solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to interact with business stakeholders, technical teams, and clients.

Common Technologies & Tools

• Cloud Platforms: AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure.
• Programming & Frameworks: Java, Spring Boot.
• Containerization: Docker.
• Modeling Tools: UML.
• Payment Technologies: APIs, Payment Gateways, POS systems."

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 350,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market-leading capabilities in AI, cloud, and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

At Capgemini, we empower you to shape your career your way. Join a global community where collaboration, innovation, and purpose come together to reimagine what's possible. Be part of a team that helps the world's leading organizations unlock the power of technology to build a more sustainable and inclusive future.

Capemini is seeking a highly skilled Payments Solution Architect to design, build, and integrate secure, efficient payment systems. You will analyze business needs, define technical solutions, and ensure compliance with industry regulations. This role involves creating architectural blueprints, collaborating with cross-functional teams, recommending technology stacks, and delivering solutions that meet client requirements for payment processing, tokenization, and transaction authorization.

• Engage with stakeholders to understand business objectives and translate them into comprehensive technical designs for payment systems.
• Develop and maintain the overall architectural structure of payment systems, including data models, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Oversee integration of payment platforms and gateways with client systems and third-party services.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to development teams, ensuring adherence to best practices and architectural standards.
• Ensure all payment solutions comply with industry regulations (e.g., PCI DSS) and implement robust security measures.
• Research and recommend emerging technologies to build scalable, future-proof payment solutions.

• Deep knowledge of payment transaction types, authorization, acquiring processes, card-present and card-not-present payments, and tokenization.
• Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD), UML, and modern architectural patterns.
• Experience with logical data modeling, building common data models, and using data modeling tools.
• Ability to translate business requirements into effective technical strategies and solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to interact with stakeholders, technical teams, and clients.

• Cloud Platforms: AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure
• Programming & Frameworks: Java, Spring Boot
• Containerization: Docker
• Modeling Tools: UML
• Payment Technologies: APIs, Payment Gateways, POS systems

Capgemini is a global leader in business and technology transformation. With 340,000 team members in over 50 countries, we help organizations accelerate their digital and sustainable transitions. Backed by over 55 years of experience, we deliver end-to-end solutions powered by AI, cloud, and data, and supported by deep industry expertise. In 2023, Capgemini reported global revenues of €22.5 billion.Get the future you want