Solution Architect

Introduction:

The candidate brings over 20 years of IT industry experience, specializing in the payments and financial services sectors. With a diverse range of technical and leadership roles, they have gained extensive expertise in software engineering, solution architecture, and project management. They have worked on high availability banking and payment architectures, led migrations, and driven cloud transformation programs. The candidate’s background includes successful management of geographically distributed teams, driving process improvements, and delivering large-scale solutions for international clients across multiple regions. They have a strong focus on application security, cloud technologies, and DevOps. Committed to continuous professional growth, they have contributed to both pre-sales efforts and technical oversight in critical projects, ensuring alignment with business requirements and successful execution.

Responsibilities:

• Led cloud transformation initiatives, focusing on making applications cloud-centric.
• Managed geographically distributed teams, ensuring smooth project delivery.
• Oversaw and provided guidance on DevOps and automation efforts within teams.
• Coordinated with multiple stakeholders to prioritize requirements and drive implementation.
• Led software/solution design and managed application deployment in live business-critical environments.
• Spearheaded migration and integration projects for major European financial institutions.
• Facilitated pre-sales efforts, including product demos and RFP contributions.
• Drove process optimization within the business delivery team, increasing efficiency and reducing costs.
• Managed deployment of zero downtime services handling millions of daily transactions.
• Contributed to architecture and design reviews for continuous integration and service deployment.