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As a SAFe Solution Architect aligned to the Payments Operations value stream, you will define and drive the architectural vision and technical strategy across all payment, billing, collections, reconciliation, and financial operations platforms. This role is critical to ensuring that customer and donor funds move securely, accurately, compliantly, and at scale from authorization through settlement and reporting. You will partner closely with Finance, Payments Operations, Risk & Compliance, Product Management, Cyber Security, and Engineering to design resilient, highly available, and audit-ready solutions that support global payment methods, regulatory requirements, and high transaction volumes.
Job Responsibility
Define and evolve the solution architecture for the Payments Operations value stream, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and business strategy
Establish and maintain a long-term architectural roadmap supporting end-to-end payment lifecycles including authorization, settlement, reconciliation, refunds, chargebacks, and reporting
Drive modernization using cloud-native, API-first, and event-driven architectures to improve scalability, resiliency, and observability
Partner with Finance, Risk, Compliance, Product, and Engineering teams to translate business and regulatory requirements into secure, scalable technical solutions
Lead architectural design across payment gateways, billing and invoicing platforms, ERP and general ledger integrations, and financial data pipelines
Ensure architectural alignment and dependency management across multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs)
Design highly available and fault-tolerant systems supporting mission-critical financial workflows with strict SLAs
Guide teams in implementing auditable, idempotent transaction flows and real-time event processing
Identify and mitigate technical and operational risks related to PCI DSS, SOX, fraud, data privacy, and financial compliance
Participate in PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt events to ensure architectural alignment and continuous improvement
Collaborate with Enterprise, Cyber, and Solution Architects to ensure interoperability across adjacent value streams
Requirements
12+ years of industry experience designing and implementing solutions
8+ years of experience in solution or enterprise architecture roles
3+ years of experience working in a SAFe environment or other scaled Agile frameworks
SAFe® Architect Certification (or willingness to obtain)
Deep expertise in payments, billing, reconciliation, and financial operations architectures
Experience with Integration & Event Hubs, Event Streaming & Pub/Sub, and AI orchestration
Strong understanding of PCI DSS, SOX controls, auditability, and financial compliance requirements
Demonstrated ability to deliver solutions meeting quality, security, availability, and operability standards
Nice to have
Experience with payment gateways and processors (e.g., Stripe, Cybersource, Adyen, Braintree, Hyperwallet, Worldpay, PayPal)
Experience integrating billing, subscription management, and revenue recognition platforms
Experience with enterprise data platforms, including data warehouses, master data management, and analytical/reporting tools (e.g., Qlik, Tableau, Power BI)
ERP and financial system integration experience (e.g., NetSuite, Workday, SAP, Oracle)
Strong background in event-driven architectures, distributed systems, and financial data pipelines
Familiarity with fraud detection, chargeback workflows, and risk scoring platforms
Experience with cloud platforms, microservices, and API gateway architectures
Strong communication skills and the ability to mentor architects and senior engineers