The Role
As a Solution Architect, you will define and govern the end-to-end architecture for a debit-card platform integration within a leading UK banking environment. The programme will connect card-management and payment systems with a modern vault and core-banking services through an integration layer, APIs, events and batch interfaces. You will guide discovery, design and delivery across cloud and on-premises platforms, working with product, engineering, security, infrastructure and service teams to produce secure, resilient and supportable solutions.
Your responsibilities:
• Own the end-to-end solution architecture for the TM-Vault integration, covering lookup services, the core-banking integration layer and changes across card-management, payment-gateway and clearing systems.
• Translate business outcomes and functional journeys into target-state architecture, solution designs, interface specifications and delivery roadmaps.
• Define integration patterns for REST and SOAP APIs, event-driven interactions and batch processing across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Lead architecture decisions for hosting, data movement, caching, orchestration, resilience, security, performance and observability.
• Produce and govern architecture artefacts, including high-level and low-level designs, interface contracts, data flows, non-functional requirements and architecture decision records.
• Work with product owners, integrators, engineers, DevOps, QE and service teams to shape the backlog and ensure design intent is maintained through build, test and release.
• Coordinate with dependent platform teams and architecture forums to resolve cross-system dependencies and secure required approvals.
• Assess legacy integration constraints and define pragmatic transition approaches that minimise throwaway change and support coexistence during migration.
• Provide technical assurance through design reviews, implementation oversight, risk management and production-readiness assessments.
• Support knowledge transfer, documentation and handover to engineering and service teams, including operational monitoring and support requirements.
Your Profile
Essential skills/knowledge/experience:
Strong experience designing large-scale enterprise solutions in banking, cards, payments or core-banking integration.
Architecture expertise across APIs, microservices, event-driven services and batch integration patterns.
Hands-on knowledge of Java and Spring Boot solution ecosystems, with the ability to guide engineering design and implementation.
Experience designing solutions on Google Cloud Platform and Kubernetes-based platforms, including hybrid cloud and on-premises integration.
Strong understanding of API management and security, integration gateways, authentication, encryption and secrets management.
Experience with Kafka or equivalent event-streaming platforms, cloud storage and data-integration patterns.
Experience producing architecture artefacts and presenting solution decisions to engineering, security, infrastructure and governance stakeholders.
Knowledge of CI/CD, automated quality controls and operational tooling such as Jenkins, Harness, Splunk or Dynatrace.
Effective stakeholder communication, facilitation and technical leadership across multi-disciplinary and distributed teams.
• Ability to define and assure non-functional requirements for availability, resilience, scalability, latency, security, observability and recoverability.
Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:
• Knowledge of debit-card lifecycle journeys, card ordering, lost-and-stolen servicing, PIN management, voice authorisation, renewals and reissue processes.
Experience integrating legacy mainframe or card platforms using SOAP, ISO 8583, files and modern API or event-based patterns.
Knowledge of Apigee, HashiCorp Vault, Google Cloud Storage, OpenShift or equivalent technologies.
Familiarity with financial-services architecture governance, security controls and production-readiness processes.
Understanding of BIAN-aligned APIs or enterprise data-model standards.
Solution Architect in Edinburgh employer: Tcs Uk
As a Provisioning Engineer at our company, you will thrive in a dynamic work culture that prioritises innovation and collaboration. We offer competitive benefits, including professional development opportunities and a supportive environment that encourages growth in the rapidly evolving telecom sector. Located in a vibrant area, our team enjoys a balance of work and life, making it an excellent place for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment.
