What does a Solution Architect do at Fiserv?

You will provide thought leadership in architecture, technology, and solution design to our VISIONPlus product, business, and technology teams for both internal initiatives and client-facing engagements. Utilizing your experience in application, data, and platform architecture, you will support key technology initiatives involving card issuing and payment platforms and solutions. By working closely with the business and technology teams, you will lead the architecture and design efforts throughout the sales and implementation lifecycle, supporting client technical discussions, design, development, and testing activities.

What you will do:

• Participate in structuring and inception meetings to design the solution from its early stages.

• Define the architecture and functional solution, and define the impact of the solution in VisionPlus

• Facilitate architecture discussions and design workshops with customers to identify and evaluate architectural and technical requirements

• Prepare high level effort estimates for proposed solution designs

• Assist in resolving complex issues and incidents during implementation, testing and in production

• Aid in the implementation and stabilization of the solution

What you need to have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.

• 10+ years of experience with VisionPLUS as an architect, technical SME, or senior developer

• 3+ years of solution architecture experience in the cards and payments industry

• Experience with consumer and corporate card payment products (debit, credit, prepaid), card issuing platforms, end-to-end payment authorization process and card schemes

• Experience with CICS, COBOL and z/OS, including JCL

• Experience with payment authorization switches (e.g., Base24) and Fraud prevention solutions (e.g., Falcon Fraud Manager)

What would be great to have:

• Hands-on experience in architecting and designing solutions

• Knowledgeable about card payments industry standards

• Experience with Falcon (Fraud Prevention)

• VisionPlus modules CMS, FAS

• Deep analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting skills

• Experience with Agile software development methodologies and practices

• Spoken Spanish language proficiency is a plus