IT Solutions Architect Senior Expert

h3Introduction /h3 pAre you passionate about shaping the future of digital payments and driving technological transformations? Do you want to translate complex business requirements into sustainable, highly secure, and state-of-the-art IT solutions? To strengthen our Enterprise Architecture IT Solution Design team, we are looking for a highly qualified and motivated personality in Zurich - to start immediately or as agreed. /p pAs a Senior Solution Architect, you will work closely with our existing team of expert architects, internal specialists, product, and engineering teams, as well as with our peers at partner banks. Together, you will design, build, and constantly drive excellence in our cashless payment products, playing a pivotal role in the strategic evolution and modernization of our core payment processing and risk management platforms. /p pYou will advise and lead critical architecture initiatives, bridging the gap between technical platform strategies and our target operating model. Your role will involve gathering and analyzing requirements, designing resilient reference, architectures defining standards, and driving enterprise architecture governance and documentation. You will solve complex challenges across integration, API design, event-driven systems, and Zero Trust security to ensure our next-generation operations are scalable and future-ready. /p h3Responsibilities /h3 ulliAct as a key architectural driver for evolving legacy systems into next-generation platforms, working closely with cross-functional engineering teams and peer architects located in Zurich and Bioggio TI to ensure deep technical readiness. /liliDrive the alignment of technical platform strategies with our target operating model. Guide the organization through complex IT transformations, ensuring that our people, processes, and technologies are fully equipped to achieve long-term strategic goals. /liliServe as a domain expert defining integration strategies for our complex, high-volume payment processing ecosystems. /liliCollaborate on the architectural integration of risk management and fraud detection solutions into our broader payment ecosystem to ensure robust risk management stability. /liliChampion application modernization initiatives through event-driven architectures, heavily utilizing event streaming and event sourcing patterns to uncouple legacy systems. /liliPartner with security teams to embed security at every layer of the architecture. Contribute to STRIDE-LM threat modeling, ensure continuous compliance integration (including FINMA, PCI DSS), and help implement practical Zero Trust architecture principles. /liliActively participate in enterprise architecture governance and automation, utilizing tools like LeanIX to document applications, data flows, and interfaces, while providing collaborative oversight across multiple engineering teams. /li /ul h3Qualifications /h3 ulliA university degree (ETH, Uni, FH) in computer science or a related field. /liliSeveral years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture, with a proven track record of designing and uncoupling complex, large-scale distributed systems with modern integration patterns, and integrating third‑party platforms. /liliDeep knowledge of financial services infrastructure, transactional platforms, and payment processing workflows. Experience in cashless payment standards (e.g., EMV, ep2) is a strong advantage. /liliPractical knowledge of domain-driven design and microservices architecture, API design (REST, OpenAPI, gRPC), and event-driven systems (e.g., Kafka). Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, GCP or AWS) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes). Having experience in hybrid environments is a significant advantage. /liliPractical experience architecting highly resilient, fault‑tolerant systems anchored in Zero Trust principles, including strong skills in threat modeling and SDLC compliance integration. /liliYou know how to align technical platform strategies with target operating models, effectively managing the human and process readiness required for major technological shifts. /liliYou are a strong communicator in English and German who can structure and articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Fluency in Italian is a plus. /li /ul h3Job Benefits /h3 pAt Viseca you will work in a dynamic and creative environment with good development opportunities. We maintain an open and uncomplicated culture and offer our employees extensive decision‑making powers in addition to a thorough introduction, home office possibility, attractive employment conditions and progressive fringe benefits. /p h3Kontakt /h3 pViseca Payment Services SA, Patrick Grzinic, People Culture /p ulliAbgeschlossenes Studium oder eine Berufsausbildung im kaufmännischen Bereich /liliMindestens 5 Jahre Erfahrung im Vertrieb/Business Development, idealerweise in den Bereichen Payment Services und/oder Retail /liliSelbstständig, sowie vertriebs- und erfolgsorientiert /liliFlexibilität für Reisetätigkeit innerhalb der Schweiz /liliSehr gute Deutsch- und Englischkenntnisse; sowie verhandlungssichere Französischkenntnisse /li /ul #J-18808-Ljbffr