Job Title: Technical Architect - retail card and payments
Location; Dublin
Duration; 6 months
Start; asap
Rate; negotiable
The Role: Technical Architect
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Technical Architect to play a key role in the design and delivery of a retail card and payments solution for a leading bank in Ireland. This is a managed assignment for Harvey Nash as part of a Master Vendor agreement.
Essential Duties
* Review Design and Architecture related to a card and Payment system to ensure proposed functionality is suitably robust.
* Work with design and development team to set technology standards, development methodologies, etc.
* Review, identify, and recommend opportunities to optimize, consolidate, refactor, reuse, simplify and streamline the infrastructure and software asset base.
* Provide expert advice on emerging technology platforms and tools to improve performance.
* Provide key input into the technology strategy and work with key stakeholders to influence direction, being aware of timeframes and prioritization.
* Provide proactive technical oversight and mentorship to design and development teams to foster re-use, design for scale, stability, and operational efficiency.
* Be aware of current business and technology trends from participation in industry consortia with the ability to assess their impact on architecture strategy whilst promoting innovation across the product set
Essential Experience:
* Demonstrated architecture design experience at a leadership level
* Expertise in J2EE, Oracle databases, RAC, JMS and JBOSS
* A strong capability to establish and promote best of breed technology and architectural strategy
* Proven experience and ability to work with multiple clients across multiple projects concurrently
* Demonstrated capability developing, maintaining, promoting, and reviewing system architectures
* Demonstrated experience with enterprise systems and architectures in highly scaled environments
* Proven experience with retail card and payments processing systems
* The ability to clearly communicate complex technical ideas to both technical and non technical audiences
* Demonstrated experience of producing alternative solution proposals, highlighting pros and cons of each with appropriate recommendations
* The ability to quickly understand and incorporate new / emergent technologies into the overall architecture
Call David Burke on +353 1 6741410 for immediate consideration
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Location; Dublin
Duration; 6 months
Start; asap
Rate; negotiable
The Role: Technical Architect
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Technical Architect to play a key role in the design and delivery of a retail card and payments solution for a leading bank in Ireland. This is a managed assignment for Harvey Nash as part of a Master Vendor agreement.
Essential Duties
* Review Design and Architecture related to a card and Payment system to ensure proposed functionality is suitably robust.
* Work with design and development team to set technology standards, development methodologies, etc.
* Review, identify, and recommend opportunities to optimize, consolidate, refactor, reuse, simplify and streamline the infrastructure and software asset base.
* Provide expert advice on emerging technology platforms and tools to improve performance.
* Provide key input into the technology strategy and work with key stakeholders to influence direction, being aware of timeframes and prioritization.
* Provide proactive technical oversight and mentorship to design and development teams to foster re-use, design for scale, stability, and operational efficiency.
* Be aware of current business and technology trends from participation in industry consortia with the ability to assess their impact on architecture strategy whilst promoting innovation across the product set
Essential Experience:
* Demonstrated architecture design experience at a leadership level
* Expertise in J2EE, Oracle databases, RAC, JMS and JBOSS
* A strong capability to establish and promote best of breed technology and architectural strategy
* Proven experience and ability to work with multiple clients across multiple projects concurrently
* Demonstrated capability developing, maintaining, promoting, and reviewing system architectures
* Demonstrated experience with enterprise systems and architectures in highly scaled environments
* Proven experience with retail card and payments processing systems
* The ability to clearly communicate complex technical ideas to both technical and non technical audiences
* Demonstrated experience of producing alternative solution proposals, highlighting pros and cons of each with appropriate recommendations
* The ability to quickly understand and incorporate new / emergent technologies into the overall architecture
Call David Burke on +353 1 6741410 for immediate consideration