Hybrid Banking Solutions Architect – Cards & Payments

Consult; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 148,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Consult is recruiting a Solution Architect to join a major banking transformation programme focused on debit-card modernisation and core-banking integration, with Edinburgh or London and hybrid office attendance. You’ll lead the solution design for card-management and payment systems with core-banking services, shaping communications across cloud and on‑prem environments.

Collaborating with engineering, product, security and infrastructure, you’ll ensure secure, scalable and production‑ready

Qualifications

• Enterprise architecture experience in banking, cards, payments or core-banking integration.
• REST/SOAP APIs, microservices, event-driven patterns.
• Proficiency in Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience with GCP, Kubernetes and hybrid-cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution design for card-management and payment integrations with core-banking services.
• Define secure, scalable, resilient architecture for cloud and on-prem environments.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, security and infrastructure teams.

Skills

Banking domain architecture

REST/SOAP APIs

Java & Spring Boot

GCP & Kubernetes

API security & encryption

Kafka

CI/CD tooling

Documentation & governance

Tools

Jenkins

Harness

Splunk

Dynatrace

Job description

Consult is recruiting a Solution Architect to join a major banking transformation programme focused on debit-card modernisation and core-banking integration, with Edinburgh or London and hybrid office attendance. You’ll lead the solution design for card-management and payment systems with core-banking services, shaping communications across cloud and on‑prem environments.

Collaborating with engineering, product, security and infrastructure, you’ll ensure secure, scalable and production‑ready