Senior Cards Transformation Architect

Socium - Teams Done Differently; Metro Manila; Hybrid; PHP 2,400,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Socium - Teams Done Differently is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to define and govern end-to-end Cards solution architecture across issuing platforms, channels, and retained systems. You will bridge business requirements with delivery, providing architectural direction and design assurance.

The role focuses on ensuring PCI DSS compliance, security, performance, and scalability across complex, multi-vendor environments.

Qualifications

• 15–20 years of experience in banking technology with a focus on Cards issuing architectures.
• Proven experience designing and governing solutions in large-scale Cards platform migrations or modernization programs.
• Strong exposure to multi-vendor API-led and integration-heavy environments.
• Hands-on exposure to platform migration, integration with retained applications and scheme certification requirements.

Responsibilities

• Define overall Cards solution architecture across issuing core integrations, channels and retained systems.
• Define architectural principles, patterns and target-state designs aligned to bank standards and transformation roadmap.
• Review and approve high-level designs (HLDs) and low-level designs (LLDs) to ensure consistency across workstreams.

Skills

Cards architectures

API-led integration

PCI DSS compliance

Multi-vendor environments

Architecture governance

Architecture reviews

Job description

Socium - Teams Done Differently is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to define and govern end-to-end Cards solution architecture across issuing platforms, channels, and retained systems. You will bridge business requirements with delivery, providing architectural direction and design assurance.

The role focuses on ensuring PCI DSS compliance, security, performance, and scalability across complex, multi-vendor environments.