Senior Payments Solutions Architect

HEITMEYER CONSULTING INC; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Heitmeyer Consulting is seeking a Sr. Solution Architect to define the future state of our payment ecosystem and modernize technology while influencing both business and technical stakeholders.

The role supports Columbus, OH or Chicago, IL and demands hands-on leadership across domestic and international payment networks. The ideal candidate will bridge strategy and execution, work closely with engineering teams, and leverage cloud-native architectures, microservices, and security best practices

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in banking or financial services.
• Framework-agnostic approach to payment rails and end‑to‑end solution design across domestic and international networks (ACH, wires, RTP, card, cross-border).
• Experience with cloud-native platforms, containers, and modern software design patterns.
• Strong communication skills with business and technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of PCI‑DSS, KYC/AML, FFIEC and related regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business partners to understand current state and define a modernization roadmap for the next 9–18 months.
• Design and implement scalable, secure, and resilient payment systems using Java and cloud-native technologies, preferably GCP; AWS experience is transferable.
• Serve as trusted advisor, communicating architectural decisions and influencing stakeholders.
• Lead architecture discussions across multiple payment rails to ensure end-to-end integration, compliance, and operational excellence.
• Mentor engineering teams and provide hands-on guidance as needed.
• Collaborate with cross-functional architects to ensure consistency and alignment across initiatives.
• Engage with vendors and enterprise partners to drive architecture outcomes.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Microservices

Payment rails knowledge

API gateways

Service mesh

Cloud-native architectures

Security architecture

PCI-DSS/KYC/AML/FFIEC

IAM / encryption / zero-trust

Tools

Kubernetes

Kafka

Pulsar

Kinesis

RabbitMQ

Java

Job description

Heitmeyer Consulting is seeking a Sr. Solution Architect to define the future state of our payment ecosystem and modernize technology while influencing both business and technical stakeholders.

The role supports Columbus, OH or Chicago, IL and demands hands-on leadership across domestic and international payment networks. The ideal candidate will bridge strategy and execution, work closely with engineering teams, and leverage cloud-native architectures, microservices, and security best practices