Senior Solution Architect, Senior Manager, Visa Implementation Services
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Job Location:
Wellington - New Zealand
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Team Summary
Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) Australia New Zealand and South Pacific (AUNZSP) is Visas advisory division working with Visas clients on a broad range of key business initiatives including strategy operational optimisation customer engagement and overall business profitability.
VCA is made up of three services lines - Advisory Data Science and Implementation Services the latter being the execution arm of VCA. Our Implementation Services squads are embedded on client sites leading long-term engagements and delivering value primarily through implementation and execution services. We deliver objectives from a shared value agenda but are also closely connected to the broader VCA team sharing knowledge and bringing the best of Visa to the client.
We are seeking a Senior Solution Architect to join one of our banking clients in Wellington on a 12-month fixed-term contract starting in January/February 2026. In this embedded role youll help deliver new-generation digital lending experiences. As part of a collaborative customer-focused team youll report to the Solution Architecture Practice Manager and will work closely with business and technical stakeholders.
Role Summary & Responsibilities
You will be a key driver in our clients digital lending transformation responsible for designing and delivering secure scalable and compliant solutions that enable seamless customer experiences. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect innovative systems for lending origination onboarding and servicing leveraging modern technologies and best practices to support the banks strategic objectives.
Highlights of your role include:
- Lead the architectural design and approval process for unsecured lending and cards ensuring solutions align with enterprise standards and business goals.
- Develop and implement API strategies and event-driven integrations to support extensibility and interoperability across platforms.
- Architect end-to-end solutions for origination onboarding credit decisioning and servicing with a focus on scalability security and compliance.
- Present and defend architectural designs to governance boards ensuring traceability and adherence to enterprise architecture principles.
- Foster collaboration across technology and business teams to maximise reuse and accelerate delivery of high-impact solutions.
Qualifications :
Key Requirements
- Extensive experience in financial services architecture ideally within lending and cards domains.
- Deep understanding of lending origination customer onboarding and digital servicing processes.
- Proven expertise in designing solutions using APIs (Kong gateway) event streaming (Kafka) and microservices (Spring Boot).
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS) and modern UI frameworks (React).
- Strong stakeholder engagement and ability to drive consensus across diverse teams
Desirable
- Familiarity with BIAN standards and API governance.
- Exposure to open banking digital identity verification (eKYC) and Agile delivery methodologies.
- Relevant certifications (e.g. TOGAF AWS Certified Solutions Architect).
Note youre not expected to have 100% of these skills. If you have most of the skills required and this role sounds exciting to you wed love to hear from you!
The role will be based in Wellington CBD in a hybrid work environment (minimum 3 days in office per week).
Why this is important to Visa
This role is pivotal to our clients strategic objectives driving digital-first product transformation and championing technology innovation in financial services. By architecting secure scalable and user-centric solutions you will help our client deliver seamless customer journeys and future-ready lending capabilities. This role directly supports Visas mission to shape the future of commerce ensuring the company remains a leader in delivering value to clients and their customers through reliable innovative financial solutions.
Additional Information :
Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Business Process
- VMware
- Cloud
- HTML5
- Windows
- Project managements
- AWS
- Infrastructure
- Web Services
- JQuery
- Java
- Computer Engineering
- Solutions design
- Technical Solutions
- Analytics
About Company
Visa (NYSE: V) is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories. Our purpose is to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and b ... View more
