10 hours ago
Amsterdam, NetherlandsStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain target architecture, transition states, roadmaps and priorities across transaction-services domains.
- Lead end-to-end solution design for client channels, APIs, portals, processing engines, clearing and settlement connections and back-office systems.
- Promote API-first, event-driven and domain-driven architecture, including integration patterns, data flows and architecture decision records.
- Support ISO 20022 migration and interoperability while balancing performance, availability, cost, security and time-to-market.
- Incorporate resilience, observability, recoverability, capacity planning, disaster recovery and other non-functional requirements into solution architecture.
- Partner with Security and Risk stakeholders on DORA, PSD2/PSD3, sanctions screening, AML/KYC and data-privacy requirements.
- Serve as an architecture point of contact, coach engineers, participate in design reviews and align standards with Enterprise Architecture and international peers.
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional IT experience, including at least 5 years in an architecture role such as Solution Architect, Domain Architect or Enterprise Architect.
- Strong experience in payments, cash management, liquidity or trade finance, preferably in wholesale or transaction banking.
- Demonstrated experience delivering large-scale, mission-critical technology platforms and contributing significantly to legacy-modernization initiatives.
- Expertise in payment flows, clearing and settlement, ISO 20022, SWIFT MT/MX, SEPA, SCT, SCT Inst, SDD and real-time payment schemes.
- Experience with microservices architecture, REST APIs, OpenAPI, event-streaming technologies such as Kafka, enterprise integration patterns, containers, Kubernetes, private and public cloud, DevOps, CI/CD, data architecture, security architecture, IAM, encryption, zero-trust principles and observability.
- Ability to communicate architecture decisions clearly and work pragmatically across product, engineering, security, risk and architecture disciplines.
Benefits
- Competitive salary based on qualifications and experience.
- NS business card covering commute expenses, 25 days of paid holiday per year, laptop, smartphone, pension scheme and health insurance.
- Access to Udemy and Cognizant Academy digital libraries for continuous learning.
- Open, collaborative and international technology-focused work environment.
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About Cognizant
Cognizant is a public IT services and consulting firm that designs, builds, and runs enterprise technology, including digital engineering, cloud modernization, data/AI, and managed services. It sells consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing on multi-year engagements to large enterprises in healthcare, banking, retail, communications, and manufacturing. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, Cognizant is NASDAQ-listed (CTSH) and a Fortune 500 company.