Solution Architect - Payment System Integration

This is a 12 month contract to start with a Global Consulting Firm. Project deliverables include the following:Assess and analyze business and technical requirements in order to provide estimates on activities/tasks and establish detailed plans and timelines.Identifying risks, dependencies, assumptions and constraints that could impede any deliverables.Design, code (when required), and test for functions of low to medium complexity.Write unit test plans and provide coordination and support of testing.Support Development, Quality Assurance and User Acceptance Testing activities.Create, update and contribute to critical documentation relevant to the projects (SRS, TDD, Test Plans, Implementation Plans, etc.) as well as security and architecture requirements as defined by each projectEffectively communicate and build rapport with team members, various IT partners and 3rd party vendors.Provide estimates on activities/tasks required to perform design, coding and unit testing, improving accuracy over time.RequirementsMust-have:Minimum 4-5 year of experience in a high pressure multi-technology environment supporting multiple applications.Good knowledge of UNIX system administration/support and application development (Java, UNIX scripting)Familiarity with application security setup and programing (TLS, IPsec, HTTPS & Firewall)Good understanding of multi-tiered Enterprise Application (MQ , Kafka, Elastic search, WAS ND, Oracle & any “high availability and fault tolerance” environment setup and supporting)Understanding of DevOps pipeline and cloud-based servicesFiserv product experienceNice-to-have:The desire to learn the wire payments business and the functionality of the applications you would be supportingExperience with cloud technologyFamiliar with Agile methodologies