Solutions Architect

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Solution Architect for a contract position with a regional financial institution in Columbus, OH. This is a 3+ month contract-to-hire opportunity. This position can be located in Columbus, OH.

Pay range: $85.00 - $100.00 per hour

This role is for a highly experienced Solution Architect with deep expertise in the banking industry, focusing on the end-to-end payment ecosystem. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker responsible for translating business needs into scalable, secure, and compliant technology solutions, driving modernization efforts, and guiding engineering teams while ensuring alignment with regulatory and industry standards. A proven track record in designing resilient, high-performance payment systems is essential.

Responsibilities:

• Translate business needs into scalable, secure, and compliant technology solutions
• Drive modernization efforts across complex, large-scale financial platforms
• Guide engineering teams on architecture and design principles
• Ensure solutions align with regulatory and industry standards (KYC/AML, PCI-DSS, FFIEC)
• Architect resilient, high-performance, real-time, and high-volume transaction systems

Requirements:

• Experience in a regulated industry (banking preferred , not required)
• Strong API modernization experience
• Highly technical hands-on technologist
• GCP experience is critical
• Experience with:
  • Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) OR
  • Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• Strong communication skills with a positive, steady demeanor
• Comfortable working directly with product stakeholders daily
• Able to manage pressure, reset conversations, and push back when needed
• Confident guiding teams and providing direction
• Over 15 years of deep expertise in the banking industry, with a strong emphasis on the end-to-end payment ecosystem

• A deep understanding of enterprise architecture patterns, including layered architecture, event-driven architecture (EDA), domain-driven design (DDD), and hexagonal/onion architectures
• Extensive experience designing and governing microservices-based architectures, including service decomposition, API gateways, service mesh patterns, scalability strategies, and resiliency patterns
• Strong command of integration patterns, including messaging, publish/subscribe, orchestration vs choreography, and API-first design (REST, GraphQL, gRPC)
• Experience with cloud-native architectures, preferably on AWS or GCP, including serverless components, container platforms (Kubernetes), and distributed systems

• In-depth knowledge of global and domestic payment rails (ACH, Fedwire, CHIPS, RTP, Zelle, SWIFT, card networks, ISO 8583, ISO 20022)
• Experience architecting real-time and high-volume transaction systems, with emphasis on low-latency, high-availability design
• Strong understanding of payment orchestration, settlement processes, clearing systems, fraud mitigation, tokenization, and core banking integration
• Familiarity with compliance and regulatory frameworks, including KYC/AML, PCI-DSS, FFIEC, and other financial industry standards

• Proficiency in API lifecycle management, including design, versioning, governance, and security
• Experience with event streaming platforms (Kafka, Pulsar, Kinesis) and queuing systems (MQ, RabbitMQ)
• Strong understanding of data architecture, including operational data stores, data lakes, real-time data pipelines, and data lineage
• Expertise in security architecture, including identity and access management (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML), encryption, key management, and zero-trust principles

• Experience implementing high availability, failover, DR, multi-region deployments, and chaos engineering practices

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

About Genesis10:
Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client.

Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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