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Enterprise IT Architect

Fiserv
Basildon, GBR
Full-time
Senior
Onsite
Discovered 1 months ago
VisionPLUSCICSDB2APIsOpenAPISwagger

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Calling all innovators – find your future at Fiserv.

We’re Fiserv, a global leader in Fintech and payments, and we move money and information in a way that moves the world. We connect financial institutions, corporations, merchants, and consumers to one another millions of times a day – quickly, reliably, and securely. Any time you swipe your credit card, pay through a mobile app, or withdraw money from the bank, we’re involved. If you want to make an impact on a global scale, come make a difference at Fiserv.

Job Title

About your role

  • You will act as the technical authority and solution architect for Italian client card and payment systems while also serving as the front‑line technical lead for the client. This role blends strategic system design, architectural governance, and deep hands‑on support, ensuring all technical queries, incidents, and enhancements are handled effectively and with minimal business impact.
  • You will own the end‑to‑end technical landscape, guide design decisions, and lead complex problem resolution, while maintaining close day‑to‑day engagement with client stakeholders. This role is critical to ensuring platform resilience, regulatory compliance, and the continued success of a high‑revenue, mission‑critical client.

What you’ll do

Act as the overall technical architect for the VisionPLUS card processing platform and its integrations

Serve as the primary senior technical contact for client, handling complex queries, escalations, and design discussions

Lead major incident management, including deep‑dive diagnostics, cross‑team coordination, and root‑cause analysis. Provide hands‑on support for critical production issues across online and batch processing

Design and govern distributed‑to‑mainframe integrations, including APIs and middleware. Review and approve technical changes, enhancements, and release plans to ensure system stability

Mentor Advisor‑ and Engineer‑level team members, providing technical leadership and guidance

Work closely with product owners, operations, infrastructure, and vendor teams to ensure seamless delivery

Ensure systems meet 24×7 availability, performance, and security requirements

Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on resilience, automation, and technical debt reduction

Experience you’ll need to have

Extensive experience with VisionPLUS in a cards and payments processing environment

Deep understanding of card lifecycle processing, including authorisation, clearing, settlement, billing, and disputes

Strong hands‑on expertise with mainframe technologies, including: CICS (online transaction processing). DB2 (schema design, performance analysis, and data troubleshooting)

Proven experience designing and supporting API‑based and event‑driven integrations with mainframe systems

Strong background in production support, complex incident management, and root‑cause analysis in 24×7 environments

Ability to balance architectural ownership with hands‑on execution when required

Fluent Italian and English (spoken and written)

Willingness to participate in out‑of‑hours (OOH) support for critical incidents

Experience that would be great to have

Experience acting as a solution or system architect for large‑scale payment platforms

Strong knowledge of VisionPLUS modules and vendor roadmaps

Familiarity with CICS tuning, DB2 optimisation, and batch/online workload balancing

Knowledge of Swagger / OpenAPI standards and API governance

Experience operating within ITIL‑aligned incident, problem, and change management frameworks

Track record of supporting strategic, high‑revenue clients with strict SLA commitments

Experience driving resilience, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies

Thank you for considering employment with Fiserv. Please:

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Complete the step-by-step profile and attach your resume (either is acceptable, both are preferable).

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Fiserv is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by law.

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