Pre-Sales Solution Architect
New York, NY

Job Description

About SWIFT

SWIFT is a global member owned cooperative and the world's leading provider of secure financial messaging services. We provide our community with a platform for messaging and standards for communicating, and we offer products and services to facilitate access and integration, identification, analysis and regulatory compliance.

Our messaging platform, products and services connect more than 11,000 banking and securities organisations, market infrastructures and corporate customers in more than 200 countries and territories. While SWIFT does not hold funds or manage accounts on behalf of customers, we enable our global community of users to communicate securely, exchanging standardised financial messages in a reliable way, thereby supporting global and local financial flows, as well as trade and commerce all around the world.

As their trusted provider, we relentlessly pursue operational excellence; we support our community in addressing cyber threats; and we continually seek ways to lower costs, reduce risks and eliminate operational inefficiencies. Our products and services support our community's access and integration, business intelligence, reference data and financial crime compliance needs. SWIFT also brings the financial community together - at global, regional and local levels - to shape market practice, define standards and debate issues of mutual interest or concern. SWIFT's strategic five year plan, SWIFT2020, challenges SWIFT to continue investing in the security, reliability and growth of its core messaging platform, while making additional investments in existing services and delivering new and innovative solutions.

Headquartered in Belgium, SWIFT's international governance and oversight reinforces the neutral, global character of its cooperative structure. SWIFT's global office network ensures an active presence in all the major financial centres.

About the team

SWIFT is looking to hire a Pre-Sales Solution Architect to join the team in New York as part of our plan to become even more customer-centric. The Solution Architecture team supports our sales activities related to our SWIFT Interfaces & Integration portfolio throughout the Americas, UK, Ireland & Nordics region.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute, develop, and be part of continuous improvement within a global and market leading team and larger organization. You will be joining a team that loves what they do and supports each other and the larger commercial organization. In addition, SWIFT is dedicated to furthering and development of their staff. An excellent salary and benefits package plus clear career progression is on offer to the successful candidate.

Responsibilities

Working within team of strong professionals, you will take accountability for a wide range of activities including but not limited to:

* Maintain and develop advanced knowledge of architecture/design, integration technologies and future industry trends.
* Demonstrate thought leadership, both externally and internally (at client events, technical user-groups, seminars, workshops), with a special focus on the area of the financial transaction management software.
* Meet with customers to identify higher-level needs and requirements and thereafter design architecture/application solutions for large size/complexity/risk projects. In addition, provide resiliency and security advice. Be able to convert business process flows into a technical architecture leveraging the entire SWIFT Interfaces and Integration portfolio, messaging and standards.
* Define technical requirements and liaise with the project/consulting teams to ensure consistent product and services delivery. You will analyze detail system factors: input/output requirements; information flow; technical requirements; resources needed and select the appropriate SWIFT products and services to build a customer proposal.
* Build and develop working relationships with customer technology management teams, in order to identify and qualify opportunities.
* Assist with the ordering, provisioning and software license procedures. Assist with preparation for installation and integration activities. Ensure a smooth handover to customer/consulting services team.

Qualifications

* University degree in Software engineering or similar.
* Team player mentality and way of working.
* Technical savviness with a strong commercial and strategic way of thinking and presenting.
* Ability to engage and build relationships with key stakeholders
* Experience in architecture of enterprise solutions, including exposure to projects for the financial industry.
* Deep understanding of the business applications and the reference architectures of our customers.
* Strong Business Acumen: possess a deep understanding of customer segments as it pertains to SWIFT (Banks, Market Infrastructures, Corporates, Custodians, Brokers, etc.) and their needs and expectations.
* Strong project management and complex analytical skills. You must possess the ability to translate customer needs into a long-term vision with clear implementation steps.