Senior Solutions Designer – 53055 Permanent Sydney Location Newly created role to support the business How will I help?
As a hands-on Senior Solution Designer, you will be responsible for discovery and producing high-level solution designs by consulting with architects, tech/business stakeholders, and external providers.
You will be engaging with various stakeholders and supporting the broader engineering community.
The Digital and Consumer Finance technology team works with the business team in transforming the business vision into a reality by planning and delivering projects.
You will be working in a fast-paced, agile environment, contributing to major transformation programs and supporting Digital and Consumer Finance technology systems in cards, payments, schemes compliance, wallets, and tokens space.
Your key responsibilities will include: Taking ownership of the overall end-state for solutions, create designs that meet Westpac standards to provide reliable, stable, and operationally sound solutions that meet business requirements while adhering to architectural principles and industry best practices.
Supporting the solution architect in understanding current state and impacts of solution architectures for programs, projects, etc.
Lead alignment of end-to-end design developed by different teams and ensure that it meets business requirements.
Accountable for build, test, and implementations.
Create clear and concise documentation, including design documents, sequence diagrams, and technical specifications, which are easily understandable by applications designers and developers.
Provide expert technical guidance and support to development teams wherever required and oversee the low-level design, build, and testing.
What do I need?
The ideal candidate for this role should have extensive experience, including approximately 5+ years in a similar role within the payments and cards industry.
You will need expertise in developing microservices and RESTful APIs using technologies like Spring Boot, Java, Kafka, SQL, DB2, and Azure.
Strong analytical and design skills, along with experience in API security, authentication, and authorization, are essential.
A degree in a relevant field is desirable, as is familiarity with CI/CD tools (Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Bamboo), front-end technologies (React JS, Redux, Node JS, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript), and monitoring tools (Splunk, App Dynamics).
Experience in the financial services industry and a knack for innovation are also beneficial.
Key capabilities include customer focus, simplicity in solutions, comprehensive feature development, data security, adherence to high standards, and strong problem-solving skills.
What's in it for me?
You'll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for over 200 years.
Our purpose is to create better futures together.
So, we'll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working.
You'll also keep learning to grow your career, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure.
Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers.
This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements.
And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.
What's it like to work there?
We are a collaborative team of passionate people with a shared ambition to make a difference for our customers, our communities, and each other.
At Westpac, making a difference means creating impact, unlocking our own and each other's passions, and transformative success stories to create better futures together.
As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family gives you access to a wide range of employee benefits to help you manage your priorities - whether that means family life, work/life balance, ambition to grow, or all the little perks in between.
We'll empower you to shape your career path.
Through personalised upskilling, mentoring, and training opportunities, you're in control of where you start and how you'll grow.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility – and champions inclusion.
How do I apply?
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At Westpac, we're all about creating a supportive culture and ensuring our workplaces, branches, products, and services are accessible and inclusive for everyone—our customers, employees, and the wider community.
If you're interested in discussing workplace flexibility, please feel free to mention it in your application.
We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, people with disabilities, neurodiverse individuals, veterans and reservists, and Indigenous Australians to apply.
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