Advisor Solution Architect

Job description / Role

Purpose of the job

Responsible for designing and implementing the best solution of large-scale financial platforms that should be aligned with the technical road map and the business requirements. The advisor, solution architecture is accountable for translating complex business requirements into secure, scalable technical architectures across the IT organization leveraging the deep technical expertise in digital payments, mobile wallets, and system integration.

Duties and responsibilities

• Find the best tech end-to-end solutions of mobile money, wallet, and payment solutions.
• Define the solution architecture, integration layers, and technical standards for multiple digital channels.
• Collaborate with business, product, and engineering teams to align technology solutions with strategic goals.
• Design and oversee integration between mobile apps, APIs, gateways, and third-party systems (banks, billers, aggregators).
• Ensure scalability, performance, and security across all solution components.
• Provide technical leadership during development, deployment, and testing phases.
• Develop and maintain solution documentation, architecture diagrams, and interface specifications.

Job specifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or telecommunications engineering

Experience

• 8+ years of professional experience in solution architecture and system integration for enterprise-scale platforms.
• Proven experience in mobile money, fintech, or digital payment systems.
• Strong knowledge of mobile money ecosystems including wallet management, agent management, KYC, bill payments, and merchant payments.
• Familiarity with leading platforms such as Ericsson Wallet Platform, Comviva, Huawei Mobile Money, Mahindra, or MFS Africa.
• Expertise in API architecture (REST/SOAP), microservices.
• Understanding security and compliance standards (PCI DSS, ISO 27001, data encryption) is a plus.
• Experience with core banking integration, payment switches, and mobile channels (USSD, SMS, mobile apps) is advantage.
• TOGAF certification is a plus.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Only your skills matter

Regardless of your age, gender, origin, religion, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, or appearance, we actively encourage diversity within our teams, as it is both a collective strength and a driver of innovation. The company is a disability-friendly employer: please feel free to let us know about any specific needs you may have.

About the Company

Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with sales of 43.5 billion euros in 2022 and 136,000 employees worldwide at 31 December 2022, including 75,000 employees in France. The Group has a total customer base of 287 million customers worldwide at 31 December 2022, including 242 million mobile customers and 24 million fixed broadband customers. The Group is present in 26 countries. Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to multinational companies under the brand Orange Business.