Solution Architect

Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build asustainableeconomy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactionssecure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary Solution ArchitectOverview

The Deploy team within Advisory & Consulting Services (A&C) is looking for an Solution Architect to play a critical role in enabling successful delivery of solutions for our clients.

Based in Milan, Italy, this senior, client-facing role partners closely with Mastercard customers, delivery teams, and product stakeholders to define, document, and communicate robust, scalable solution architectures. The ideal candidate brings proven architectural experience within the banking and financial services domain, combined with strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Role In this client-facing position, you will:

Lead architectural engagement with Mastercard clients, driving discovery, requirements definition, and solution design for complex implementations

Define end-to-end solution architectures for projects involving Mastercard products (such as Ethoca Clarity and Click to Pay), client-led initiatives, and Mastercard Engage partner solutions

Act as the primary architectural authority for Deploy-led engagements, guiding engineering teams through implementation and ensuring adherence to the agreed design

Drive architectural decision-making, balancing client requirements, Mastercard standards, security controls, scalability, and long-term maintainability

Produce high-quality architectural artefacts, including solution diagrams, architecture decision records, integration designs, and technical documentation

Communicate architecture clearly and effectively to diverse audiences, including client architects, developers, QA teams, product managers, and senior stakeholders

Identify technical risks early and work collaboratively with delivery teams to resolve challenges and ensure successful outcomes

All About You The ideal candidate for this position should demonstrate:

Fluency in both Italian and English is essential

Proven, advanced experience designing and delivering solution architectures within the banking, payments, or broader financial services industry

Strong experience working directly with clients to elicit requirements, manage ambiguity, and drive alignment on architectural decisions

Demonstrated ability to define and communicate complex, distributed system architectures clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Proven collaboration with cross-functional teams including architects, developers, QA, product managers, and delivery leads in a matrixed environment

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence presenting and defending architectural approaches at senior levels

Desirable or additional capabilities include:

Experience designing solutions deployed on public cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Cloud architecture certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, or GCP Professional Architect) are a strong advantage

Experience with API-driven, microservices-based, or large-scale distributed systems

Familiarity with payment ecosystems, fintech integrations, or Mastercard products and platforms

Salary range: €85,000 - 101,000

Corporate Security Responsibility Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position must:

Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices

Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed

Report any suspected information security violation or breach

Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines

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