Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services.  Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results.  We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions.  Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow. 

Ready to take your career global?
Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a IT Architect to join our ever evolving team and help shape the future of global commerce.
What you’ll own

• Architectural Approach & Roadmap Design: Oversee application systems, data workflows, and logical interfaces while collaborating with clients to design strategic IT Roadmaps that map out architectural complexities.
• System Synergy & Performance Optimization: Assure structural synergy between software and hardware environments, analyzing existing infrastructure and capacity planning to guarantee optimal application performance.
• Deficiency Diagnostics & Technical Recommendations: Research new technological advances and analyze existing production systems to detect critical deficiencies, recommending systemic improvements and process controls.
• Full-Lifecycle Engineering & Compliance: Write, modify, and install complex software configurations and documentation across multiple database systems, enforcing strict Payment Card Industry (PCI) and data security compliance.
• Vendor & RFP Leadership: Provide guidance to leadership and alternate functional areas during Request for Proposal (RFP) cycles, handling vendor evaluation and hardware/software requirement planning.
• Team Leadership & Cross-Functional Synergy: Determine operational methods on new assignments, coordinate the activities of peer engineering teams, and solicit feedback to continuously improve information systems.

What you’ll bring

• Educational Foundation: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Business, or a related technical field (equivalent experience considered).
• Professional Experience: Minimum of 6 years of deep professional experience with full lifecycle system design and development (or 8+ years with a high school diploma).
• Enterprise Mainframe Mastery: Comprehensive technical experience with IBM Mainframe ecosystems, including COBOL, JCL, CICS, z/OS, DB2, IMS, Assembler, VSAM, XML, TSO/ISPF, and MQ.
• Tandem / HP Non-Stop Utilities: Strong foundational knowledge of HP Non-Stop hardware platforms, leveraging Scobol, COBOL, SQL, Enscribe, and TAL.
• Complex Analytical Capability: Wide-ranging engineering experience using professional concepts to resolve complex software, database, and variable infrastructure data bottlenecks in creative ways.
• Autonomy & Leadership Trajectory: Proven ability to independently define procedures on new assignments, coordinate technical personnel, and network with key contacts outside your immediate area of expertise.

It’s a bonus if you have

• Advanced Academic Credentials: Master's Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems.
• Deep Tooling & Distributed Systems Fluency: Practical familiarity with specialized tools like Easytrieve, CA-7, NDM, RDz, Syncsort, SPUFI, or distributed technologies (Java, Spring, .NET, C#, C++, Cloud/Web Services, and Test Automation Frameworks).
• Think like a client: We care deeply about our clients' success. We ask, listen and learn — curious to understand first. Our passion drives excellence in everything we set out to do.
• Act like an owner: We take accountability — working at pace to own our outcomes. We empower each other to make decisions. We’re innovative — always finding better ways to deliver impact.
• Win as one team: We value personal connections — moving forward together with clarity. We build inclusive and global teams — embracing different perspectives and ideas. It’s always ‘we,’ never ‘me.’ We’re determined to succeed together.

About the team
Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We’re proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections – it’s unmatched. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.
What makes a Globalpayer?
Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.

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