Sr Technical Consultant

ACI Worldwide•Norcross, GA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Technical Consultant to join our Professional Services team, responsible for delivering and implementing complex, high-value payment solutions for global clients. This is a customer-facing role, working directly with financial institutions to implement and configure ACI payment solutions, translate solution designs into robust, scalable implementations, and ensure successful delivery across ACI operated (SaaS) and Customer operated environments. You will play a key role in delivering mission-critical payment systems, with a strong focus on high-value and real-time account to account payments, and card based payments, cloud-native and hybrid architectures, and scalable, resilient, and high-performance solution delivery.

Requirements

Proven experience in a customer-facing technical delivery or consulting role
Hands-on experience implementing or supporting payments systems, ideally including: High-value payments, Real-time transaction processing, Clearing and settlement systems
Experience working in complex, enterprise-scale environments
Strong understanding of: Payments architectures and transaction processing, System integration (APIs, messaging, middleware), High availability, resilience, and performance optimisation
Experience working with or deploying solutions in: Hybrid or distributed architectures
Comfortable discussing: Cloud-native concepts (scalability, elasticity, fault tolerance), Deployment strategies and operational considerations
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
5 years relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with or deploying solutions in: Cloud environments (preferred)
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems/Management, Business, Accounting or Finance preferred.

Responsibilities

Implement, configure, and deploy ACI payment solutions to meet client requirements
Act as a technical expert in client-facing engagements, supporting solution delivery and issue resolution
Collaborate with Solution Architects and Business Analysts to translate requirements into working solutions
Support system integration, testing, and troubleshooting across complex environments
Engage in discussions on cloud deployment models, including scalability, resilience, and high availability
Provide guidance on technical best practices, performance optimisation, and solution stability
Identify and resolve delivery risks, ensuring successful implementation outcomes
Support client onboarding, adoption, testing and transition to production environments