Define and lead BECU’s enterprise technology strategy, modernizing core banking, payments, and digital platforms through cloud‑native, API‑driven, and AI‑enabled architectures while operating within a highly regulated financial services environment.
Establish enterprise standards and architectural guardrails that ensure security, compliance, resiliency, and data protection, enabling the safe adoption of emerging capabilities such as AI and automation.
Guide the evolution from legacy platforms to modern, scalable platforms and services—leveraging Azure and other enterprise technologies as appropriate.
Balance innovation with operational stability to deliver trusted experiences that enhance member value and meet regulatory expectations.
Provide enterprise‑level architectural oversight across multiple concurrent initiatives, guiding design and integration decisions that align with long‑term business and technology strategy.
Lead architectural direction for modernizing legacy platforms into cloud‑native, hybrid, and platform‑based architectures, leveraging technologies such as .NET, Azure, containerized services, event‑driven systems, and a mix of data platforms including Cosmos DB, Oracle DB, and other enterprise data stores that support banking, payments, and digital capabilities.
Establish, maintain, and champion enterprise architecture standards, patterns, and constraints that reduce fragmentation and promote consistency across core banking, payments, and digital platforms.
Proactively identify architectural, integration, platform, and data risks, and drive mitigation strategies that protect delivery timelines, security, and operational stability in a regulated environment.
Partner closely with engineering, architecture, security, vendors, and technology leadership, influencing outcomes without direct authority while maintaining strong alignment across teams.
Develop enterprise and solution‑level blueprints that guide delivery teams and ensure implementations support approved roadmaps and reusable enterprise patterns.
Support delivery momentum by providing timely architectural decisions, reducing reliance on tactical or short‑term solutions, and removing architectural design debt.
Evaluate third‑party platforms, monitor industry trends, and recommend solutions that improve long‑term business value and architectural sustainability.
Serve as a mentor and architectural standard‑bearer for other architects and technical partners, elevating architectural maturity across the organization.
Partner with production and support teams to resolve near‑term architectural issues while protecting long‑term enterprise integrity.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience required
Minimum of ten years of experience designing and implementing enterprise architectures required
Minimum seven years of experience in a project lead role, either managing or advising large and strategic project teams required
Knowledge of the Microsoft infrastructure and solution stacks operating in on‑premises, cloud, and hybrid hosting environments required
Experience with modern technology service architectural hosting, security, and risk management concerns (e.g., IAM, access control, monitoring, IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, containers) required
Advanced degree preferred
Ability to communicate very technically challenging concepts to a broad audience with strong facilitation and presentation skills preferred
Broad knowledge of technologies and supplier capabilities and experience implementing these into new and existing large infrastructure/systems preferred
Experience working within large organizations, and the ability to develop strong relationships preferred
Certification in LEAN, Agile/Scrum, or ITIL principals with experience implementing one of these practices preferred
Excellent organizational, problem‑solving, strategic thinking and decision‑making, planning, and negotiation skills preferred
Proficient verbal and written skills to effectively communicate and provide customer service preferred
Occasional travel to conferences, training events, and vendor sites preferred
Full‑time hours required, with additional hours as necessary
Experience driving AI adoption and applying intelligent automation or AI‑enabled capabilities within enterprise architectures preferred
Experience designing or governing intelligent APIs, including reusable, secure, and scalable API patterns preferred
Experience supporting or modernizing core banking operations and digital platforms in a regulated financial services environment preferred
Tech Stack
Azure
Cloud
Oracle
.NET
Benefits
401(k) Company Match (up to 3%)
4% annual contribution to your 401(k) by BECU
Medical, Dental and Vision (family contributions as well)