Senior Principal Enterprise Solution Architect

Role Overview

• Facilitate adherence to architecture standards and patterns
• Oversee architecture at a program level initiative
• Define non-functional requirements to ensure scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability
• Partner with the business to identify operational and financial efficiencies
• Analyze high-level functional requirements defined by the business
• Provide direction and clarity for Application Architects
• Design system integration patterns
• Provide oversight, governance, and support for federated architecture
• Ensure Application Architects are in alignment with solutions
• Identify technical constraints
• Identify technical debt and recommend paths to resolution
• Influence technology and vendor decisions
• Design and evaluate proofs of concept and prototypes
• Periodic analysis and refresh of architecture standards and patterns
• Provide support for target state architecture designs

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in IT preferably as an architect
• Bachelors Degree or 4+ years of equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience working as Solution Architect across multiple domains of architecture (i.e. business, technology, data, application, and infrastructure)
• 7+ years of professional experience in IT preferably as an architect preferred
• Understanding of general architecture principles
• Ability to apply architecture principles to Agile and Waterfall delivery
• Proven ability to provide architecture direction on small to large sized project/initiatives
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Strong oral and written communications skills
• Banking industry experience, including regulation and risk
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum
• Experience with SDLC, waterfall and agile delivery; DevOps and testing
• Experience with Cloud solution enablement
• Experience working with SOA, microservices, and modern web application frameworks
• High level of professionalism and confidence with the ability to build credibility as a trusted advisor with leadership, team members, and business partners
• Ability to problem-solve, plan, scope, and provide estimates for work effort, producing quality deliverables on time and on budget
• Knowledge of ArchiMate Enterprise Architecture Modeling Language
• Understanding of Cloud technologies
• Soft skills training or experience, participation in architecture-related courses or workshops, peer mentoring
• Experience with TOGAF or equivalent architecture frameworks
• Understanding of software development lifecycle

Tech Stack

• Cloud
• Microservices
• SDLC

Benefits

• health insurance coverage
• wellness program
• life and disability insurance
• retirement savings plan
• paid leave programs
• paid holidays
• paid time off (PTO)