Job Details

Job Description
Only qualified Senior Solutions Architect candidates located near the Irving, TX to be considered due to the position requiring a hybrid onsite presence

Education:

Bachelor's (University degree) or equivalent experience

Master's degree (MBA) is preferred

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of overall relevant banking, financial services experience

• At least 10 years in a Solutions Architecture role in large enterprise environments

• Excellent communication skills

• Banking/Financial/Payment experience is a plus

• Expertise in developing architecture vision and strategic solutions

• Experience with modernizing and migrating applications to strategic architectures

• Expertise in building solutions with domain-driven design (DDD), API, microservices, event-driven architecture, and cloud-native principles

• Expertise in modern languages (e.g., Java, C#), messaging, integration, and data streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, MQ, etc.), caching & database (RDBMS and NoSQL) tools, application development frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot, .NET), well-architected framework, data integration solutions, software architecture patterns, and tools

• Expertise in application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines

• Awareness of industry trends and leveraging new technologies as appropriate

• Experience in collaborating and influencing cross-functional teams

• Passion to innovate with an open-source mindset to improve products

• Experience with technology control frameworks, compliance, regulatory, and audits

• Ability to create solutions at conceptual, logical, and physical levels

• Consistently demonstrate concise written and verbal communication

• Cloud certification (AWS, Microsoft, Google, etc.) is a plus

• Demonstrated ability to interact and work effectively with diverse teams

• Ability to lead projects with multiple counterparts across organizations

• Ability to work under pressure, facilitate discussions, and conduct group meetings

The Senior Solutions Architect candidate requires a strong knowledge and experience in developing architecture vision, strategy, and end-to-end solutions for complex financial business problems. The role will have a regional and global focus in the operations and technology space and requires the individual to work across a variety of stakeholders such as Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Independent Compliance Risk Management (ICRM), Retail Credit Risk, Operational Risk, Model Risk, Internal Audit, O&T Business Risk Control, and Chief Administrative Office.

Responsibilities:

• Create solution architecture artifacts that are consistent with architecture principles, methodologies, and best practices with a goal of resilient and scalable cloud-based solutions

• Provide thought leadership in subjects that are key to the business and lead portfolio simplification strategies to rationalize the application landscape

• Interface with vendors to assess their technology and guide their product roadmap based on client requirements

• Lead design sessions with engineers and stakeholders to create innovative solutions

• Conduct proof of concept and proof of analysis on potential solutions with a failure-fast mindset to drive target state

• Design common business functions and capabilities within the GRC ecosystem to simplify the technology footprint and achieve faster time to market

• Own and drive solution evaluation and build vs buy/partner analysis

• Communicate technology vision, strategies, and solutions across communities and cross-functional teams

• Provide expert knowledge of architecture and serve as SME to cross-functional teams

• Provide architectural leadership and conduct assessments to adopt cyber, risk, and control patterns and solutions

• **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

• **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.**