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Senior Solutions & Systems Architect

Charlotte, North Carolina

Job Description:

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Job Description:

This job is responsible for defining an architectural vision and solution that supports the strategic outcomes of the Business' Products and Services. Key responsibilities include defining the target operating environment, designing for client resiliency, assisting with solution design, and defining non-functional requirements. Job expectations include working with stakeholders and service providers aligned to the Business' strategic objectives, evaluating the impact of strategic design decisions, and contributing to the architecture roadmap.

Responsibilities:

+ Works across the business, operations and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision for complex solutions and prioritize functional and non-functional requirements into a technology backlog to enable the technology roadmap and functionality to support evolving capabilities and services

+ Contributes to the creation of the architecture roadmap of defined domains (Business, Application, Data, and Technology) in support of the product roadmap and the development of best practices including standardized templates

+ Clarifies the architecture, assists with system design to support implementation, and provides solution options to resolve any architectural impediments

+ Facilitates solution driven discussions, leads the design of complex architectures, and finds creative solutions through knowledge of domain, practical experiments, and proof of concepts while ensuring architecture is flexible, modular, and adaptable

+ Educates team members on the technology practices, standardization strategies, and best practices to create innovative solutions

+ Supports the team as needed to select the technology stack required for solutions and helps select preferred technology products

+ Performs design and code reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements are sufficiently met (for example, security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability)

Position Summary:

Seasoned hands-on **Senior Solutions & Systems Architect** to lead the efforts for defining the functional & technical architectural solutions for core customer/account reference data applications in the **Consumer, Banking and Wealth Management Technology** group. Accountable for systems design, technical architecture, strategy and technical standards and governance. The individual should have the aptitude to understand the business process, work in a team environment with other architects, business analysts and developers.

Additional Responsibilities:

+ Provide and communicate technology strategy & solutions across different audiences including technical, managerial, business executives and/or vendors.

+ Ensures architecture is flexible, modular, and meets enterprise requirements for security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability.

+ Collaborate with business and technology organizations to align technology strategy to business strategy and help define architecture that modernize our technology, optimize business processes, and enable the business to compete in the evolving emerging environment

+ Works with Product Owners to define roadmap for the next generation platform implementation

+ Contribute to driving architecture strategy to keep it aligned with industry advancement and new technologies.

+ Produce detailed technical design to accomplish client requirements.

+ Develop overall implementation strategy with internal and external technical resources and drive the solution and integration efforts.

+ Provide current best practices and 3rd Party solution alternatives as part of the technical specification document.

+ Participate in performing Proof of Concept (POC) for various upcoming technologies to fit in business requirement.

Required Qualifications:

+ **12+ years’ experience in leading large-scale applications and defining technology architecture and strategies**

+ **Proven skills in Java development and API driven architecture / integration**

+ Strong knowledge in applying application design patterns while creating solution architecture artifacts for projects

+ Experience in system interactions diagrams and process modelling.

+ Communicate crisply (verbally and written) across all levels of the organization from Development to Executives

Desired Qualifications:

+ Knowledge of Data Modeling

+ Experience in Customer Master Data Management (MDM) is a big plus

+ Experience in Retail Banking, Wealth Management and/or financial systems are highly desirable.

+ Experience in working with ElasticSearch and SingleStore

Skills:

+ Analytical Thinking

+ Architecture

+ Result Orientation

+ Solution Design

+ Technical Strategy Development

+ Application Development

+ Collaboration

+ Data Management

+ DevOps Practices

+ Risk Management

+ Agile Practices

+ Automation

+ Influence

+ Solution Delivery Process

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40

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