First Citizens Bank · 1 day ago
Solutions Architect - Enterprise Payment Systems (Remote)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expFirst Citizens Bank is a financial institution seeking a Solutions Architect for their Enterprise Payment Systems. This role is responsible for leading architecture and technical design activities for solution development projects, collaborating with business units to ensure efficient and effective solutions that meet business needs.
BankingInsuranceLendingPaymentsWealth Management
Responsibilities
Solution Architect - strong leader and trusted advisor who understands business needs, draws detailed technical designs, provides thought leadership around solution scalability, security, and performance. Acts as vertical liaison with Enterprise Architecture to follow/comply with their recommended architecture best practices
Application Portfolio Management - collaborates with the enterprise architects in Application Portfolio Management, identifying technical debt, developing conceptual and logical architecture diagrams, and documenting key architecture decisions in ADRs (Architecture Decision Records)
Solution Development - Leads a team of associates on assigned solution development projects. Recommends technology solutions, an application programming and integration solution through research on alternative options. As needed, troubleshoots deployment issues, develops programs, integrates solutions, and performs other tasks related to technical design
Consultation - Provides consultation to the business unit, management, and associates on all phases of integration systems development and processes. Acts as a trusted advisor on strategies and approaches for overall integration of technology components
Project Coordination - Ensures project tasks are completed on time and with a high degree of quality. Collaborates with other team members on detailed application design, development, and integration testing
Technical Expertise - Maintains a strong understanding of available technology, tools, and designs, in order to provide consultation and leverage technologies within the Bank. Stays updated on technology trends. Offers direction, training, and guidance for less experienced staff
Plan, coordinate, document, analyze, design, review enhancements
Provide expertise, mentorship, process improvements, strategy and standards
Ensure adherence to security requirements and technical standards
Identify and mitigate technical risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies
Support pre-project efforts and assist with delivery time estimates
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years of progressive experience in IT disciplines
Experience developing IT solution strategy with multiple stakeholders. At least 5 years of direct architecture experience
5+ years' experience in at least two of the following: Programming, database/analytics, integration/middleware, infrastructure/cloud, and security
Experience in solution design principles, system development methodologies, and software life cycles
Experience coordinating vendors and utilizing excellent communication skills to work across different partner/organizational levels
Preferred
Knowledge of Financial service/Banking industry as it pertains to payments, foreign exchange, core banking
Experience in architecting and modernizing payments and core banking solutions for the financial service/Banking industry
Excellent communication skills
Strong leadership and mentoring skills. Excellent influencing, consultative and relationship management
Knowledge of compliance regulations, system development methodologies and tools, and IT systems framework and standards
Experience leading technical teams and with multiple architecture disciplines
Programming experience with contemporary languages (Java, micro services, Node.js, and shell scripting)
Experience in middleware technologies (Kafka, Sterling, MQ, SFTP)
Hands-on experience in cloud-native architectures (AWS, OpenShift, Azure)
Expertise in more than one infrastructure technology area (network, mainframe, and distributed platforms, and databases)
Experience documenting requirements through interviews and JAD sessions
Visual modeling using ArchiMate is a plus, certification in IT architecture is preferred
Information architecture, data modeling, and designing models
Modern practices around data ingestion, publishing, and master data management
Company
First Citizens Bank
First Citizens Bank provides banking services, essential business and professional services, wealth management capabilities, and more.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$33M2021-05-07Post Ipo Debt· $10M
2018-08-29Post Ipo Debt· $23M
1986-10-31IPO
Leadership Team
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Craig Nix
Chief Financial Officer
Samantha Bureau - Johnson
SVP & Director, Customer Contact Center
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