First Horizon Bank · 2 hours ago
Principal Data Architect
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expFirst Horizon Bank is a leading regional financial services company dedicated to helping clients unlock their potential. The Principal Data Architect will be responsible for managing data system design, producing architecture documentation, and collaborating with various teams to ensure the alignment of data strategies with business goals.
BankingFinanceFinancial ServicesRisk Management
No H1B
Responsibilities
Manages data system design from conception, through ARB, to delivery
Champion platform quality, performance, and integrity
Primarily responsible for producing architecture documentation for data systems as assigned and as projects and programs of work dictate
Maintains First Horizon’s Solution Inventory as a member of the Core Enterprise Architecture Team
Partners with line of business partners, delivery teams, and SMEs to produce and refine data requirements
Designs both the data structure and interactions of solutions that will deliver intended business outcomes
Collaborates with architects in other domains (Applications, Security, Infra, Cloud, DevOps) to produce consensus and governance
Leads solution design workshops and emerging technology POC workshops
Validates 3rd Party/Vendor Solutions
Aligns Enterprise Data Strategy and with the company’s business goals and objectives
Promotes the use of a shared infrastructure and application roadmap to reduce costs and improve how information flows
Builds and maintains technical trusted advisor relationships with influential technical decision makers within Technology
Works with developers and engineers to ensure that technical solutions as delivered align with Data Architecture Standards & Patterns
Works with Portfolio technology leaders to include technical debt initiatives to portfolio roadmap
Provides consultation on complex projects
May lead the work of others and contribute feature work and code/design reviews as needed
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field
(4+) years of data architecture experience
(7+) years of data engineering or application development with an emphasis on data
Experience with n-tier application architecture and cloud-native/cloud-hybrid solution architecture
Experience with technical documentation like interaction diagrams, process diagrams, ERDs, network topologies and other architectural content
Experience with Agile/SAFe methodologies
AWS Certified Solution Architect or Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
Stay up-to-date on Databricks developments and best practices
An understanding of, and ability to use, design patterns to steer business requirements into enterprise-wide technical strategies
Awareness and ability to document designs using internal and external notational standards (Business Process Model and Notation {BPMN}, Unified Modeling Language {UML}, Entity-Relationship Diagrams {ERD})
Hands-on-the-keyboard depth of knowledge in Python, Spark, and SQL languages and frameworks
Knowledge of data security design principles and techniques
Knowledge of data streaming design principles, techniques, and platforms (Apache Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, etc.)
Working knowledge of modern Operating Systems (Linux/Windows), Networking, Servers/Mainframe, Secure Coding Practices, Development Environments (Java/.Net), Databases (DB2/Oracle/SQL Server/Hadoop/Databricks)
Understanding of public cloud (AWS, Azure) services and platforms like API Gateways, Serverless, Virtual Private Networks, Elastic RDBMS, NoSQL, Key Managers, Load Balancers, Blob Stores, Indexing Services, etc
Benefits
Medical with wellness incentives, dental, and vision
HSA with company match
Maternity and parental leave
Tuition reimbursement
Mentor program
401(k) with 6% match
Company
First Horizon Bank
First Horizon Bank provides personal, business, and corporate banking, and private client services, to families and businesses.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Hope Dmuchowski
Chief Financial Officer
Ben Hopper
Senior Vice President, Head of Consumer Distribution and ATM Strategy
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