Title: Solution Architect with enterprise-level Application Architecture
Experience
Location: Chicago IL
Type: Contract 1 Year (C2C/W2)
Interview Mode: WebEx/Skype/Telephonic
Job Description :
Role Description: As a member of the Bank?s Technology Strategy and
Solutions team, the solution architect, primarily
Leads end-to-end technology solutions and high-level designs for key
initiatives in collaboration with other architects and in alignment with bank?s
target architecture and standards
Contributes to technology strategy and roadmaps of business functional
areas ? deposits, cards, payments, operations, customer experience, analytics
Establishes as a technology solution expert in one or more of the banking
domains to advise Lead Technology Officers and their business leaders in
solving business problems
Requires Skillset:
Solution/Integration architect, who works with other architects including
enterprise architects, leads with all aspects solution architecture and design
of multiple projects in alignment with the bank?s target architecture and
standards
Solution Architect with the following experience:
All aspects of solution function/data placement, end to end design &
integration oversight,
Able to relate to end-to-end business processes into solutions
Data placement and data integration background
Strong application security/infrastructure, & deployment exposure
Java and enterprise-level Application Architecture Experience
Experience with services management (web services, REST, Web API, ESB,
message-based) development, integration and deployment
Previous Development experience
Multi-vendor integration design including infrastructure experience
Service-Oriented Architecture and recent digital/mobile architecture
experience
Technical facilitator bringing various technology groups and vendors for
solution design and execution to meet project timeline but keeping strategic
focus
MUST be able to document solution proposals (e.g. solution options sequence
diagrams, conceptual diagrams) to get agreement from Security, Infrastructure,
Enterprise Architecture, etc.
Resolve issues as they arise
Produce project level and program level technical documentations (solution
options, solution architecture, high-level end-to-end design flow)
collaborating with other technical leads
Assists with and contributes to function area-specific target architecture,
transition architectures, and technology roadmap
Leads or assist with new technology evaluation against Bank?s target
architecture and standards to solve business problems
Ability to learn/internalize existing information to assist several
projects effectively and immediately
Strong written / verbal communication skills and comfortable interacting
with developers all the way up to the ?C? level
Banking solution experience is desirable
The person will be working on multiple projects (3 to 4) at the same time
in different functional areas of the Bank (e.g., Channels, Sales/Marketing/CRM,
Commercial Lending, Collections)
Not Looking For:
Hard-core developers for Java or .Net application coding
DBA, Data modellers or business intelligence Architects
Project or Program Manager
Business analyst, Data analyst, System Analyst or System Administrator
Typical Day-to-Day Activities
Coordinate cross-team communication and facilitate reviewing of technical
issues for the technical governance forums. Lead socialization of the technical
decisions with the project team.
Facilitate and lead resolution of all technical issues on the
project/program by establishing strong working relationships with the business,
operations and other technology team members
Identify and communicate risks (business, application, technical)
associated with component or application implementation.
Evaluate multiple solution design options, working with a multi-disciplined
team to design integrated solution architecture across application areas and
helping the project adhere to Enterprise standards
Document solutions using bank?s standard template
Document high-level design and hand-off work to next group in the
development pipeline
Example Projects:
Help extending existing target architecture and develop transition state
solution architecture for customer data
Drive payment process automation solution in backend payment processing
(ACH, Check Processing, Lockbox processing)
Drive various aspects of Collections solution being part of a the core
architecture team responsible for enterprise-wide collections solution
Drive and document solution for risk underwriting and credit risk
auto-decisioning integration
Drive target architecture and roadmap for various banking capabilities
Drive cross-product cross-channel customer experience integration
architecture retail or commercial customers
Drive the solution architecture of a new loan origination system —
Reference : Solution Architect jobs
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