Application Architect

Responsibilities Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge. Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment. Oversee migration and deployment projects, including those associated with any transition to new data processing or ML-Ops technologies. Develop and maintain architecture decisions, ensuring optimal performance, cost-efficiency, and scalability. Maintain detailed documentation of architecture decisions, project plans, and operational procedures. Partner with multiple teams Bank wide to collaborate on strategy and direction and apply to architecture and application design. Drive innovation that can bring business values, participating in building Proof of Concepts. Lead technical/design sessions and discussions, ensuring alignment with Fraud strategic goals and technical requirement. Ensure all solutions comply with security standards, such as PCI compliance for data tokenization. Assess and analyze business strategy & requirements, the current technical environment and technology options to evaluate solution alternatives that meet business needs and bank strategy. Present and leverage technical information and solutions in a way that establishes trust relationships, persuades stakeholders and achieves understanding and consensus at all levels. Designing architectural solutions, roadmaps and related strategies that are aligned to Enterprise Standards in the effort to modernize software applications. Participate in design discussions focused on scalability, design and implementation. Education / Experience Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or related discipline 7+ years of software engineering industry experience. 5+ years of experience in architecture design processes, creating reference architectures and architecture artifacts that guide design decisions related to applications, data, integration and infrastructure. Excellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills with the ability to build and foster relationships with business partners, project stakeholders, strategic technology partners and external vendors. Cloud Computing Extensive experience with cloud platforms, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including managing resources and optimizing costs. Data processing tools/concepts such as Pub/Sub, Dataflows, Big Query, Cloud Storage, Kafka, MongoDB, Apache Flink. Hands‑on experience in the system analysis, design, architecture of complex, multi‑tier development & production environments involving: ETL and data solutions Agile practices applied to a product team Data Management Expertise in managing large‑scale data ingestion, storage, and processing, including real‑time and batch processing. Security Strong understanding of data security protocols, including encryption and tokenization. Experience ensuring compliance with security standards, including PCI compliance for data handling. Demonstrated ability to manage complex migration and deployment projects. Proven experience leading technical sessions and making architecture decisions. Experience working with diverse teams, including analytics, cloud operations, and cybersecurity. Excellent communication skills to articulate technical concepts and collaborate with cross‑functional teams. Strong background in maintaining detailed documentation of technical decisions and project plans. Familiarity with fraud detection and prevention systems and technologies. Seniority level Director Employment type Full‑time Job function Information Technology Industries Banking #J-18808-Ljbffr