Solutions Architect

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Solutions Architect

The pay range for this position is listed below. Our pay ranges are built to allow for candidates with various levels of skill and experience to be considered, as well as for room for growth and tenure achieved in a role over time. Typical new hire salary offers fall within the minimum to midpoint of a pay range for many candidates. Any offer extended to a candidate will be based upon their unique set of knowledge, skills, education, and experience as well as internal equity.

Pay Range:

$113,583.00 - $170,375.00

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

What You'll Be Doing

Responsible for delivering technology solutions and architecture designs that meet business needs within the standards and reference architectures defined by IT Architecture. Primary focus is on point solutions, adding functionality to an existing solution, reviewing vendors, documentation, and participating in design.

• Create and complete solutions architecture designs with an enterprise focus. Act as a bridge between technical and business stakeholders during solution development to ensure proposed solution meet tactical and strategic business objectives.

• Provides technical expertise for business partners in the areas of solution architecture, design, development, testing, integration, delivery and sustainment. Conduct peer reviews, recommend, and assist with the build-out of new processes within IT in support of enterprise architecture functions, including roadmaps for IT systems architecture.

• Creates technology solutions in support of the long-term technology strategy and the needs of the business, including solution architecture diagrams, architecture definitions, research notes, reports on industry best practices, and presentations

• Collaborates with Enterprise Architects to incorporate solution architecture artifacts to ensure that an accurate picture of the people, process, and technology aspects of solutions are well documented and usable by enterprise architecture stakeholders.

• Document existing systems architecture and technology portfolio as appropriate and make recommendations for improvements and/or alternatives.

• Assures solutions are a fit for the specific purpose but also closely align with the standards guidelines of technology solutions to ensure systems are designed to ensure maximum uptime, appropriate monitoring, automated resiliency, appropriate security, and enterprise performance.

• Advise on tools and technologies that will help better position the credit union for performance, reliability, and scalability.

Additional Job Functions

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Complies with regulatory compliance and assigned training requirements including but not limited to BSA regulations corresponding to their specific job duties. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary and other employment related actions

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of related experience in information technology, computer science, software engineering, or a related field required

• 5-7 years of experience in building/implementation of technology solutions

• License/Certifications

• TOGAF preferred

• License/Certifications

• Azure Architecture preferred

• License/Certifications

• AWS Architecture preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Software Development LifeCycle

• Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and other integration tools.

• Experience with enterprise architecture

• Experience working with IT architecture frameworks

• Understanding of IT security, infrastructure, and governance

• Proven knowledge and experience in solution architecture, design practices, and modelling.

• Proven knowledge across a wide variety of different technology platforms and understanding of the appropriate application of those technologies to business and technical problems.

• Strong technical understanding and comprehensive breadth of knowledge of technology best practices, solution design, and systems integration.

SchoolsFirst FCU is committed to Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Hiring

At SchoolsFirst FCU we are dedicated to building and growing a diverse, inclusive, and authentic Dream Team, so if you're excited about a position or wanting to make a career change but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. Many skills are transferrable and you may be just the right candidate for the position, or for other roles we are working on.

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. SchoolsFirst FCU is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, or genetic information.

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