Sr. Credit Card Solutions Architect

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed.  We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description

U.S. Bank is seeking a motivated Senior Solution Architect within U.S. Bank’s Integrated Card System (ICS).  The candidate will have solution-based architecture experience that can contribute toward the success of our larger and more complex technology initiatives in a product-based, agile environment.  The candidate will facilitate research, design, development, and integration of emerging technology architectures to align with business strategy goals and objectives.  Candidate leads development of enterprise-wide technology architectures.  Creates architectural principles to support business goals. Consults with senior managers and other IT professionals to develop IT frameworks that support business applications.  Candidate Is able to create an intellectually understandable abstraction of a complex business and/or technology process change.  Participates in the definition of non-functional requirements and ensures that the application architecture supports these requirements. Candidate provides strategic input for long-term application direction and executes on specific initiatives that support the long-term viability of the Integrated Card System. Ensures compliance with Enterprise Architecture, Technology Standards, and Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Planning.  Leads and provides direction in evaluation of vendor products to determine conformance with bank technical standards and appropriate fit with business needs.

Basic Qualifications

-Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
-At least 10 years experience with the concepts, philosophies and tools behind the design of applications, information and underlying information technologies.
-At least 10 years experience with developing and implementing applications.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Previous experience in Credit Card processing solutions
• Mainframe architecture background required
• Architecting solutions in a cloud platform like AWS, Azure, (Cloud architectural patterns, containerization, microservices)
• Knowledge of PCI compliance and standards.
• Hands on expertise in Micro-services architecture
• Proven ability to guide the design of complex solutions from functional and non-functional requirements
• The ability to develop effective conceptual diagrams and other architectural documentation is essential
• Experience with Open API strategies
• Experience with Product and vendor evaluation
• Thorough knowledge in Information security management

Location expectations 
This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits: 

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

• Basic term and optional term life insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability

• Pregnancy disability and parental leave

• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan

• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)

• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities

• Adoption assistance

• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran stat