Principal Solutions Architect - Enterprise Architecture, Application and AI

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

The Principal Solutions Architect develops innovative solutions and technology strategy. They own the end-to-end solution design strategy across teams and partner with other architects. The role makes recommendations for new procedures and overall architectural approach, partnering with senior level architects. Utilizes technical expertise and leadership skills to resolve issues and ensure product goals are met across the team. Takes a hands-on approach with Proof of Concepts and blueprints. Partners and influences technologists on key concepts and architectural designs and on defining the team's roadmap in line with the company and technology vision. Drives alignment to EA standards. Help with evaluating vendor products and how to integrate with U.S. Bank infrastructure and standards. Adept with agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles. Able to communicate with all parties involved in the product team (engineers, product owner, scrum master, third party vendors, end users, etc.). Takes a long-term view of the architecture direction. Brings awareness where processes, architecture, organization are not optimal and drives the team and leadership to make changes proactively to address them. Identifies technical complexities or limitations that may impact product long-term product plans. Brings Enterprise Architecture, Software Development Life Cycle, engineering and security considerations to product and strategic planning discussions.Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
- Eight or more years of relevant experiencePreferred Skills/Experience- 10+ years of progressive Architect experience- Hands-on experience with the concepts, philosophies, tools and technologies behind the design of infrastructure and cloud architectures
- Experience in Enterprise Architecture and familiarity with architecture frameworks and methods
- Knowledge of Cloud engineering, application architectures, application patterns and domain driven microservices
- Ability to influence engineers and leadership on key engineering concepts and drive change to align with modern technology approaches
- Strong understanding and prior experience with Proof of Concepts and blueprints
- Azure and/or AWS Certifications preferredThe role offers a hybrid/flexible schedule, which means there's an in-office expectation of 3 or more days per week and the flexibility to work outside the office location for the other days.  

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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 status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

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