Solution Architect

First Horizon; Glenwood; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading regional financial services company seeks a Banking Application Architect to manage solution design and produce architecture documentation for digital banking applications. The ideal candidate has over 4 years of architecture experience and expertise in full-stack mobile and web development. This role requires collaboration with various stakeholders to align IT strategies with business goals. Competitive benefits include medical and wellness incentives, a 401(k) plan with employer match, and parental leave.

Benefits

Medical with wellness incentives

HSA with company match

Maternity and parental leave

401(k) with 6% match

Qualifications

• 4+ years of solutions architecture experience.
• 7+ years of full-stack mobile and web application development.
• Experience with n-tier application architecture.

Responsibilities

• Manage solution design from conception to delivery.
• Produce architecture documentation for digital banking applications.
• Collaborate with other architects to produce consensus.

Skills

Adaptability to new technologies

Knowledge in React Native

Ability to document designs

Hands-on knowledge in mobile application languages

Understanding of application security design principles

Knowledge of public cloud services

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

.NET

Java

Job description

The Banking Application Architect delivers as a hands‑on practitioner. You’ll find yourself delivering standards, patterns, and designs to First Horizon’s technology organization, as well as diligent engagement with those teams of developers implementing them! Your scope of influence will include but is not limited to stability, observability, portability, SDLC management, producing technical requirements and solution designs that align to business requirements. You will join the frontline in ensuring we can meet the bank’s business needs while producing a modern, digital stack.

Primary Responsibilities

• Manages solution design from conception, through ARB, to delivery
• Primarily responsible for producing architecture documentation for digital banking applications as assigned and as projects and programs of work dictate
• Maintains First Horizon’s Solution Inventory as a member of the Core Enterprise Architecture Team
• Partners with line of business partners, delivery teams, and SMEs to produce and refine product requirements
• Designs both the components and interactions of solution architectures that will deliver intended business outcomes
• Collaborates with architects in other domains (Data, Security, Infra, Cloud, DevOps) to produce consensus and governance
• Leads solution design workshops and emerging technology POC workshops
• Aligns Information Technology strategy and planning with the company’s business goals and objectives
• Promotes the use of a shared infrastructure and application roadmap to reduce costs and improve how information flows
• Collaborates on roadmaps to align information technology priorities with business partner requirements and strategies
• Builds and maintains technical trusted advisor relationships with influential technical decision makers within Technology
• Works with developers to ensure that technical solutions as delivered align with Enterprise Architecture Standards & Patterns
• Works with Portfolio technology leaders to include technical debt initiatives to portfolio roadmap
• Provides consultation on complex projects
• May lead the work of others and contribute feature work and code reviews as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field
• (4+) years of solutions architecture experience
• (7+) years of full‑stack mobile and web application development
• Experience with n‑tier application architecture and cloud‑native/cloud‑hybrid solution architecture
• Experience with technical documentation like interaction diagrams, process diagrams, network topologies and other architectural content
• Experience with Agile/SAFe methodologies

Certifications/Licensures

• AWS Certified Solution Architect or Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Skills And Competencies

• Ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
• Stay up‑to‑date on React Native developments and best practices
• An understanding of, and ability to use, design patterns to steer business requirements into enterprise‑wide technical strategies
• Awareness and ability to document designs using internal and external notational standards (Business Process Model and Notation {BPMN}, Unified Modeling Language {UML})
• Hands‑on‑the‑keyboard depth of knowledge in web/mobile application languages and frameworks (iOS Native, Android Native, ReactJS/React Native preferred)
• Hands‑on‑the‑keyboard depth of knowledge in web/mobile CI and CD techniques using modern, shift‑left methodologies
• Knowledge of application security design principles and techniques
• Understanding of enterprise middleware application languages and framework (e.g. .NET, Java, Apigee, IBM ESB, Kafka etc.)
• Working knowledge of modern Operating Systems (Linux/Windows), Networking, Servers/Mainframe, Secure Coding Practices, Development Environments (Java/.Net), Databases (DB2/Oracle/SQL Server)
• Understanding of public cloud (AWS, Azure) services and platforms like API Gateways, Serverless, Virtual Private Networks, Elastic RDBMS, NoSQL, Key Managers, Load Balancers, Blob Stores, Indexing Services, etc.

About Us

First Horizon Corporation is a leading regional financial services company, dedicated to helping our clients, communities and associates unlock their full potential with capital and counsel. Headquartered in Memphis, TN, the banking subsidiary First Horizon Bank operates in 12 states across the southern U.S. The Company and its subsidiaries offer commercial, private banking, consumer, small business, wealth and trust management, retail brokerage, capital markets, fixed income, and mortgage banking services. First Horizon has been recognized as one of the nation's best employers by Fortune and Forbes magazines and a Top 10 Most Reputable U.S. Bank. More information is available at www.FirstHorizon.com.

• Medical with wellness incentives, dental, and vision

• HSA with company match

• Maternity and parental leave

• 401(k) with 6% match

• More -- FirstHorizon.com/First-Horizon-National-Corporation/Careers/Our-Benefits

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