Senior Principal Enterprise Architect

Silicon Valley Bank; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

FC Global Services India LLP (First Citizens India) in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Principal Enterprise Architect to lead enterprise architecture strategy and governance, with a strong focus on AI-driven governance and resilience. You will partner with business and technology leaders to align investments and drive modernization across cloud and data platforms.

The role requires hands-on AI solutions experience, governance-as-code, and the ability to translate complex decisions for executives.

Qualifications

• 18+ years of technology experience with significant enterprise architecture leadership.
• Hands-on experience building AI-driven or agentic AI solutions.
• Proven experience implementing governance-as-code and automated architecture controls.
• Strong understanding of resilience engineering and large-scale enterprise environments.
• Experience working with senior business and technology executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architecture strategy and governance across business, data, application, technology, integration, and security architecture domains.
• Partner with senior technology and business leaders to align architecture decisions with strategy and investment priorities.
• Drive cloud, application, platform, and data modernization while balancing risk, value, scalability, and cost.
• Build AI-driven architecture governance capabilities that automate design reviews, compliance assessments, resilience scoring, and conformance checks.
• Integrate governance-as-code and architecture conformance into CI/CD pipelines for continuous compliance.
• Improve enterprise resilience through automated assessment of availability risks and recovery objectives.
• Establish governance forums, mentor architects, and advance maturity across the organization.
• Translate architecture decisions into business-focused recommendations for executives and investments.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Architecture governance

Risk management

AI governance

Education

TOGAF certification

Cloud architecture certs

Job description

FC Global Services India LLP (First Citizens India), a part of First Citizens BancShares, Inc., a top 20 U.S. financial institution, is a global capability center (GCC) based in Bengaluru. Our India-based teams benefit from the company’s over 125-year legacy of strength and stability. First Citizens India is responsible for delivering value and managing risks for our lines of business. We are particularly proud of our strong, relationship-driven culture and our long-term approach, which are deeply ingrained in our talented workforce. This is evident across all key areas of our operations, including Technology, Enterprise Operations, Finance, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, and Credit Administration. We are seeking talented individuals to join us in our mission of providing solutions fit for our clients’ greatest ambitions.

Job Description

Value Proposition Lead the Future of AI-Driven Architecture: Build and scale AI-powered architecture governance capabilities that transform how technology decisions are reviewed, validated, and automated across the enterprise.

Drive Enterprise Resilience at Scale: Shape the future state of the organization's technology landscape by embedding resilience, security, and architectural best practices into every stage of the delivery lifecycle.

Job Details

Position Title: Senior Principal Enterprise Architect
Career Level: P6
Job Category: Director
Role Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Bangalore/Hybrid

About the Team

The Enterprise Architecture team is responsible for defining the technology vision, standards, and target-state architecture that enable business growth and innovation. The team partners closely with business, engineering, security, data, and infrastructure leaders to ensure technology investments are secure, scalable, resilient, and aligned to strategic priorities. As part of this team, you will help shape enterprise-wide architecture decisions, drive modernization initiatives, and pioneer the use of AI and automation to transform architecture governance and resilience practices.

Impact (Job Summary/Why this Role Matters)

We are seeking a Senior Principal Enterprise Architect to serve as a thought leader and trusted advisor across the enterprise. This role will drive enterprise architecture strategy across business, data, application, technology, and security domains while ensuring technology investments support organizational objectives. A key focus of the role is building AI-driven architecture governance capabilities that automate design reviews, enforce architectural standards, and provide continuous assurance through CI/CD integration. The role also plays a critical part in improving enterprise resilience by identifying availability risks, single points of failure, recovery gaps, and architectural weaknesses early in the design lifecycle. This position will directly influence technology transformation, governance maturity, operational resilience, and long-term business outcomes across the enterprise.

Key Deliverables (Duties and Responsibilities)

• Lead enterprise architecture strategy and governance across business, data, application, technology, integration, and security architecture domains.
• Partner with senior technology and business leaders to align architecture decisions with organizational strategy and investment priorities.
• Drive cloud, application, platform, and data modernization initiatives while balancing risk, value, scalability, and cost effectiveness.
• Build AI-driven architecture governance capabilities that automate design reviews, compliance assessments, resilience scoring, and architectural conformance checks.
• Integrate governance-as-code and architecture conformance controls into CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous compliance and early detection of architectural drift.
• Enhance enterprise resilience through automated assessment of availability risks, single points of failure, disaster recovery alignment, blast radius exposure, and recovery objectives.
• Establish architecture governance forums, mentor architects, and advance enterprise architecture maturity across the organization.
• Translate complex architecture decisions into business-focused recommendations for executive stakeholders and major investment initiatives.

Skills and Qualification (Functional and Technical Skills)

• Strategic thinking and enterprise-wide technology vision
• Executive communication and stakeholder management
• Architecture governance and decision-making
• Consulting, influencing, and negotiation skills
• Business outcome and value-driven leadership
• Problem-solving and risk management
• Cross-functional collaboration and relationship management
• Change leadership and organizational influence
• Enterprise Architecture frameworks (TOGAF, ArchiMate, Zachman)
• AI/LLM-based systems, agentic AI design, orchestration, and governance
• Architecture governance-as-code and policy-as-code
• Cloud architecture and modernization
• Application, integration, data, and security architecture
• CI/CD pipeline integration and automated compliance controls
• Software engineering and code analysis
• Enterprise resilience engineering, high availability, disaster recovery, RTO/RPO
• ITSM, architecture tooling, and governance platforms
• Security risk assessment and vulnerability management

Qualifications

• 18+ years of technology experience with significant enterprise architecture leadership experience.
• Hands‑on experience building AI-driven or agentic AI solutions.
• Proven experience implementing governance-as-code and automated architecture controls.
• Strong understanding of resilience engineering and large-scale enterprise technology environments.
• Experience working with senior business and technology executives.
• Experience in regulated industries such as financial services is preferred.
• Relevant certifications such as TOGAF and cloud architecture certifications are preferred.

Leadership Qualities (For People Leaders)

• Acts as a recognized thought leader across enterprise architecture disciplines.
• Demonstrates strategic vision while remaining hands‑on and execution focused.
• Drives innovation through AI, automation, and modernization initiatives.
• Builds alignment and consensus across business and technology stakeholders.
• Mentors and develops architecture talent while elevating architecture practices across the enterprise.
• Takes ownership of complex enterprise-wide challenges and drives measurable outcomes.

Relationships & Collaboration

• Senior business and technology executives
• Enterprise, solution, data, security, and platform architects
• Engineering and application development teams
• Infrastructure, cloud, and operations teams
• Cybersecurity and risk management teams
• Product, program, and portfolio leadership
• Governance, compliance, and regulatory stakeholders

Accessibility Needs

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you require accommodations at any stage (e.g., application, interviews, onboarding), please let us know, and we will work with you to ensure a seamless experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

FC Global Services India LLP (First Citizens India) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment and prohibit all forms of discrimination on the basis of gender, religion, caste, disability, sexual orientation, economic status or any other characteristics protected by the law. We strive to foster a safe and respectful environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Our EEO policy ensures fairness throughout the employee life cycle.

FC Global Services India LLP (First Citizens India), a part of First Citizens BancShares, Inc., a top 20 U.S. financial institution, is a global capability center (GCC) based in Bengaluru. Our India-based teams benefit from the company’s over 125-year legacy of strength and stability. First Citizens India is responsible for delivering value and managing risks for our lines of business. We are particularly proud of our strong, relationship-driven culture and our long-term approach, which are deeply ingrained in our talented workforce. This is evident across all key areas of our operations, including Technology, Enterprise Operations, Finance, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, and Credit Administration. We are seeking talented individuals to join us in our mission of providing solutions fit for our clients’ greatest ambitions.

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., a top 20 U.S. financial institution with more than $200 billion in assets and a member of the Fortune 500™, is the financial holding company for First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company ("First Citizens Bank"). Headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., First Citizens Bank has built a unique legacy of strength, stability and long-term thinking that has spanned generations. Visit: https://www.firstcitizens.com/