Solutions Architect For Pooling

UnionBank; Pasig; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

UnionBank is seeking a Solutions Architect in Pasig to translate client requirements into detailed solution designs and to guide end-to-end delivery from concept to implementation.

You will shape the architectural vision, develop design artifacts, and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Accountability and adaptability are essential for the role.
• Strong analytical and communication abilities are expected.
• Demonstrated critical thinking and teamwork skills.
• Proactive willingness to learn and grow.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead implementation of a solutions architecture across multiple business applications.
• Collaborate with application architects to manage broader project architecture.
• Provide consulting support to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture.
• Understand technology trends and practical applications for business models.
• Advocate and augment IT strategy principles in design decisions.
• Analyze run, grow, and transform initiatives to propose improvements.
• Assess industry trends and impact on enterprise architecture.
• Define standards and solution patterns aligned with future-state vision.
• Oversee governance activities for architecture assurance and compliance.
• Develop a roadmap for evolving the enterprise application portfolio.
• Support evaluation and selection of software products and configurations.
• Coordinate with projects to fit systems to architecture and modify as needed.
• Identify organizational and financial impacts of the solutions architecture.
• Document all design and analysis work and coordinate with PMO/project mgmt.

Skills

Accountability

Adaptability

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Critical thinking

Teamwork

Willingness to learn

Job description

Solutions Architect

Location: UB Plaza - 43F Pasig (Headquarters)

Employment Type: Full-time

About The Role

The Solutions Architect is responsible for translating client requirements into solution architecture and creating detailed design artifacts that guide implementation. This role develops the overall vision for the solution and ensures its successful execution from concept to delivery.

What You'll Do

• Design and lead the implementation of a solutions architecture across a group of specific business applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities and business requirements.
• Manage and develop the architecture for a broader scope of projects, working closely with application architects that manage and design architecture for a single project or initiative.
• Provide consulting support to project teams to ensure the project is aligned with the overall enterprise architecture.
• Understand technology trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating models.
• Understand, advocate and augment the principles of information technology strategies.
• Analyze the business-IT environment (run, grow and transform the business) to detect critical deficiencies, and recommend solutions for improvement (systems of record, differentiation and innovation).
• Analyze the technology industry, competitors and market trends, and determine their potential impact on the enterprise.
• Define the principles, guidelines, standards and solution patterns to ensure solution decisions are aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture vision.
• Design and direct the governance activities associated with ensuring solutions architecture assurance and compliance.
• Develop a roadmap for the evolution of the enterprise application portfolio from future to current state (as defined by the solutions architecture).
• Facilitate the evaluation and selection of software product standards and services, as well as the design of standard and custom software configurations.
• Consult with application and infrastructure development projects to fit systems or infrastructure to architecture, and identify when it is necessary to modify projects to accommodate the solutions architecture.
• Identify the organizational impact (for example, on skills, processes, structures or culture) and financial impact of the solutions architecture.
• Document all solution architecture design and analysis work.
• Work closely with the program management office (PMO) or project management office to ensure the execution of plans corresponds with what is being promised.

What We're Looking For

• Accountability and Adaptability
• Analytical and Good Communication Skills
• Critical thinking and Teamwork
• Willingness to learn

Requirements