Application Architect

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Huntington Bancshares, Inc. is seeking an Application Architect to provide the technical vision within an application domain. You will develop architecture roadmaps, govern frameworks, and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and usage patterns across the delivery teams.

You will communicate architectural trends, establish standards, mentor staff, and evaluate solutions to deliver secure, scalable software while collaborating with business partners and leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years of related experience in application architecture.
• Strong communication and leadership across teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and communicate the application architecture and roadmap.
• Design, document, and govern frameworks/platforms for consumption by the technical delivery organization.
• Be accountable for the evolution of the overall architecture strategy and its alignment with enterprise architecture and usage patterns.
• Communicate and govern use of architectural trends and best practices across the domain.
• Develop and communicate standards around design leadership, documentation, and stakeholder communication.
• Conduct product/solution evaluations for architectural domain; may mentor delivery staff.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Architectural design

Stakeholder communication

Cloud platforms

Agile architecture

DevOps familiarity

Security awareness

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Description

Summary:
The Application Architect provides the technical vision and direction within an application domain.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and communicate the application architecture and application-level roadmap.
• Design, document, develop and govern frameworks/platforms for consumption by the larger technical delivery organization.
• Be accountable for the creation and evolution of the overall application architecture strategy, its alignment with the Huntington Target State Enterprise Architecture and its usage patterns within the development community.
• Communicate and govern use of architectural trends and best practice within the application domain.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate standards around design leadership, documentation, and stakeholder communication in line with HNB's federated architect program.
• Conduct product/solution evaluations for architectural domain.
• May mentor technical delivery staff.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years of related experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Highly motivated with strong organizational, analytical, decision making, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, handle multiple priorities and effectively prioritize them
• Willingness and drive to learn and understand detailed software solutions
• High level of professionalism and confidence with the ability to build credibility with leadership, team members, and business partners and establish effective working relationships
• Ability to problem-solve, plan, scope, and provide estimates for work effort, producing quality deliverables on time and on budget
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to interact effectively across all organizational levels, and explain technical concepts clearly and concisely to multiple layers of peers and leadership
• Work effectively in teams as well as independently across multiple tasks while meeting aggressive timelines
• Experience working in a consumer-centric company and with teams of technical professionals in a cross-functional environment
• Ability to embrace change, constructively negotiate constraints, and effectively leverage time and resources to create exceptional outcomes
• Consistently model and inspire high levels of professional demeanor and integrity
• Hands on experience in Agile Architecture delivery practices, tools, and execution
• Proven ability to define and deliver solutions against strategic IT roadmaps with in-depth understanding of the business requirements
• Experience with security, performance, availability, and environment configuration
• Experience in consumer/retail and commercial/business banking - branch and digital (online/direct) banking
• Experience with banking data models and financial services (fintech) systems
• Experience with SDLC, waterfall and agile delivery; DevOps and data solution testing including CI/CD, and data infrastructure including cloud
• Ability to exhibit thought leadership for innovating toward the next evolution of technology products, including agile approaches, cloud platforms and services, advanced analytics, data science and machine learning/artificial intelligence

Exempt Status: (Yes = not eligible for overtime pay) (No = eligible for overtime pay)

Workplace Type:

Office

Our Approach to Office Workplace Type

Certain positions outside our branch network may be eligible for a flexible work arrangement. We're combining the best of both worlds: in-office and work from home. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. Remote roles will also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for moments that matter. Specific work arrangements will be provided by the hiring team.

Huntington is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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