Application Architect

FNB; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

F.N.B. Corporation in Pittsburgh, PA seeks an Application Architect to define scalable solution architectures for digital banking and enterprise platforms.

You will translate business goals into secure, resilient designs, lead API-first patterns, and collaborate with technology, lines of business, security, and vendors to drive enterprise-wide architecture standards. This hands-on leadership role requires strategic vision and detailed technical design across APIs, data flows, identity, cloud

Qualifications

• 10+ years enterprise technology experience with architecture responsibility.
• Banking/regulated industry experience is preferred.
• Experience with digital banking platforms and API-enabled ecosystems.
• Strong REST APIs, API management, integration patterns, and Kafka experience.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP) and hybrid architectures.
• Knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SSO and identity management.
• Familiarity with TOGAF, C4, domain-driven design and architecture patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture for complex digital banking initiatives.
• Translate business needs into logical, physical, integration, data and security architectures.
• Create architecture artifacts: diagrams, data flows, integration models and ADRs.
• Establish API-first, integration, event-driven and microservices patterns.
• Define services, data flows, identity models, resiliency and non-functional requirements.
• Evaluate options, communicate decisions, risks and trade-offs clearly.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture, security and regulatory standards.
• Review designs with engineering and leadership; guide implementation approaches.
• Lead vendor evaluations, due diligence and SOW reviews; act as vendor liaison.
• Lead architecture reviews and mentor teams across the organization.

Skills

REST APIs & API mgmt

Cloud platforms

Docker & Kubernetes

OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect / SSO

Event-driven / Kafka

Enterprise architecture leadership

Security & regulatory awareness

Education

BA/BS in CS or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kafka

Job description

Primary Office Location:

626 Washington Place. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 15219.

Join our team. Make a difference - for us and for your future.

**Please note: this on-site position is based at our Financial Center in Pittsburgh, PA. Candidates must be local, or willing to relocate to the area.

The Application Architect is a senior technology leader responsible for defining solution architecture across strategic digital banking and enterprise platforms. This role translates business strategy into scalable, secure, resilient solutions spanning digital banking, onboarding, account opening, lending, payments, customer insights, and other customer-facing capabilities.

The architect partners across Technology, Lines of Business, Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, Data & Analytics, Cloud/Infrastructure, vendors, and engineering teams to establish reusable architecture patterns and ensure solutions operate as a cohesive enterprise ecosystem.

This is a hands-on role requiring both strategic architecture leadership and detailed technical design across APIs, integrations, identity, data flows, cloud architecture, security, and application design.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture for complex digital banking and enterprise initiatives.
• Translate business capabilities and requirements into logical, physical, integration, data, security, and deployment architectures.
• Create architecture artifacts including system/component diagrams, data and identity flows, integration models, sequence diagrams, and Architecture Decision Records.
• Establish reusable API-first, integration, event-driven, and application architecture patterns across internally developed and vendor platforms.
• Define application boundaries, services, APIs, data flows, identity models, resiliency, observability, and non-functional requirements.
• Evaluate architectural alternatives and clearly communicate technical decisions, risks, trade-offs, and recommendations.
• Ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture, security, privacy, regulatory, and resiliency standards.
• Partner with engineering teams to review designs and implementation approaches for alignment with architectural standards.
• Evaluate vendor technologies and integrations, participate in technical due diligence and RFPs, and review architecture-related statements of work.
• Lead architecture reviews and provide technical guidance to business and Technology leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise technology experience with significant application or solution architecture responsibility.
• Experience in banking, financial services, or another highly regulated industry.
• Architecture experience with digital banking, onboarding, account opening, lending/origination, payments, or customer-facing digital platforms.
• Strong experience with REST APIs, API management, integration architecture, messaging/event streaming, and technologies such as Kafka.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including hybrid-cloud architectures.
• Experience integrating SaaS/vendor platforms with enterprise and internally developed applications.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, microservices, and modern application architecture.
• Knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SSO, MFA, and enterprise/customer identity platforms.
• Familiarity with architecture practices such as C4, Architecture Decision Records, TOGAF concepts, and domain-driven design.
• Experience with customer data, analytics, personalization, AI-enabled solutions, core banking, fintech, or open banking ecosystems is preferred.
• Relevant architecture or cloud certifications, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert, are preferred.

Position Title: Application Architect

Business Unit: Technology

Reports to: Manager of Application Analysis

Position Overview:

This position is primarily responsible for using available data to proactively improve application performance. The incumbent designs server applications and performance metrics for monitoring, determines root cause problems with hardware, software and databases, provides technical expertise with business requirements, application administration and performance and has expertise in all phases of hardware, software and application activities. The incumbent's decisions greatly impact the corporation and the operational effectiveness of the Technology Department.

Primary Responsibilities:

Provides top technical and application business expertise to multiple end user groups. Monitors system health, reviews logs and reports and escalates issues to vendors. Performs proactive and preventative maintenance. Uses available data to proactively improve application performance. Designs server applications and performance metrics for monitoring system health.

Formulates and defines system requirements and objectives based on business needs and performance goals. Identifies, explains, resolves and prevents application performance issues. Recommends improvements for business processing requirements and recommends design requirements during installations and upgrades.

Provides technical consulting on business implications of application performance. Leads strategic planning efforts in regard to the development of the application platform to meet organizational requirements and support growth. Communicates with lines of business users and Technology. Requires excellent technology project management skills.

Prevents reliability and performance issues of business applications. Recommends actions to Technology partners to achieve lines of business goals and objectives. Creates and modifies complex processes to solve capacity, limitations and performance issues. Analyzes and revises system hardware and software.

Solves or prevents complex business problems with hardware, software and databases. Provides experience to achieve optimum performance and eliminate down time. Designs and implements tracking processes for hardware and software performance.

Works with management to set tactical plans to meet objectives. Exerts wide latitude under management oversight in determining objectives for assignments to meet user and Technology requirements. Acts independently on defined project tasks.

Reviews, discusses, designs and implements application changes. Works with Technology, Project Management Office and lines of business partners. Collaborates with senior management within the Bank.

Develops and maintains relationships with vendor and consultants. Conducts first review on all contracts and statements of work, etc. Collaborates with vendors to set strategic course for the application platform. Serves as a vendor liaison for assigned applications.

Leads team, helps coordinate work and processes, assigns work and provides input for performance management.

Performs other related duties and projects as assigned.

All employees have the responsibility and the accountability to serve as risk managers for their businesses by understanding, reporting, responding to, managing and monitoring the risk they encounter daily as required by F.N.B. Corporation’s risk management program.

F.N.B. Corporation is committed to achieving superior levels of compliance by adhering to regulatory laws and guidelines. Compliance with regulatory laws and company procedures is a required component of all position descriptions.

Minimum Level of Education Required to Perform the Primary Responsibilities of this Position:

BA or BS

Minimum # of Years of Job Related Experience Required to Perform the Primary Responsibilities of this Position:

7

Skills Required to Perform the Primary Responsibilities of this Position:

Excellent customer service skills

Ability to use general office equipment

Ability to work and multi-task in a fast paced environment

Excellent organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills

Detail-oriented

7 years of technology related experience supporting a variety of applications. Advanced knowledge of administration, processes and operations and determining root cause problems with hardware, software and databases.

Licensures/Certifications Required to Perform the Primary Responsibilities of this Position:

Advanced training and certification in the application domain.

Physical Requirements or Work Conditions Beyond Traditional Office Work:

N/A

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO):

It is the policy of F.N.B. Corporation (FNB) and its affiliates not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other category protected by law. It is also the policy of FNB and its affiliates to employ and advance in employment all persons regardless of their status as individuals with disabilities or veterans, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. FNB provides all applicants and employees a discrimination and harassment free workplace.

FNB will not provide sponsorship for employment-based visas for this position; only candidates who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. will be considered.