Application Architect ONSITE in Phoenix AZ 6 Months

Genius Business Solutions; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Genius Business Solutions invites an experienced Application Architect to design scalable, secure architectures across our enterprise technology landscape, with emphasis on Snowflake, Kafka, and AWS data ecosystem.

You will lead architecture reviews, define ADRs, and mentor teams while ensuring regulatory compliance and alignment with banking security requirements.

The role focuses on AI-enabled patterns including RAG pipelines and agentic workflows to support global enterprise initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in application/solution architecture, preferably in financial services.
• Strong experience with Snowflake (Snowpark, Snowpipe, Streams/Tasks) and dbt.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka integration architecture.
• Strong working knowledge of AWS (S3, Lambda, Glue, MSK, IAM).
• Experience architecting end-to-end data movement (batch and streaming).
• Practical knowledge of RAG architecture and agentic workflow design.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end application architecture — design, integration patterns, deployment topology, scalability, resiliency, and security.
• Define architecture blueprints, reference patterns, and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) for enterprise applications.
• Design integration architecture across core banking systems, data platforms, and downstream applications (APIs, event streams, batch).
• Architect data movement using Snowflake native components and dbt for transformations.
• Design Kafka-based real-time and event-driven integration patterns.
• Architect application and integration solutions on AWS (S3, Lambda, Glue, MSK, IAM, API Gateway).
• Architect RAG-based pipelines and agentic workflows (tool-calling, orchestration, human-in-the-loop).
• Lead architecture reviews, enforce standards, and mentor engineering teams on design best practices.
• Maintain architecture documentation and present designs to technical and business stakeholders.
• Ensure solutions align with banking regulatory and security requirements.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring teammates

Regulatory awareness

Security mindset

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

Snowflake

Snowpark

Snowpipe

Streams/Tasks

dbt

Kafka

AWS (S3, Lambda, Glue, MSK, IAM)

API Gateway

Terraform/CloudFormation

Job description

About Genius Business Solutions Inc. (GBSI)

Featured in CNBC, Digital Journal, Fox News, and CIO Review, GBSI is a globally recognized IT services leader with 20+ years serving Fortune 500 organizations. Our teams deliver solutions across automotive, manufacturing, retail, and pharmaceutical industries. Headquartered in Moline, IL, GBSI supports clients and consultants throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and India.

Join our innovative team to lead enterprise-grade SAP solutions and drive digital transformation initiatives across global enterprises.

Job Summary

We are seeking an Application Architect to design scalable, secure application and integration architectures across our enterprise technology landscape, with strong emphasis on our Snowflake, Kafka, and AWS data ecosystem, and the ability to architect AI-enabled solutions including RAG pipelines and agentic workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end application architecture — design, integration patterns, deployment topology, scalability, resiliency, and security.
• Define architecture blueprints, reference patterns, and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) for enterprise applications.
• Design integration architecture across core banking systems, data platforms, and downstream applications (APIs, event streams, batch).
• Architect data movement using Snowflake native components (Snowpark, Snowpipe, Streams & Tasks, Dynamic Tables) and dbt for transformations.
• Design Kafka-based real-time and event-driven integration patterns.
• Architect application and integration solutions on AWS (S3, Lambda, Glue, MSK, IAM, API Gateway).
• Architect RAG-based pipelines (retrieval strategy, vector store integration, LLM API integration) and design patterns for agentic workflows (tool-calling, orchestration, human-in-the-loop).
• Lead architecture reviews, enforce standards, and mentor engineering teams on design best practices.
• Maintain architecture documentation (system diagrams, data flows, sequence diagrams) and present designs to technical and business stakeholders.
• Ensure solutions align with banking regulatory and security requirements.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years in application/solution architecture, preferably in financial services.
• Strong experience with Snowflake (Snowpark, Snowpipe, Streams/Tasks) and dbt.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka integration architecture.
• Strong working knowledge of AWS (S3, Lambda, Glue, MSK, IAM).
• Experience architecting end-to-end data movement (batch and streaming).
• Practical knowledge of RAG architecture (vector stores, embeddings, LLM integration) and agentic workflow design.
• Strong grasp of enterprise integration patterns, microservices, and API design.
• Ability to produce architecture artifacts (ADRs, diagrams) and communicate effectively with technical and executive stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Banking/financial services experience, familiarity with SOX, PCI-DSS, GLBA.
• TOGAF, Snowflake (SnowPro Architect), or AWS Solutions Architect certification.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CloudFormation).

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

GeniusBSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion, or sexual orientation.

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.