Data Architect & Database Manager

City National Bank; Torch of Friendship (FL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

City National Bank seeks a Data Architect & Database Manager to lead system architecture for data structures, UI, and middleware across banking applications. You will guide a team of database specialists, communicate IT strategy, and support key projects while ensuring regulatory compliance and data integrity.

The role requires creative, analytical thinking, collaboration with IT managers, and hands-on oversight of core banking platforms and data warehouses.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years experience with database software (SQL, Oracle, MS Reporting Services, SharePoint, ETL) and DB2 reporting development.
• 5-7 years experience in banking applications management and query creation.
• 5-7 years experience in SQL, Oracle, .Net data mining, development, and maintenance with core systems such as iSeries, data warehouse and BI tools.
• Ability to work collaboratively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Fiserv core banking systems is a plus.
• Proficient with database development and maintenance tools.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, evaluation and problem analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Works closely in the recruitment and selection process, including interviewing feedback and onboarding coordination.
• Provides timely feedback to employees (check-ins, reports, evaluations, coaching, and disciplinary action).
• Develops high potential employees, provides growth opportunities with training, mentoring, and shadowing.
• Ensures goals are assigned and achieved, measures results, and fosters process improvement.
• Maintains employee motivation, engagement, and recognition.
• Inspires commitment and integrity, models cultural values and positive behaviors.
• Monitors overtime within FLSA requirements and manages scheduling.
• Ensures regulatory excellence by aligning with reporting responsibilities and change controls.
• Supports and maintains databases, interfaces, and DW/BI related to banking platforms.
• Maintains uniform enterprise-wide application design standards.
• Provides technical leadership to database specialists and BI resources.
• Analyzes conditions affecting core banking applications (Fiserv Premier, CRM, BSA, ECM) and produces reports.
• Coordinates resources to support product implementation and project management.
• Works with staff to ensure user needs are met in a timely manner.
• Maintains audit trails and notifies Change Control Committee of production changes.
• Responds promptly to communications (letters, email, voicemail).
• Analyzes database implementation methods for policy compliance and external regulations.
• Maintains data integrity and security via best practices.

Skills

SQL

Oracle

ETL

BI tools

Analytical thinking

Communication

Team leadership

DB2

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

SharePoint

Windows OS

Job description

Job Details

• Job ID: 2026-6113
• Category: Information Technology
• Type: Full-Time
• Workplace policy: Hybrid

Overview

The Data Architect & Database Manager is primarily responsible for the system architecture including components related to data structure, user interface, and middleware and design major aspects of the different banking applications in support of the respective departments. Needs to be creative, analytical thinker who can not only lead a team of database specialists but also effectively communicate, plan information system strategy and support key strategic projects. Assists IT managers in analyzing the user's needs and requirements. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

What You'll Do

• Works closely in the recruitment and selection process, such as conducting and providing feedback from interviews, recruiting within the budget, identifying opportunities for cost savings and ensuring proper departmental specifics for on-boarding.
• Provides timely feedback to employees (check-ins, reports, annual evaluations, coaching, and disciplinary action).
• Development of high potential employees, identifying, providing growth opportunities with training, meeting inclusion, shadowing, etc., in conjunction with the Center for Professional and Organizational Development.
• Ensuring assignment and accomplishment of goals holding employees accountable, measuring results cross training, and eliciting innovation and process improvement.
• Maintaining employee motivation engagement & recognition.
• Inspiring employee commitment and integrity, modeling-cultural values and positive behaviors.
• Managing over-time control in a timely manner, within the requirements of FLSA standards.
• Ensuring, regulatory excellence in all aspects of employee responsibilities by monitoring regulatory expectation specific to each report and holding employees accountable to their specific regulatory responsibilities.
• Supports and maintains databases, interfaces and DW/BI associated with various banking platforms & auxiliary applications.
• Ensures that uniform enterprise wide application design standards are maintained.
• Provides technical leadership to the database specialist and BI resources.
• Is responsible for analyzing conditions, problems, products, and systems affecting the Fiserv's core (Premier) banking applications, producing reports and file extracts.
• Assists IT managers in analyzing the user's needs and requirements. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Supports and maintains the core system tables as it relates to interfaces, or equivalent system administration functions (Windows based applications) of different banking and business applications to include but not limited to, Fiserv Premier, CRM and core applications, BSA (AML), and ECM (Electronic Content Management).
• Coordinates the necessary resources to support product implementation and project management.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Work closely with the entire staff to ensure that all user needs are met in a timely manner.
• Ensures audit trails are kept of all changes and notifies Change Control Committee of any changes deployed in the production environment.
• Respond to all work related communications(letters,email,andvoice-mail)in a timely manner.
• Analyze database implementation methods to make sure they are in line with company policies and any external regulations that may apply
• Help maintain the integrity and security of the company database by using industry standard best practices and adhering to the organization's requirements

Qualifications

• 5-7 years experience in database software (SQL, Oracle, MS Reporting Services, SharePoint, ETL structure) and DB2 reporting development and working libraries
• 5-7 years experience in banking applications management and query creation
• 5-7 years experience in SQL, Oracle, .Net data mining, development, and maintenance: working experience with core systems such as the iSeries, data warehouse and BI tools.
• Ability to work collaboratively with various people of both technical and non-technical nature
• Knowledge of Fiserv core banking system is a plus
• Proficient with database development and maintenance tools.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational, evaluation and problem analysis skills.
• Flexibility to work in any location within the City National Bank network and if necessary after-hours.
• Good background in program analysis, development, and testing skills.
• A high level understanding of contemporary hardware and software architectures including capacity planning based on database performance and trending utilization.
• Desktop and Server OS proficient in Microsoft and Oracle applications.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree technical certification (Microsoft, Oracle), or experience in computer technology, communications or related field.
• An equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Special Instructions to Candidates

Equal Opportunity

City National Bank of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any status protected by federal, state, or Florida law. We comply with the ADA and applicable Florida laws.

Interview Guidelines

To ensure a fair interview process, the use of AI wearables, AT tools, AI applications, or other external assistance is strickly prohibited.

Accommodations

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