Embedded Solutions Architect — Bank Data Platform Leader

NexusOne; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexus in Atlanta is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect embedded inside a major US bank. You’ll own 65% architecture and 35% engagement management, hold design authority over deployment patterns, and drive expansion opportunities with technical depth across data and security layers.

This on-site role requires hands-on OSS stack experience (Spark, Trino, Airflow, Iceberg, Kubernetes, Kafka), deep governance knowledge, and the ability to navigate bank IT processes.

Qualifications

• 12–18 years in enterprise data/cloud architecture as an SA, principal engineer, or equivalent
• At least one prior multi-year embedded engagement at a Tier 1 bank or equivalent regulated enterprise
• Hands-on depth in the OSS data stack: Spark, Trino, Airflow, Iceberg, Kubernetes, S3-compatible storage, Kafka
• Experience producing and defending design documents in front of hostile architecture review boards
• Track record of identifying expansion or net-new use cases through architectural insight at a large customer
• Willingness to be on-site in Charlotte, NC (primary) and NYC (secondary) at 80%+ cadence
• Deep familiarity with bank IT governance: risk and control frameworks, TPRM, change management, audit cycles, regulatory reporting patterns

Responsibilities

• Hold design authority over NX1 deployment patterns at the customer — attend and actively contribute to architecture review boards, security reviews, and data governance forums
• Design and defend the integration architecture across the customer's data stack: identity federation, CDC patterns, governance metadata, data lineage, network segmentation, encryption
• Identify the next workloads NX1 is positioned to support before the customer has fully articulated them — and qualify those opportunities with stakeholder context and technical depth before handing them to the AE
• Produce high-quality design documents that hold up to hostile review boards without you in the room
• Serve as the technical escalation point when NX1 deployment issues arise at the customer
• Own the NX1 internal cadence on the account — keep engineering, FDEs, product, and the AE aligned on what's happening at the customer
• Maintain executive‑level relationships with customer business and IT leadership at the appropriate cadence
• Translate architectural farming insights into AE‑usable expansion theses: technical case, stakeholder map, rough scope, customer political context — qualified opportunities, not loose architectural musings
• Own escalation leadership when something breaks — you're the person in the room
• Navigate vendor governance at a major bank: third‑party risk reviews, audit responses, change management, vendor due diligence

Skills

Enterprise data architecture

Solution architecture

Bank governance

Tools

Spark

Trino

Airflow

Iceberg

Kubernetes

S3-compatible storage

Kafka

Job description

Nexus in Atlanta is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect embedded inside a major US bank. You’ll own 65% architecture and 35% engagement management, hold design authority over deployment patterns, and drive expansion opportunities with technical depth across data and security layers.

This on-site role requires hands-on OSS stack experience (Spark, Trino, Airflow, Iceberg, Kubernetes, Kafka), deep governance knowledge, and the ability to navigate bank IT processes.