Principal Architect

Citizens Bank; Johnston (RI); Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution seeks a Principal Architect to provide architectural mentorship and oversight. The role involves working cross-functionally to deliver strategic directions and contribute to design deliverables. Candidates should have extensive experience in application design and cloud-native development.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of experience in a related role.
• Experience with application solution design and high-level architecture.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural mentorship and oversight at a Company Platform level.
• Deliver roadmaps and strategic directions for business units.
• Present designs to an Architecture Review Board.

Skills

Application Solution Design

High-Level Architecture

Cloud-Native Applications

Security Standards

Messaging Technologies

Microservice Patterns

Event Driven Systems

RESTful APIs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Enterprise Sparx

Microsoft Visio

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Java

Python

Job description

Description

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (CFG) seeks a Principal Architect for its Johnston, RI location.

Duties

• The Principal Architect will provide architectural mentorship and oversight at a Company Platform level, including its supporting Technical Platform.
• Works cross-functionally with technical and non-technical teams, including business development, product management, software engineering, cybersecurity, and departmental executives to drive results.
• Responsible for delivering roadmaps and strategic directions for business units.
• Contributes to and reviews RFPs and Options Analysis, focusing on strategic planning and architecture roadmaps.
• Presents designs and ideas to an Architecture Review Board (ARB) and senior management.
• Identifies and prescribes product standards, deployment patterns, and reference architectures.
• Contributes to Solution Approach and Solution Design deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, followed by at least 7 years of experience in a related role.
• Experience with application solution design and high-level architecture using tools like Enterprise Sparx and Microsoft Visio.
• Developing cloud-native applications on AWS (EC2, Lambda, RDS SQL Server, Redis Cache).
• Implementing security standards (OWASP, OAuth 2.0, SAML, JWT, Kerberos, Spring Security, ISAM).
• Utilizing messaging technologies (JMS, Kafka, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ).
• Architecting cloud-native applications with Domain Driven Design, Microservice patterns, and 12-factor app methodology.
• Building Event Driven Systems with Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Using Spring technologies (Core, AOP, DAO, Boot, Security) for enterprise applications.
• Developing microservices and RESTful APIs with Java, J2EE, Python, employing tools like Swagger, Netflix Zuul, Hystrix.

May telecommute from any U.S. location.

Direct applicants only.

EEO Statement

Citizens and its affiliates provide equal employment opportunities regardless of various protected categories. We foster an inclusive culture where all colleagues are respected and valued. Employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and performance.