Senior Software Architect: Lead Scalable, Secure Platform

Citizens; Johnston (RI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Citizens seeks a Principal Architect to lead enterprise-scale architectural efforts, guiding governance and strategic technology directions across business and technical platforms. You will collaborate with leaders across product, software engineering, and cybersecurity to design scalable, secure solutions aligned with enterprise standards.

The role involves presenting architecture strategies and driving adoption of emerging technologies, with a focus on performance, resilience, and regulatory

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software development, engineering, or solution architecture.
• Hands-on experience delivering end-to-end software solutions for complex, multi-tier applications.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture concepts, patterns, and best practices.
• Experience with systems analysis, process analysis, and solution design.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for technical audiences.
• Experience with relational and non-relational database technologies, including RDBMS and NoSQL.
• Experience designing and building highly available, resilient customer-facing applications.
• Experience building cloud-native applications and distributed systems.
• Experience designing, developing, and integrating APIs.
• Experience modernizing monolithic applications into microservices-based architectures.
• Experience identifying automation opportunities and improving performance and efficiency.
• Experience implementing large-scale technology transformations, platform modernization, or migrations.
• Expertise in at least two areas: Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, DevOps, Application Development, Database Technologies, Cloud Platforms.

Responsibilities

• Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews to ensure solutions meet standards and security requirements.
• Design and develop reusable frameworks, services, interfaces, and platforms for scalability and consistency.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to define technical direction and drive alignment.
• Influence solution design to achieve measurable business outcomes.
• Provide post-implementation support, including troubleshooting and stakeholder enablement.
• Conduct research and technical analysis to evaluate technologies and recommend solutions.
• Perform long-term technology trend analysis and recommend investments.
• Analyze system performance and metrics to identify improvements.
• Drive innovation through evaluation and adoption of new technologies.
• Ensure cybersecurity principles and controls are incorporated into designs.

Skills

Architectural leadership

Cloud platforms

DevOps

APIs design

Security best practices

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Performance optimization

Architecture governance

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

RDBMS

NoSQL

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Job description

Citizens seeks a Principal Architect to lead enterprise-scale architectural efforts, guiding governance and strategic technology directions across business and technical platforms. You will collaborate with leaders across product, software engineering, and cybersecurity to design scalable, secure solutions aligned with enterprise standards.

The role involves presenting architecture strategies and driving adoption of emerging technologies, with a focus on performance, resilience, and regulatory