Senior Vice President, Solution Architect

Archer; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

BNY is seeking a seasoned Solutions Architect to drive delivery of high-quality architectural solutions and modernize platforms. The role emphasizes AI-assisted design and tight integration with development lifecycles across Lake Mary, FL or Pittsburgh, PA.

You will define architecture principles, lead enterprise initiatives, and collaborate with senior management to promote governance, quality, and cost optimization while championing Be More for our Clients and Power our Culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline or equivalent work experience.
• 10–12 years in technology and architecture roles with securities/financial services background preferred.
• Proven experience with IaC, policy-as-code, CI/CD, and automated gates.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality architectural solutions aligned with policy and governance.
• Strategize and contribute to enterprise initiatives on architectures, patterns and standards.
• Integrate architecture with SDLC, embedding patterns into epics and pipelines.
• Define architecture and design per established principles and standards.
• Identify organization-wide technology initiatives and justify resource needs.
• Plan and design solutions for complex technology environments and reuse.
• Champion AI-assisted design and pilot GenAI tools for design validation.
• Oversee architecture activities and influence roadmaps across platforms.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Microservices

SRE

IaC

CI/CD

AI-assisted design

Leadership

Communication

Education

BS in CS or related

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Cloud providers

Job description

Archer is collaborating with BNY to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.

BNY is seeking a seasoned Solutions Architect to drive the delivery of high-quality architectural solutions; streamline and modernize platforms; and tightly integrate architecture practices with software development lifecycles. The role will also pioneer AI-assisted architecture design approaches to increase speed, consistency, and quality across platforms and products. This position is central to delivering on BNY’s strategic pillars—Be More for our Clients, run our Company Better, and Power our Culture—by embedding high-quality architecture into delivery workflows and enabling teams with pragmatic, measurable guidance. This role is in either Lake Mary FL or Pittsburgh PA.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Responsible for the delivery of high-quality architectural solutions, while ensuring compliance with company policies.
• Strategize and contribute to enterprise level technological initiatives on architectures, patterns and standards.
• Integrate architecture with SDLC: Embed architects and patterns into developer workflows (epics, code reviews, pipelines, automated gates) to enable “governance by design” and reduce late-stage rework.
• Define and implement architecture and design in accordance with architecture principles. Adheres to established architecture methodologies and standards and ensures compliance with company policy.
• Identify organization-wide initiatives and make recommendations for the use of technology. Works closely with senior management to educate and to articulate resource requirements necessary to promote architecture goals.
• Perform enterprise planning and designing solutions for emerging business and complex technology environments. Identifies and recommends ways to drive more value out of the company's technology assets.
• Design stable and flexible high-performance solutions, maximizing reuse and avoiding redundancy. Works with other stakeholders in optimizing architecture solutions. Contribute to the achievement of multiple teams' objectives
• Champion AI-assisted design: Evaluate and pilot AI-driven tools for pattern recommendation, design validation, risk identification, and documentation generation; define safe, compliant usage patterns and measurable benefits.
• Oversee architecture activities of the organization to assure the strategic goals of the organization are met. Work toward architecture and design solutions. Influence strategic roadmaps: Consult on platform and product strategies, ensuring architectural choices align with business priorities, operational resilience, and cost optimization.
• Foster a culture of excellence: Model BNY principles—Be Client Obsessed, Spark Progress, Own It, Stay Curious, and Thrive Together—through collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline, or equivalent work experience required. Advanced degree preferred.
• 10-12 years of experience in technology and architecture roles required; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus. Expertise in modern architecture domains: cloud-native (AWS/Azure/GCP), microservices, APIs, event-driven designs, data platforms, security architecture, and reliability engineering (SRE).
• Proven experience making architecture executable: IaC (e.g., Terraform), policy-as-code (e.g., OPA), CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions/Jenkins/Azure DevOps), automated quality/security gates, and reference implementations.
• Leadership and influencing skills
• Ability to make hard and fast decisions
• Problem solving
• Passion for changing status quo and driving out-of-the-box ideas
• Non-hierarchical, transparent, trusting, trustworthy
• Eagerness to ‘roll up the sleeves’ in execution and learning; pushes the team to do the same
• Able to communicate vision and get others on board
• Exposure to AI/ML in engineering workflows: understanding of GenAI-assisted design, coding assistants, architectural validation, and responsible AI considerations (model risk, data protection, auditability).
• Excellent communication and influence: able to translate complex concepts for diverse audiences, build consensus, and drive adoption across platforms and practices.

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.