Sr. Principal Enterprise Solution Architect

Huntington National Bank; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Columbus, Ohio is seeking a Sr. Principal Enterprise Solution Architect. This role involves designing strategic solutions for corporate applications, working in a collaborative scrum team environment. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of professional experience in IT, focusing on multiple architecture domains, and will engage with business partners to ensure alignment with architectural standards. Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in IT as an architect.
• Experience in multiple domains of architecture.
• Proven ability to provide architecture direction.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate adherence to architecture standards.
• Oversee architecture at a program level initiative.
• Define non-functional requirements for applications.
• Partner with business for operational efficiencies.

Skills

Architecture principles

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Cloud technologies

Agile/Scrum

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

TOGAF

ArchiMate

SDLC

Job description

Summary

We are seeking a Sr. Principal Enterprise Solution Architect to design strategic solutions for our portfolio of corporate applications. As a member of a solution architecture team, you will partner with experience owners and work with product development teams to design and implement architecture that enables quality of highly integrated applications. You will be part of a highly collaborative, cross-functional scrum team, aligned with one or more product workstreams to develop and deliver digital solutions that push the limits of continuous improvement and innovation of our technology stack. The Sr. Principal Enterprise Solution Architect will also work with business and IT leadership to develop and maintain product-level roadmaps supporting business and technology strategies.

Primary Responsibilities

• Facilitate adherence to architecture standards and patterns
• Oversee architecture at a program level initiative
• Define non‑functional requirements to ensure scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability
• Partner with the business to identify operational and financial efficiencies
• Analyze high‑level functional requirements defined by the business
• Provide direction and clarity for Application Architects
• Design system integration patterns
• Provide oversight, governance, and support for federated architecture
• Ensure Application Architects are in alignment with solutions
• Identify technical constraints
• Identify technical debt and recommend paths to resolution
• Influence technology and vendor decisions

Secondary Responsibilities

• Design and evaluate proofs of concept and prototypes
• Periodic analysis and refresh of architecture standards and patterns
• Provide support for target state architecture designs
• Consult for technology roadmaps

Primarily Works With

• Business partners
• Product Managers
• Chief Segment Architects, Enterprise Architects, Other Enterprise Solution Architects, Application Architects

Deliverables

• Conceptual and/or logical architecture solutions for high level initiatives, incorporating remediation of technical debt when possible
• Use cases and examples to showcase architecture standards and patterns
• Proposals for new/updated standards and patterns
• Non‑functional requirement definitions

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in IT preferably as an architect.
• Bachelors Degree or 4+ years of equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience working as Solution Architect across multiple domains of architecture. (i.e. business, technology, data, application, and infrastructure)

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in IT preferably as an architect. Understanding of general architecture principles
• Ability to apply architecture principles to Agile and Waterfall delivery
• Proven ability to provide architecture direction on small to large sized project/initiatives
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Strong oral and written communications skills
• Banking industry experience, including regulation and risk
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum
• Experience with SDLC, waterfall and agile delivery; DevOps and testing including
• Experience with Cloud solution enablement
• Experience working with SOA, microservices, and modern web application frameworks
• High level of professionalism and confidence with the ability to build credibility as a trusted advisor with leadership, team members, and business partners
• Ability to problem-solve, plan, scope, and provide estimates for work effort, producing quality deliverables on time and on budget
• Knowledge of ArchiMate Enterprise Architecture Modeling Language
• Understanding of Cloud technologies
• Soft skills training or experience, participation in architecture‑related courses or workshops, peer mentoring
• Experience with TOGAF or equivalent architecture frameworks
• Understanding of software development lifecycle

Huntington is an Equal Opportunity Employer.