Strategic Application Architect – Finance & Data

First National Bank Of Pennsylvania; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

First National Bank of Pennsylvania seeks an Application Architect to drive end-to-end architectural design and standardized practices across platforms. This role focuses on data flow, cloud and integration patterns, and alignment with business capabilities.

You will guide teams, monitor health, and optimize performance within a financial services context. The role emphasizes on-site work at the Pittsburgh Financial Center, with a strong emphasis on governance, risk, and compliance in all

Qualifications

• BA or BS degree required.
• Minimum 7 years of technology-related experience.
• Advanced training and certification in the application domain.

Responsibilities

• Provides top technical and application business expertise to multiple end user groups.
• Monitors system health, reviews logs and reports and escalates issues to vendors.
• Performs proactive and preventative maintenance.
• Uses available data to proactively improve application performance.
• Designs server applications and performance metrics for monitoring system health.
• Formulates and defines system requirements and objectives based on business needs and performance goals.
• Identifies, explains, resolves and prevents application performance issues.
• Recommends improvements for business processing requirements and recommends design requirements during installations and upgrades.
• Provides technical consulting on business implications of application performance.
• Leads strategic planning efforts in regard to the development of the application platform to meet organizational requirements and support growth.
• Communicates with lines of business users and Technology.

Skills

End-to-end architecture

Logical architecture

Data flow diagrams

Solution blueprints

Diagramming tools

Business capability alignment

SQL/SSIS/SQL Server

Data modeling

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Java architecture & API integration

SSO/SAML/IAM

AI/ML solution patterns

Financial domain knowledge

Architecture guidance to teams

Education

BA or BS

Tools

Draw.io

Visio

Job description

First National Bank of Pennsylvania seeks an Application Architect to drive end-to-end architectural design and standardized practices across platforms. This role focuses on data flow, cloud and integration patterns, and alignment with business capabilities.

You will guide teams, monitor health, and optimize performance within a financial services context. The role emphasizes on-site work at the Pittsburgh Financial Center, with a strong emphasis on governance, risk, and compliance in all