Summary
The Data Architect delivers as a hands-on practitioner. You’ll find yourself delivering standards, patterns, and designs to First Horizon’s technology organization, as well as diligent engagement with those teams of developers implementing them! Your scope of influence will include but is not limited to stability, observability, portability, SDLC management, producing technical requirements and solution designs that align to business requirements. You will join the frontline in ensuring we can meet the bank’s business needs while producing a modern, digital stack.
Primary Responsibilities
- Manages data system design from conception, through ARB, to delivery
- Champion platform quality, performance, and integrity
- Primarily responsible for producing architecture documentation for data systems as assigned and as projects and programs of work dictate
- Maintains First Horizon’s Solution Inventory as a member of the Core Enterprise Architecture Team
- Partners with line of business partners, delivery teams, and SMEs to produce and refine data requirements
- Designs both the data structure and interactions of solutions that will deliver intended business outcomes
- Collaborates with architects in other domains (Applications, Security, Infra, Cloud, DevOps) to produce consensus and governance
- Leads solution design workshops and emerging technology POC workshops
- Validates rd Party / Vendor Solutions
- Aligns Enterprise Data Strategy and with the company’s business goals and objectives
- Promotes the use of a shared infrastructure and application roadmap to reduce costs and improve how information flows
- Builds and maintains technical trusted advisor relationships with influential technical decision makers within Technology
- Works with developers and engineers to ensure that technical solutions as delivered align with Data Architecture Standards & Patterns
- Works with Portfolio technology leaders to include technical debt initiatives to portfolio roadmap
- Provides consultation on complex projects
- May lead the work of others and contribute feature work and code / design reviews as needed
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related fieldyears of data architecture experienceyears of data engineering or application development with an emphasis on dataExperience with n-tier application architecture and cloud-native / cloud-hybrid solution architectureExperience with technical documentation like interaction diagrams, process diagrams, ERDs, network topologies and other architectural contentExperience with Agile / SAFe methodologiesCertifications / Licensures
AWS Certified Solution Architect or Azure Solutions Architect ExpertSkills And Competencies
Ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quicklyStay up-to-date on Databricks developments and best practicesAn understanding of, and ability to use, design patterns to steer business requirements into enterprise-wide technical strategiesAwareness and ability to document designs using internal and external notational standards (Business Process Model and Notation {BPMN}, Unified Modeling Language {UML}, Entity-Relationship Diagrams {ERD})Hands-on-the-keyboard depth of knowledge in Python, Spark, and SQL languages and frameworksKnowledge of data security design principles and techniquesKnowledge of data streaming design principles, techniques, and platforms (Apache Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, etc.)Working knowledge of modern Operating Systems (Linux / Windows), Networking, Servers / Mainframe, Secure Coding Practices, Development Environments (Java / .Net), Databases (DB / Oracle / SQL Server / Hadoop / Databricks)Understanding of public cloud (AWS, Azure) services and platforms like API Gateways, Serverless, Virtual Private Networks, Elastic RDBMS, NoSQL, Key Managers, Load Balancers, Blob Stores, Indexing Services, etc.About Us
First Horizon Corporation is a leading regional financial services company, dedicated to helping our clients, communities and associates unlock their full potential with capital and counsel. Headquartered in Memphis, TN, the banking subsidiary First Horizon Bank operates in states across the southern The Company and its subsidiaries offer commercial, private banking, consumer, small business, wealth and trust management, retail brokerage, capital markets, fixed income, and mortgage banking services. First Horizon has been recognized as one of the nation's best employers by Fortune and Forbes magazines and a Top Most Reputable Bank. More information is available at .
Benefit Highlights
Medical with wellness incentives, dental, and visionHSA with company matchMaternity and parental leaveTuition reimbursementMentor programk) with % match