Enterprise Architect

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Job Description :

At Regions, the Enterprise Architect oversees multiple dimensions of assigned applications and / or capabilities including but not limited to stability, life cycle management, version control, design and development of technology solutions, mapping of business requirements to capability oriented technical requirements, and ensuring Technology solutions to business needs are developed in accordance with the enterprise architectural roadmap, guidelines, and standards.

Primary Responsibilities

Manages end to end from conception, through delivery, into production of enterprise architectures

Partners with business and technology subject-matter experts to elicit and translate business requirements into technological solutions

Leads the design and modeling of tactical architectures for delivery, development, and support of projects

Designs both the physical and logical components of solution architectures that will deliver a positive business outcome

Collaborates with other domain architects to provide a consensus based scalable and adaptable architectural solution

Oversees technical analysis and design capabilities

Facilitates technology design workshops for emerging technologies

Validates designs produced by third party vendors wishing to sell solutions to the organization

Aligns IT strategy and planning 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

Collaborates on roadmaps to align information technology priorities with business partner requirements and strategies

Builds and maintains technical trusted advisor relationships with influential technical decision makers within Technology

Works with developers to ensure that technical solutions align with the overall Information Technology architecture frameworks and design guidelines

Works with Portfolio technology leaders to include technical debt initiatives to portfolio roadmap

Oversees data integration and configuration

Provides consultation on the most complex projects

Leads the work of others

This position is exempt from timekeeping requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime pay.

This position is incentive eligible.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field and ten (10) years of enterprise, solutions and / or technical architecture experience

Experience of N-tier architectures and complex design architectures

Experience with technical, application, and information architecture delivery techniques and methodologies

Experience with Agile methods

Certifications / Licensures

• Certifications in the technology domain of the enterprise

Skills and Competencies

An understanding of, and ability to use, design patterns to steer business requirements into enterprise wide technical strategies

Awareness and ability to document designs using internal and external notational standards (Business Process Model and Notation {BPMN}, Unified Modeling Language {UML})

Hands on the keyboard depth in one or more popular programming languages like Java, Go, C#, Rust, Python, etc.

Knowledge of security design techniques

Understanding the technology of the organization, e.g. Middleware, .NET, Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Oracle, etc.

Working knowledge of modern Operating Systems (Linux / Windows), Networking, Servers / Mainframe, Secure Coding Practices, Development Environments (Java / .Net), Databases (DB2 / Oracle / SQL Server)

Additional Job Description :

The Enterprise Architect will engage with business and technical portfolio managers to navigate the portfolio to a future state that is compliant with Regions architecture vision and principles.

Additional Responsibilities :

Work closely with business stakeholders, product owners, data scientists, engineers, and governance teams to co-create scalable and secure solutions meeting banking / financial services Risk and Compliance standards. Provide architectural oversight for enterprise modernization initiatives.

Applies Regions and Industry architecture principles in crafting appropriate architectures incorporating a mix of private / on-premises cloud, public cloud (AWS, Microsoft Azure etc.) and Software-as-a-service (Saas) technologies.

Applies enterprise architecture practices (as defined in architecture frameworks such as TOGAF) to manage an application portfolio, using business and technical capability models to assist business and technology stakeholders in application rationalization and application maturity analysis.

Preferred Skills / Experience :

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, tailored to a variety of audiences including business and technical stakeholders (up to and including C-level executives).

Working knowledge and experience with event-driven architecture (EDA) and design principles and tooling

Experience designing, developing and maintaining secure Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) using domain-driven design principles. Working knowledge of API Gateways and proxy capabilities

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, tailored to a variety of audiences including business and technical stakeholders (up to and including C-level executives). Proficient in expressing architectural concepts both visually in diagrams and verbally

Preferred Certifications / Licensures :

Professional certifications in public cloud architecture (with a focus on AWS and Microsoft Azure)

(Preferred) Professional certifications in machine learning (ML) and Generative AI technologies

This position is intended to be onsite, now or in the near future . Associates will have regular work hours, including full days in the office three or more days a week. The manager will set the work schedule for this position, including in-office expectations. Regions will not provide relocation assistance for this position, and relocation would be at your expense. The locations available for this role are Birmingham, AL, Atlanta, GA, Charlotte, NC.

Position Type

Full time

Compensation Details

Pay ranges are job specific and are provided as a point-of-market reference for compensation decisions. Other factors which directly impact pay for individual associates include : experience, skills, knowledge, contribution, job location and, most importantly, performance in the job role. As these factors vary by individuals, pay will also vary among individual associates within the same job.

The target information listed below is based on the Metropolitan Statistical Area Market Range for where the position is located and level of the position.

Job Range Target : Minimum :

$159,791.50 USD

Median : $207,150.00 USD

Incentive Pay Plans :

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary incentive plan. Employees are eligible to receive a discretionary award based on individual, business, and / or company performance.Opportunity to participate in the Long Term Incentive Plan.

Benefits Information

Regions offers a benefits package that is flexible, comprehensive and recognizes that "one size does not fit all" for benefits-eligible associates. () Listed below is a synopsis of the benefits offered by Regions for informational purposes, which is not intended to be a complete summary of plan terms and conditions.

Paid Vacation / Sick Time

401K with Company Match

Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits

Disability Benefits

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Account

Life Insurance

Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Associate Volunteer Program

Please note, benefits and plans may be changed, amended, or terminated with respect to all or any class of associate at any time. To learn more about Regions' benefits, please click or copy the link below to your browser.

Location Details

Riverchase Operations Center

Location : Hoover, Alabama

Equal Opportunity Employer / including Disabled / Veterans

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