Sr Solutions Architect

Zions Bancorporation has an opportunity for a Solution Architect , with emphasis on software development, DevOps, and high-quality delivery experience, to join the Digital Strategy team that works on projects to expand our digital presence through cutting edge technologies. You can be on the front line of our entrepreneurial projects based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Zions Bancorporation is building the bank of the future and changing what it means to work for a financial institution. We operate in a fast-paced, information-driven environment, which means we need people who bring diverse experiences, perspectives, and expertise to meet the ever-changing demands of our technology-infused customers lives. Your ability to adapt, learn, and innovate helps increase revenue, reduce operational costs, mitigate risk, and, most importantly, lead to the superior experience and success of our clients.

As a Solution Architect, you will be responsible for partnering with Product, Engineering, and Leadership on cloud-native, innovative, safe, and sound applications for our in-house developed digital solutions.

The successful candidate will have the skills and experience to contribute to the solution architecture and partner with delivery teams in collaborative design, architecture, development, and quality assurance activities dealing with complex applications and challenges. You will be business outcome driven and have a passion for the field of agile application development, cloud, and delivery services and possess empathy with a drive to create outstanding experiences and improved solutions for our users.

This individual will :

• Collaborate and accelerate delivery with a business-aligned product and engineering delivery team in support of critical banking functions to meet digital strategy initiative objectives.
• Participate in and make recommendations for approvals in architecture review meetings.
• Support the team by establishing multi-use technology foundations with leadership and peers.
• Guide the team on their journey toward software delivery best-practices to achieve innovative, safe, and sound solutions and achieve time-sensitive business outcomes.
• Cultivate relationships with all stakeholders including business, product, technology, risk, suppliers, and operations.
• Contribute to the uptime and availability of mission critical applications through proactive management of SSDLC / DevSecOps, software development, quality assurance, and other industry leading engineering practices in partnership with leadership and Enterprise Architecture.
• Mentor and coach as a technical subject matter expert on areas of cloud-native applications, GraphQL and RESTful integrations, security, and risk. Assist the team in achieving technical skills, competencies, business domain expertise, process knowledge, industry sector knowledge, and capacity to achieve organizational goals and objectives.
• Participate in reviews, approvals, and recommendations during development and deployment activities.
• Contribute to reducing the total cost of ownership of solutions.
• Contribute as the Technology Foundation Product Owner through Agile / Kanban-style value delivery system.
• Other duties as assigned (including various forms of documentation).

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Location :

This position requires regular face-to-face interaction with teams, business stakeholders, and executives in Salt Lake City, Utah. We will consider candidates in the area, able to relocate to the area, or working remotely but willing to travel regularly to Salt Lake City.

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