Consultant, Product Architect
About The Position
The Product Architect supports a line of business or infrastructure domain and is responsible for the technical quality, integrity, and evolution of the application portfolio within a Technology Solution Area. The role designs scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions across mainframe, web services, and cloud environments, and leads end-to-end architecture for mission-critical applications, including target-state design, roadmaps, governance, and alignment with enterprise standards, security, regulatory, and data requirements. The Product Architect designs cloud and integration architectures using AWS, APIGEE, APIs, Kafka, JSON, and SOAP/REST services to enable secure and reliable data exchange across distributed systems. The role defines and implements authentication and authorization mechanisms and fine-grained or role-based access controls, provides architectural leadership for mainframe and legacy modernization, and guides development teams in delivering solutions that meet architectural, security, quality, and enterprise standards. It also defines reference architectures, integration patterns, and reusable platforms to improve interoperability, strengthen data flows, and support resilient business operations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
- Five years of experience performing the duties listed in the job description.
Responsibilities
- Design scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions across mainframe, web services, and cloud environments.
- Lead end-to-end architecture for mission-critical applications, including target-state design, roadmaps, and governance.
- Align solutions with enterprise standards and security, regulatory, and data requirements.
- Design cloud and integration architectures using AWS, APIGEE, APIs, Kafka, JSON, and SOAP/REST services.
- Define and implement authentication and authorization mechanisms and fine-grained or role-based access control models.
- Provide architectural leadership for mainframe and legacy modernization initiatives.
- Guide development teams in implementing proposed designs and ensure solutions meet architectural, security, quality, and enterprise standards.
- Define reference architectures, integration patterns, and reusable platforms to improve interoperability, strengthen data flows, and support resilient business operations.
- Regularly and consistently demonstrate Nationwide Values.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Life insurance.
- Short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Paid time off: newly hired associates receive a minimum of 18 days per full calendar year, prorated quarterly based on hire date.
- Nine paid holidays.
- Eight hours of Lifetime paid time off.
- Eight hours of Unity Day paid time off.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Company-paid pension plan.
- Business casual attire.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
