Enterprise Technology Architect

U.S. Bank • Chicago, IL

13h • Hybrid

About The Position

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One. Job Description U.S. Bank is seeking an experienced Enterprise Technology Architect to define, lead, and evolve our enterprise-wide Technology architecture strategy. As a member of the Enterprise Architecture team, this role closely partners with the business and the other members of the technology organization to design modern, resilient, and secure technology ecosystems and platforms that align with business objectives. The ideal candidate will have a blend of strategic and technical thinking, solving the most complex enterprise technology problems with enterprise grade solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• 10 + years of experience in technology architecture, delivering large-scale enterprise technology solutions within agile environments.
• Strong expertise in modern technology architectures.
• Strong experience in solution architecture for cloud-based technology platforms including AWS or Azure.
• Had previous roles as a senior software engineer at some point during their career.
• Deep understanding of technology governance, privacy, and security standards
• Proven ability to design and implement scalable technology platforms, frameworks, and architecture patterns.
• Hands-on experience designing large scale resilient application and infrastructure architectures.
• Experience in technology integration across a broad range of platforms.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational capabilities.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and business stakeholders effectively.
• Familiarity with industry architectural frameworks such as ITIL, TOGAF, COBIT, Zachman, etc.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the banking, wealth management, or financial services domain.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent work experience.
• Relevant certifications in technology management, cloud architecture, or engineering.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive enterprise technology architecture strategy
• Establish target-state technology platforms and standards aligned to business priorities.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technology architecture solutions.
• Design and govern enterprise technology ecosystems
• Architect technology solutions and integration strategies across systems.
• Ensure consistently stable, secure, and resilient infrastructure architectures.
• Lead technology architecture governance and quality initiatives
• Define standards for technology quality.
• Establish technology governance policies, compliance controls, and security practices.
• Drive platform and technology decisions
• Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies, technology platforms, and tools.
• Define standards for technology integration and technology services.
• Collaborate across business, data, and technology teams
• Partner with stakeholders to align technology architecture with enterprise objectives.
• Act as a bridge between business strategy and technical execution.
• Provide leadership and oversight
• Lead architecture reviews and ensure adherence to standards
• Support delivery teams through the product lifecycle.

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree