IT Solutions Architect II
About The Position
Lead the deployment of new bank systems and strategies to shape innovative solutions addressing business and technology challenges. Manage deployments of information technology systems and translate technical requirements into actionable project-plan tasks that support business goals. Deliver scalable tools that advance the bank’s technical and business strategies, represent IT considerations in complex challenges, and provide system administration for assigned systems. The role conducts technical reviews of software solutions and projects, documents implementation considerations for the bank environment, and collaborates with business lines, the PMO, IT teams, managed services, vendors, and service providers to deliver and support technical solutions. It also researches existing and new technologies, integrations, and automation opportunities; provides administrative support for assigned systems; and develops system architecture, test strategies, and other IT documentation. The position is based at 324 N. 4th Street, Indiana, Pennsylvania.
Requirements
- Four-year college degree or equivalent, specializing in computer science, information technology, or management information science.
- Five to ten years of general experience.
- Five to ten years of specialized experience in direct administration, deployment, and support of client/server applications, client/server database systems, or systems integration technologies such as Web Services, REST APIs, or connectors, as well as IT project management.
- Intermediate knowledge of a variety of platforms and best practices.
Nice To Haves
- Certification or designation preferred.
Responsibilities
- Manage or lead multiple initiatives and projects while maintaining perspective on overall company strategy.
- Conduct technical reviews of software solutions.
- Perform comprehensive technical reviews for new projects and significant architectural changes, documenting implementation details such as security controls, system requirements, entitlements, support, and other considerations.
- Perform standard moderate-level technical reviews for new products and changes that do not have a high impact on bank-sensitive data or customer PII.
- Work with the PMO to facilitate IT solution project delivery, attend project meetings, provide status updates to IT management, and act as an IT technical liaison.
- Collaborate with lines of business to define product-build requirements.
- Collaborate with Information Systems Administrators on product-support transitions.
- Work with product managers, business-line administrators, IT teams, partner vendors, and service providers to deliver and support technical solutions.
- Research bank-owned technologies to identify opportunities to consolidate solutions and reduce duplicated work or resources.
- Research products and services that could streamline processes.
- Research system integration and automation using Application Programming Interfaces.
- Provide administrative support for assigned business-line and IT systems.
- Collaborate with FIS Managed IT to administer and support IT-owned systems and to meet server-build and support requirements.
- Collaborate with Navisite to build and configure database servers and develop SharePoint systems.
- Analyze system requirements, specifications, and features for compliance with corporate policies, procedures, and maintenance guidelines.
- Communicate products that do not meet corporate policies, including acceptable-use and information-security policies, to the IT Compliance Administrator.
- Guide business lines and managed services on software platforms and management best practices.
- Create strategies for developing and executing system and service test procedures.
- Provide system architecture and other strategic IT documentation to manage and monitor systems and services.
- Understand and comply with corporate policies pertaining to system deployment, administration, and use.
- Complete mandatory and assigned training within prescribed timeframes and achieve a qualifying score.
- Complete other tasks and duties assigned by the Solution Architects Manager and/or IT management.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
