Solution Architect Sr. - Enterprise Capabilities

PNC • Pittsburgh, PA

2d • $80,000 - $185,150 • Onsite

About The Position

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Solutions Architect within PNC's Technology organization, you can be based in Pittsburgh PA, Cleveland OH, Phoenix AZ or Denver CO. The Solution Architect is responsible for designing end-to-end technology solutions that align with business objectives, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and integration across enterprise platforms. This role bridges business needs and technical execution, guiding engineering teams and influencing architecture decisions across multiple systems. PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, systems architecture, or solution design preferred
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale applications and distributed systems
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Deep knowledge of APIs, microservices, and integration patterns
• Experience with security, compliance, and regulatory frameworks
• Systems thinking, scalable design, solution modeling
• Cloud, APIs, microservices, distributed systems
• Influencing without authority, mentoring teams
• Executive-level storytelling and technical translation
• Risk identification, trade-off analysis, decision-making
• Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
• Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
• Analytical Thinking
• Effective Communications
• Effectiveness Measurement
• Industry Knowledge
• IT Standards, Procedures & Policies
• Planning: Tactical, Strategic
• Platform Architecture
• Problem Solving
• Software Product Design/Architecture
• The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, TOGAF)
• Experience in financial services or highly regulated industries
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
• Knowledge of data architecture, analytics, and event-driven systems
• Machine Learning (ML)
• Higher level education such as a Masters degree, PhD, or certifications is desirable.
• Industry relevant experience is typically 8+ years.
• Specific certifications are often required.
• In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions across applications, data, and infrastructure
• Translate business requirements into architectural blueprints and technical specifications
• Define integration patterns across enterprise systems, APIs, and third-party platforms
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and roadmaps
• Provide architectural guidance and direction to engineering teams
• Lead technical design reviews and ensure adherence to design principles
• Identify and mitigate technical risks and dependencies early
• Drive best practices in design, coding, and deployment
• Partner with product, business, and engineering leaders to define solution strategies
• Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Support pre-sales or strategic initiatives through solution modeling and presentations
• Support solution implementation across the full SDLC
• Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements (performance, availability, security, compliance)
• Oversee integration and deployment strategies across environments
• Establish and enforce architecture standards, patterns, and frameworks
• Conduct architecture reviews and ensure alignment with enterprise governance
• Maintain documentation of architecture artifacts, decisions, and patterns
• Develops solution architecture and resolves complex issues in a variety of projects through the implementation of requirements analysis, expertise support and project supervision.
• Designs solution architecture in large or complex programs, including system and application designs, software and technical architecture, in accordance with strategies and objectives.
• Provides expertise for the solution architecture team and other IT staff on a variety of issues in software designs, system architecture and solution-oriented technologies.
• Communicates with clients and analyses business requirements and processes; makes recommendations, and leads in shaping future plans in solution architecture.
• Oversees solution architecture project outcomes, including hardware and software design; ensures that each project phase meets overall requirements.

Benefits

• medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature)
• dental and vision options
• employee and spouse/child life insurance
• short and long-term disability protection
• 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans
• dependent care reimbursement account
• back-up child/elder care
• adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement
• educational assistance, including select programs fully paid
• a robust wellness program with financial incentives
• maternity and/or parental leave
• up to 11 paid holidays each year
• 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law
• between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior