Solutions Architect

Suncoast Credit Union • Tampa, FL

1d • Remote

About The Position

The Solutions Architect designs and implements solutions to address business problems, working closely with stakeholders and enterprise leaders to translate requirements into technical solutions. The role combines technical expertise and business acumen to ensure solutions meet strategic key performance indicators.

The position leads solution architecture for the organization's in-house platform and oversees integrations across systems. It partners with business and technology leaders, development teams, vendors, Security, and Risk to deliver scalable solutions that meet business needs and applicable security, regulatory, and threat-modeling requirements. The architect documents designs and decisions, balances delivery speed with technical debt, contributes to the maturity of the Enterprise Architecture practice, and evaluates technologies and development practices. The role also provides technical guidance and coaching, communicates architecture to different audiences, maintains professional knowledge, and completes required compliance and information security training.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience with software systems, including progressively increasing levels of responsibility.
• At least 7 years of system engineering and design experience.
• At least 5 years of work experience with a cloud environment such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• At least 5 years of relational database design experience.
• At least 2 years of No-SQL storage design experience.
• Advanced knowledge of .NET and Windows technologies, or similar technologies.
• Experience defining and using reference architectures for cloud-native and on-premise solutions.
• Experience with distributed-system communication patterns, including synchronous, asynchronous, event-driven, and event-sourcing patterns.
• Knowledge of modern internal, external, edge, and cloud networks.
• Ability to understand business processes and align technical solutions with business goals.
• Excellent diagramming skills to communicate design and process effectively.
• Ability to mentor technology peers.
• Experience working with data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, or Azure Synapse.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage competing and changing priorities to meet deadlines.
• Accurate, detail-oriented, and organized.
• Ability to analyze and resolve difficult and often complex problems and situations.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of Credit Union products, services, policies, and procedures pertinent to the job.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of regulatory compliance necessary to perform job responsibilities.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to interact professionally and effectively with members, staff, vendors, and government regulators, and to influence others regarding policies, practices, and procedures.
• Strong reading comprehension and ability to absorb complex information quickly and accurately.
• Candidate must reside in Florida.

Responsibilities

• Design and validate enterprise-level architecture, including vendor and third-party integrations, APIs, data flows, and clear boundaries between internal and external components.
• Maintain detailed documentation of architecture design, implementation, and maintenance in solution design specifications and enterprise architecture meta-models.
• Partner with Security, Risk, and business stakeholders to identify and mitigate solution risks and meet security, regulatory, and threat-modeling requirements.
• Balance speed and technical debt, make and document tradeoffs and architecture decisions, adapt architecture as priorities change, and use AI while retaining ownership of analysis and outcomes.
• Build trust-based relationships across technical and business teams and provide an objective perspective on business requirements and technical capabilities.
• Contribute to the Enterprise Architecture practice and evaluate technologies and development practices that improve performance, maintainability, architectural fit, and solution effectiveness.
• Oversee integration of diverse systems to support seamless operation and data flow across platforms.
• Lead solution architecture for the organization's in-house platform, collaborating with business and technology leaders, development teams, and vendors to deliver scalable, implementable solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and coaching to business leaders and partners, work with technical teams to deliver software from architecture designs, and address design or coordination gaps directly when needed.
• Communicate architecture clearly through written, audience-tailored deliverables.
• Maintain knowledge of current trends, laws, and issues affecting the area of expertise.
• Attend educational events to increase professional knowledge.
• Complete annual compliance and information security training.

Benefits

• Bonus program up to 12%.
• 401(k) matching up to 8%.
• Retirement planning.
• Pay increases based on competency.
• Employee loan discounts.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Medical coverage.
• Dental and vision coverage.
• Access to more than 4,000 gyms.
• Mental health resources.
• PTO wellness days.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Three weeks of paid time off.
• Four weeks of paid parental leave.
• Birthday PTO.
• Paid volunteer hours.
• Degree assistance up to $5,000 per year.
• Remote, hybrid, and onsite schedules.
• Pet insurance.
• Free identity theft protection.
• Legal assistance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed