Sr. Solutions Architect - Enterprise Payments

Huntington National Bank • Columbus, OH

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a highly experienced Solution Architect with expertise in the banking industry, with a strong emphasis on end‑to-end payment ecosystem. The ideal candidate will possess extensive knowledge of domestic and international payment rails including ACH, wires, RTP, card networks, and cross‑border solutions, paired with hands-on architecture leadership across complex, large-scale financial platforms. This role requires a strategic thinker who can translate business needs into scalable, secure, and compliant technology solutions while driving modernization efforts, guiding engineering teams, and ensuring alignment with regulatory and industry standards. A proven track record in designing resilient, high‑performance payment systems is essential.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 7+ years of related experience as a Architecture Leader Across Financial Platforms.
• Architecture & Design Expertise A deep understanding of enterprise architecture patterns , including layered architecture, event‑driven architecture (EDA), domain‑driven design (DDD), and hexagonal/onion architectures.
• Extensive experience designing and governing microservices‑based architectures , including service decomposition, API gateways, service mesh patterns, scalability strategies, and resiliency patterns.
• Strong command of integration patterns , including messaging, publish/subscribe, orchestration vs. choreography, and API‑first design (REST, GraphQL, gRPC).
• Experience with cloud-native architectures , preferably on AWS or GCP, including serverless components, container platforms (Kubernetes), and distributed systems.
• Payments & Banking Technology In‑depth knowledge of global and domestic payment rails (ACH, Fedwire, CHIPS, RTP, Zelle, SWIFT, card networks, ISO 8583, ISO 20022).
• Experience architecting real-time and high-volume transaction systems , with emphasis on low-latency, high-availability design.
• Strong understanding of payment orchestration , settlement processes, clearing systems, fraud mitigation, tokenization, and core banking integration.
• Familiarity with compliance and regulatory frameworks , including KYC/AML, PCI-DSS, FFIEC, and other financial industry standards.
• Technical & Platform Skills Proficiency in API lifecycle management , including design, versioning, governance, and security.
• Experience with event streaming platforms (Kafka, Pulsar, Kinesis) and queuing systems (MQ, RabbitMQ).
• Strong understanding of data architecture , including operational data stores, data lakes, real-time data pipelines, and data lineage.
• Expertise in security architecture , including identity and access management (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML), encryption, key management, and zero-trust principles.
• Resiliency & Performance Experience implementing high availability , failover , DR , multi-region deployments, and chaos engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and communicate the application architecture and application-level roadmap.
• Design, document, develop and govern frameworks/platforms for consumption by the larger technical delivery organization.
• Be accountable for the creation and evolution of the overall application architecture strategy, its alignment with the Huntington Target State Enterprise Architecture and its usage patterns within the development community.
• Communicate and govern use of architectural trends and best practices within the application domain in both their delivery organization and the Huntington Enterprise Architecture organization.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate standards around design leadership, documentation, and stakeholder communication in line with HNB’s federated architect program.
• Conduct product/solution evaluations for architectural domain in both their delivery organization and the Huntington Enterprise Architecture organization.
• Mentor technical delivery staff.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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