Sr Solutions Architect II - Enterprise Architecture

American Express • Phoenix, AZ

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About The Position

Enterprise Architecture is an organization within the Chief Technology Officer at American Express and a key enabler of the company's technology strategy. Its four pillars are Architecture as Code, which owns and operates foundational technologies used by engineering teams across the enterprise; Architecture as Design, which provides solution and technical design for transformation programs and business-critical projects; Governance, which defines technical standards and develops tools to automate compliance controls; and Colleague Enablement, which focuses on colleague development, recognition, training, and enterprise outreach.

The Sr Solutions Architect II provides hands-on solution architecture and platform integration leadership. The role ensures solutions align with platform blueprints, company roadmaps, business requirements, and enterprise standards; supports architecture governance and Platform Architecture Review approval; and works with business, data, product, and engineering teams to deliver efficient solutions. The position also coaches engineering colleagues, identifies technology and process improvements, and ensures accurate portfolio asset documentation.

Requirements

• 4–5 years of hands-on programming experience meaningful to the assigned Technology Platform in a professional environment, or comparable experience.
• Advanced hands-on experience with application solution architecture design and end-to-end software development of complex distributed, multi-tiered systems.
• Prior experience in multiple IT disciplines, understanding of architectural concepts across business, data, technical, and solution domains, and a track record of implementation.
• Extensive experience using a systems analysis and design methodology applicable to an agile product environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field.
• Prior hands-on experience with one or more core technology stack components in the assigned portfolio, such as relevant frameworks or programming languages.
• Advanced to authoritative knowledge of solution architecture, complex application systems design, and platform integration using modern approaches such as RESTful APIs.
• Understanding of supporting architecture domains needed to align and deliver solutions, including business, information, application, and technical architecture.
• Ability to perform system design reviews to ensure appropriate technology selection, efficient resource use, and alignment to strategic platform roadmaps.
• Channel-specific solution architecture skills required by the assigned platform, such as web, mobile, voice, or interactive media.
• Domain expertise in Bill Payment and Money Movement platforms and APIs, including Open Banking, ACH, Nacha, Bill Pay, Remittance, wire payments, RTP, P2P, credit/debit, and crypto.
• Successful solution architecture implementations affecting significant Mobile and Web Engineering initiatives.
• Advanced skills with open-source components, frameworks, and complex systems integration.
• Full understanding of Service Oriented Architecture design principles, execution patterns, and performance optimization techniques.
• Ability to participate as a leader in the underlying architecture in preventing, diagnosing, and resolving system outages.
• Experienced-level understanding of relevant SDLC methodologies, practices, and compliance policies and procedures.
• Deep business capability domain knowledge relative to the assigned portfolio.
• Ability to achieve results with an emphasis on reducing cycle time and increasing the speed to market of new products.
• Excellent verbal and written interpersonal skills, along with effective consultative and influential leadership skills.
• Knowledge of current industry best practices regarding solution delivery disciplines.
• Strong business insight and ability to identify key issues and their impact in a broad business context.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Technology Platform solutions align with the corresponding Platform Blueprint and Company Platform roadmaps; serve as the Technology Platform Single Point of Contact when needed.
• Focus on cross-platform integration to use and optimize platform capabilities.
• Ensure the engineered environment meets business requirements, application design, and infrastructure specifications, and be accountable for platform integration performance and efficiency.
• Perform hands-on solution architecture design and participate in design and code reviews to ensure desired business outcomes and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Provide input and functional direction to the Technology Platform’s API strategy and implementation roadmap.
• Work with Business and Data Architects to align and incorporate their input into platform solutions.
• Coach and mentor engineering resources on solution architecture and assist less experienced colleagues.
• Identify technical solutions and business process improvements supporting business and IT strategic direction.
• Find opportunities to embrace innovative technologies.
• Interact with business partners and product engineering teams to share and direct architecture practices that may affect business solution delivery.
• Provide architectural governance by reviewing projects for alignment to architectural and technical strategy and driving the Technology Platform to Platform Architecture Review approval level.
• Advise product delivery resources on when to engage dependent teams, such as database engineering teams.
• Ensure accurate asset information is documented and recorded in the appropriate repositories for the assigned portfolio.

What This Job Offers

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