Distinguished Architect-Consumer Banking at Citizens Financial Group

Job description

4 Days in the office from any of our locations in Johnston RI, Dallas TX, Iselin NJ, Short Hills NJ, Westwood or Medford MA, or Phoenix AZ and couple other locations Role is not relocation eligible. At Citizens, we invest in the humans who build the logic, ideas, and innovations that bring new technologies to life. As a Distinguished Architect , you will be responsible for groundbreaking integration support across multiple technological and/or business platforms. You will have the opportunity to lead a team of architects and work alongside senior management, software engineers and technologists to ensure the strategic alignment of technological solutions and business objectives. The Distinguished Architect will provide architectural mentorship and oversight across a portfolio of company platforms and will present designs and ideas to an Architecture Review Board and to executive technology and business leadership. Most importantly, you’ll feel valued for who you are and supported to achieve what’s important to you, personally and professionally! Technology is constantly evolving, and we believe you will too. Primary responsibilities include • Leading a team of architects; offering guidance, thought leadership and ensuring proper resource allocation to deliver top-quality solutions. • Developing architectural strategy across assigned Company Platforms, ensuring enterprise-level consistency and alignment. • Establishing and communicating strategy to executive staff, industry partners and customers; using recognized technical and business expertise to influence, guide, and craft business strategy and decision-making at the highest interpersonal levels. • Providing consultation, design input, technical direction and feedback for consistent Company Platform architectural approaches across portfolio Principal Architects and senior engineering leadership. • Driving and developing product and solution strategies that inform product requirements and investment decisions for Company Platforms across the organization, weaving the enterprise technology vision into the planning and investment processes. Qualifications, Education, Certifications and/or Other Professional Credentials • Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline • 15+ years of working experience in web-development or solutions architecture, with a proven track record of developing consumer-facing and internal solutions • Experience implementing large-scale technological enhancements and/or pivots, including pilot implementation and analysis • Excellent understanding of Dev0ps; chef and puppet technique • Understanding of multiple programming languages, including at least one front end framework (Angular/React/Vue), such as Python, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Golang, C, C++, etc. • Experience working with IT infrastructure and cloud development • Experience working with data and DBMS, including legacy and emerging database technologies • Experience with RDBMS, NoSQL. • Experience building highly available customer-facing applications, in a GDHA setting • Experience building cloud-native applications • Experience with API’s • Experience designing highly available and resilient solutions, Automation, identify opportunity of performance improvements, Able to transform traditional monolith architecture stack to modern microservices based loosely decoupled architecture. • Experience in 2 or 3 of the following technology areas. Infrastructure, Security, DevOps, Application Development, Database technologies, Cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP) • Preferred Qualifications • Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline • 5+ years of working experience in the financial services industry • UI/UX experience, including relevant web/application branding techniques • Comfortable/experience navigating large corporate structure • Executive speaking and presentation skills- Formal presentations, white-boarding, large and small group presentations Hours & Work Schedule • Hours per Week: 40 • Work Schedule: Monday - Friday Pay Transparency ‌The salary range for this position is $182,000 – $254,000 per year, plus an opportunity to earn additional incentive earnings (if applicable). Actual pay is based on various factors including, but not limited to, the budget, work location, and relevant skills and experience. . We offer competitive pay, comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, maternity/paternity leave, flexible work arrangements, education reimbursement, wellness programs and more. Note, Citizens’ paid time off policy exceeds the mandatory, paid sick or paid time-away policy of every local and state jurisdiction in the United States. For an overview of our benefits, visit jobs.citizensbank.com

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4 Days in the office from any of our locations in Johnston RI, Dallas TX, Iselin NJ, Short Hills NJ, Westwood or Medford MA, or Phoenix AZ and couple other locations
Role is not relocation eligible.
At Citizens, we invest in the humans who build the logic, ideas, and innovations that bring new technologies to life.
Most importantly, you’ll feel valued for who you are and supported to achieve what’s important to you, personally and professionally! Technology is constantly evolving, and we believe you will too.
Primary responsibilities include
Leading a team of architects; offering guidance, thought leadership and ensuring proper resource allocation to deliver top-quality solutions.
Developing architectural strategy across assigned Company Platforms, ensuring enterprise-level consistency and alignment.
Providing consultation, design input, technical direction and feedback for consistent Company Platform architectural approaches across portfolio Principal Architects and senior engineering leadership.
Qualifications, Education, Certifications and/or Other Professional Credentials
Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline
15+ years of working experience in web-development or solutions architecture, with a proven track record of developing consumer-facing and internal solutions
Experience implementing large-scale technological enhancements and/or pivots, including pilot implementation and analysis
Excellent understanding of Dev0ps; chef and puppet technique
Understanding of multiple programming languages, including at least one front end framework (Angular/React/Vue), such as Python, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Golang, C, C++, etc.
Experience working with IT infrastructure and cloud development
Experience working with data and DBMS, including legacy and emerging database technologies
Experience with RDBMS, NoSQL.
Experience building highly available customer-facing applications, in a GDHA setting
Experience building cloud-native applications
Experience with API’s
Experience in 2 or 3 of the following technology areas. Infrastructure, Security, DevOps, Application Development, Database technologies, Cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP)
5+ years of working experience in the financial services industry
UI/UX experience, including relevant web/application branding techniques

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Preferred Qualifications • Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline

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