Application Architect

About Us

Capital Bank N.A. is headquartered in Maryland and has been serving our communities since 1999. We stand as a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: CBNK) with over $3 billion in assets. We offer commercial and consumer banking services to clients primarily in Maryland, DC, and Northern Virginia, alongside two nation-wide lending brands: Capital Bank Home Loans and OpenSky, a credit card division that offers and services credit cards across all states. Our personalized approach to banking, paired with cutting-edge technology solutions and a comprehensive suite of products and services, fuels our growth and enables us to support our customers at every stage in their financial journey. For the last 6 out of 7 years, Capital Bank was named one of the "Best Banks to Work For" in the U.S. by American Banker.

About the Role

The Application Architect will design, guide, and support the bank’s enterprise application architecture across core banking, lending, deposit origination, credit card, mortgage, integration, data, and Azure cloud platforms. This role partners with business, technology, risk, compliance, security, and vendor teams to ensure application solutions are secure, scalable, well-integrated, and aligned with the bank’s strategic goals.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain application architecture standards, patterns, and roadmaps across the bank’s application portfolio
• Lead solution architecture for Commercial banking platform comprised of various SaaS applications, including Fiserv core banking, Abrigo loan origination, MANTL deposit origination, Q2 digital banking, Snowflake DLH, and Salesforce. Support smaller credit card, home loan, and GGL loan processing platforms
• Design secure, scalable, and supportable solutions that meet business, operational, compliance, and risk requirements
• Guide Azure cloud architecture decisions, including identity, security, monitoring, integration, resiliency, and cost-effective design
• Develop architecture diagrams, integration flows, technical designs, and solution recommendations
• Evaluate vendor platforms, technical proposals, and third-party solutions for architectural fit and long-term supportability
• Partner with business stakeholders, technology teams, information security, risk, compliance, and vendors throughout planning, delivery, and implementation
• Promote reusable patterns, disciplined change management, technical debt reduction, and strong documentation practices
• Support delivery tools: Agile delivery practices, documentation repositories, release management, monitoring, alerting, and production support processes
• Support secure, reliable, auditable, and compliant technology solutions, including meeting internal policy expectations and supporting vendor risk management, change management, access governance, incident response, disaster recovery, business continuity, and regulatory requirements

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
• Seven or more years of experience in application architecture, solution architecture, enterprise applications, or systems integration
• Three or more years of experience in banking, financial services, or fintech industry
• Experience designing integrations across vendor platforms, core systems, digital banking, data platforms, and cloud services
• Experience with Microsoft Azure architecture, including secure design, identity, monitoring, resiliency, networking, and cost-aware cloud patterns
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to business, executive, compliance, and technical audiences

Skills

• Experience with Fiserv core banking, Abrigo, MANTL, mortgage, credit card, Salesforce, digital banking, or payments platforms
• Experience with API-led connectivity, cloud-native design, DevSecOps, CI/CD practices, or architecture frameworks
• Architecture certification such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent experience

Pay

Base Salary Range: $120,000 - $165,000 annually. Final determination of where you are at in the salary range is based on numerous factors such as geographical location, relevant experience, skill set, education, and ability to meet qualifications within the job description. This role includes a yearly annual target bonus based on individual performance.

Schedule

This is a hybrid role. The ideal candidate will sit out of our Rockville, MD headquarters location.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Company Paid Life Insurance, and Disability Insurance
• Company contributions to your 401k, regardless of your contribution
• Employee Perks: Paid Parental Leave, Employee Recognition Program, Leadership Program, Tuition Reimbursement Program, Employee Bank Checking Account, and more
• Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays, including Paid Charity Hours to support volunteer opportunities