Data & Analytics Principal Architect

About This Role

The Core Banking Architect will lead the architecture strategy for the bank's Core Banking Modernization program. This role is accountable for defining and driving the end-to-end architecture vision across a multi-year (3+ year) transformation roadmap, while also providing hands-on architectural leadership for in-flight initiatives and transition activities.

The architect will work in close partnership with senior business leaders, technology executives, and domain architects to ensure alignment between business outcomes, platform strategy, and execution. This role requires deep subject-matter expertise in core banking platforms and modernization patterns, along with the ability to influence at the executive level and translate strategy into actionable guidance for delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Set architectural direction, govern design decisions, guide vendor and platform usage, and ensure consistency across domains, integrations, and migration efforts.
• Act as an advisor to senior leadership to develop the architectural framework & delivery for highly complex business and technical needs across multiple groups.
• Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas or the enterprise, delivering products and solutions that are long-term, large-scale, and require vision, creativity, innovation, advanced analytical and inductive thinking.
• Provide vision, direction, and expertise to senior leadership on implementing the transformation strategy describing the current state, target state, and transition architecture.
• Develop and influence strategic plans, investment planning, and execution on cutover strategies to target.
• Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an architectural domain expert advisor to leadership.
• Drive target investments towards target technologies and rationalize spend, total cost of ownership, and return on investment.
• Ensure applications adhere to established Wells Fargo standards, policies, methodologies, and industry best practices as it transforms toward target state architecture.
• Drive the definition, establishment, selection of strategic tools, and application of architecture frameworks.
• Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies and recommends innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization and can influence internal and vendor roadmaps in a significant capacity.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of architecture experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 5+ years of experience defining data strategy, including hands-on knowledge of customer data domain, cloud-based operational and analytical data platforms

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with cloud and data architecture, domain-driven design, architecture frameworks, product thinking, and Agile delivery
• Experience with strategic data and/or financial systems architecture within the financial services industry
• Skilled in negotiating, influencing, and collaborating to build strong partnerships; able to mentor other architects
• Able to partner with platform engineering and architecture teams on solutions that span multiple domains

Job Expectations

• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship
• This position requires a hybrid in-office work schedule
• Ability to travel up to 10%

Job Location

• 194 Wood Avenue South - Iselin, New Jersey 300 S. Brevard - Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
• 401 Las Colinas Blvd W Building A - Irving, Texas 75039
• 3075 Loyalty Cir - Columbus, Ohio 43219

Pay Range

$159,000.00 - $305,000.00

Benefits

• Health benefits
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Critical caregiving leave
• Discounts and savings
• Commuter benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarships for dependent children
• Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date

13 Aug 2026

Recruitment and Hiring Requirements

Third-party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

Drug and Alcohol Policy

Wells Fargo maintains a drug-free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.