Solutions Architect

About MCU

Municipal Credit Union (MCU) has been providing affordable financial products and convenient services to over 600,000 members since 1918. Our mission is to help hard-working New Yorkers build better tomorrows through our commitment to people helping people.

Solution Architect Role Overview

The Solution Architect is a strategic technical leader responsible for designing and implementing scalable, secure, and reliable solutions that address operational challenges and business needs. This role bridges the gap between business requirements and technical execution, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Match technical solutions to everyday operational and business issues.
• Coordinate the development, analysis, and implementation of end-to-end solutions.
• Troubleshoot technology and process issues across systems and teams.
• Identify alternative solutions, mitigate risks, and re-engineer processes where necessary.
• Collaborate with developers, operators, end-users, and business analysts to analyze business requirements and design appropriate solutions.
• Translate business problems into scalable, secure, and reliable solution designs.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams, ensuring adherence to best practices and industry standards.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the Symitar/Jack Henry environment and its integration points.
• Build working relationships with team members and subject matter experts.
• Work closely with end users to articulate business problems and translate them into an appropriate solution design.
• Follow architectural standards and governance in line with enterprise technology roadmap, regulatory requirements, and security standards and ensure security and operational integrity is sustainable.
• Work with Business lines to understand their technological needs and business strategy.
• Deploy and document changes in accordance with SDLC and change management processes.
• Proactively identify solutions to potential issues and embrace simplification.
• Serve as escalation point for high severity issues and troubleshoot / resolve complex incidents.
• Strengthen the software delivery process based on the Agile principles, including Scrum, Automated Testing, Continuous Integration and Deployment.

Requirements

• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex systems and identify root causes.
• Experience with process optimization and re-engineering.
• Ability to independently clarify and assess ambiguous issues to develop consensus toward a solution.
• Demonstrated analytical techniques and ability to make recommendations to technical and program leadership to improve the product, process or technology and present ideas clearly and concisely.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles and agile methodologies.
• Experience with Symitar/Jack Henry core banking systems.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Desirable Experience

• Desirable experience with SharePoint for collaborative products and workflows.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is between $93,200 - $155,790 annually. Actual base pay offered may vary depending on a number of factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Employees in this position may also be eligible for a discretionary bonus, 401(k) with an 6% employer match per pay period. Benefits for this position include Medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance, flexible paid time off and 11 paid holidays annually.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Municipal Credit Union (MCU) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Municipal Credit Union provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. We are committed to hiring, training, cultivating, promoting, and celebrating an environment where we have a welcoming and fulfilling place for all people to call home. Diversity of race, thought, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, religion, and disability will empower us to thrive as individuals, as teams, and as an organization.