Solutions Architect - Local to Pittsburgh, PA

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to lead the architecture and solution design for enterprise-scale document management and content services platforms supporting a major banking organization. This role will be responsible for defining scalable, secure, and compliant technology solutions across enterprise document management ecosystems, integrating modern digital platforms with legacy enterprise systems. This role will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, engineering teams, infrastructure teams, security teams, and enterprise architects to deliver strategic document management and content modernization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end solution architecture for enterprise document management and content services platforms
• Design scalable, secure, and highly available solutions supporting: Document ingestion, Content management, Workflow orchestration, Search and retrieval, Customer-facing document services
• Develop architecture blueprints, integration patterns, and technical roadmaps
• Lead architecture discussions and provide technical direction to development teams
• Define integration strategies across: Core banking systems, Customer applications, Workflow/BPM platforms, APIs and enterprise services
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards, security policies, and compliance requirements
• Drive modernization initiatives across legacy and cloud-native platforms
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, and architectural patterns
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and DevOps teams to ensure operational scalability and resiliency
• Support performance optimization, disaster recovery, and operational readiness planning
• Provide governance, architecture reviews, and technical risk assessments

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 10+ years of strong experience designing enterprise-scale distributed systems and applications
• 10+ years of expertise in Solution architecture
• System integration API-driven architectures, Event-driven architectures, Strong understanding of Microservices architecture, Cloud-native design principles & Enterprise integration patterns
• 8+ years of experience designing High-volume transaction processing systems & Scalable content and document management solutions
• Strong technical background in: Java / Springboot, REST APIs and Integration services & Databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, DB2)
• Strong Experience working with enterprise document management / ECM platforms such as: OpenText, IBM File Net, Hyland OnBase, AEM or Sharepoint
• Good understanding of Kafka / Event streaming platforms, CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Experience with Linux/Unix environments, Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP
• Understanding of Hybrid cloud architectures, Infrastructure scalability disaster recovery
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience leading cross-functional technical teams
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Experience conducting architecture reviews and technical governance
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Qualifications

• To Be Successful In This Role

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)

10+ years of strong experience designing enterprise-scale distributed systems and applications

10+ years of expertise in Solution architecture

System integration API-driven architectures, Event-driven architectures, Strong understanding of Microservices architecture, Cloud-native design principles & Enterprise integration patterns

8+ years of experience designing High-volume transaction processing systems & Scalable content and document management solutions

Strong technical background in: Java / Springboot, REST APIs and Integration services & Databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, DB2)

Strong Experience working with enterprise document management / ECM platforms such as: OpenText, IBM File Net, Hyland OnBase, AEM or Sharepoint

Good understanding of Kafka / Event streaming platforms, CI/CD and DevOps practices

Experience with Linux/Unix environments, Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP

Understanding of Hybrid cloud architectures, Infrastructure scalability disaster recovery

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

Experience leading cross-functional technical teams

Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions

Experience conducting architecture reviews and technical governance

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Skills

• Experience in banking or financial services industry
• Familiarity with Document ingestion and retrieval, metadata management, search and indexing and document management lifecycle
• Knowledge of Security frameworks and identity/access management & Observability and monitoring platforms

Benefits

For this role on this particular client engagement, employer sponsorship of immigration related visa and/or green card status as part of the PERM process will not be available.

Pay

To support the ability to reward for merit-based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.

A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $89,600.00 - $198,400.00.

Schedule

Your future duties and responsibilities will be defined based on the specific client engagement and role details.