Solutions Architect - On Site

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About the role

At Regions, the Solutions Architect oversees multiple dimensions of assigned applications and/or capabilities including stability, life cycle management, version control, design and development, mapping of business requirements to capability-oriented technical requirements, and ensuring technology solutions to business needs are developed in accordance with the architectural roadmap, guidelines, and standards.

This position is exempt from timekeeping requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime pay. The role is intended to be onsite, with regular work hours including full days in the office three or more days a week. The manager will set the work schedule. Regions will not provide relocation assistance or sponsor work visas for this position. Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Available locations for this role are Birmingham, AL, or Atlanta, GA.

Responsibilities

• Manages end-to-end solution architecture from conception, through delivery, into production
• Partners with business and technology subject-matter experts to elicit and translate business requirements into technological solutions
• Participates in the design and modeling of architectures for delivery, development, and support of projects
• Collaborates with other domain architects to provide a consensus-based scalable and adaptable architectural solution
• Collaborates on roadmaps to ensure enough architectural runway to align information technology priorities with business partner requirements and strategies
• Promotes the reuse of services, components, frameworks, and infrastructure as code to reduce costs and improve how information flows
• Supports team members on the design of deployment strategies and solutions
• Looks for opportunities to simplify code, existing or new architectures, and vendor dependencies
• Builds and maintains technical trusted advisor relationships with influential technical decision makers within Technology
• Makes recommendations to improve application operational efficiency, enhance program usage, and increase understanding of the program
• Designs both the physical and logical components of solution architectures that will deliver a positive business outcome
• Works closely with Enterprise Architecture to ensure compliance with Regions' architectural principles and patterns
• Provides feedback to Enterprise Architecture with respect to potential deviations from or necessary modifications to existing architectural principles and patterns
• Works closely with Cyber Security to understand network, application, and data security requirements
• Works with all stakeholders to understand non-functional requirements that may have a material impact on solution architecture
• Works with software delivery teams to ensure that the solutions are observable and secure by design
• Oversees technical analysis and design capabilities
• Ensures compliance with risk management programs, rules and regulations, and cybersecurity practices; identifies opportunities for and supports process improvements; applies disciplined change management practices
• Defines end-to-end solution architecture for digital platforms and enterprise applications
• Designs and implements cloud-native microservices architectures using .NET technologies
• Creates architecture blueprints, technical roadmaps, and solution design documents
• Drives API-first and event-driven architecture strategies
• Ensures architecture solutions meet scalability, security, performance, and availability requirements
• Leads architecture reviews and governance processes
• Designs loosely coupled, independently deployable microservices
• Implements Domain-Driven Design (DDD), CQRS, and Event Sourcing patterns where applicable
• Establishes service communication patterns using REST APIs, gRPC, and messaging platforms
• Defines containerization and orchestration strategies using Docker and Kubernetes
• Designs resilient systems using Circuit Breaker, Retry, and Bulkhead patterns
• Mentors development teams and provides technical guidance
• Reviews code quality, architecture compliance, and design standards
• Evaluates emerging technologies and recommends modernization strategies
• Works closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Engineering Managers
• Supports estimation, planning, and technical risk assessments

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field and five (5) years of enterprise, solutions, and/or technical architecture related experience
• Or a High School Diploma/GED and nine (9) years of enterprise, solutions, and/or technical architecture related experience
• Experience with N-tier architectures and complex design architectures
• Experience with Agile methods
• Experience with technical, application, and information architecture delivery techniques and methodologies
• Certifications in the technology domain of the enterprise

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
• Ability to interpret and ensure compliance with applicable rules, regulations, and industry guidance
• Advanced knowledge of security design techniques
• Advanced understanding of, and ability to use, design patterns to steer business requirements into technical strategies
• Awareness and ability to document designs using internal and external notational standards (Business Process Model and Notation {BPMN}, Unified Modeling Language {UML})
• Hands-on experience in one or more popular programming languages like Java, Go, C#, Rust, Python, etc.
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, platforms, and cloud-native serverless architectures (AWS, Azure a plus)
• Knowledge of containers and container orchestration (Kubernetes, OpenShift a plus)
• Knowledge of instrumentation, telemetry, and observability frameworks and platforms (OpenTelemetry, DynaTrace, Splunk a plus)
• Knowledge of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems like Salesforce
• Understanding of the technology of the organization, e.g., Middleware, .NET, Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Oracle, etc.

Benefits

• Paid Vacation/Sick Time
• 401K with Company Match
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• Disability Benefits
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Account
• Life Insurance
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Associate Volunteer Program

Please note, benefits and plans may be changed, amended, or terminated with respect to all or any class of associate at any time.