Solutions Architect

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Job Description:

At Regions, the Solutions Architect oversees multiple dimensions of assigned applications and/or capabilities including but not limited to 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.

Primary Responsibilities

Manages end to end from conception, through delivery, into production of solution architectures

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

Look 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

Leads the design of 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

Oversees technical analysis and design capabilities

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

Works with business stakeholders and site reliability teams to create service level objectives and agreements

Provides consultation on complex projects

Coaches and mentors junior level architects

This position is exempt from timekeeping requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime pay.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field and seven (7) years of enterprise, solutions and/or technical architecture related experience

Or a High School Diploma/GED and eleven (11) years of enterprise, solutions and/or technical architecture related experience

Experience of N-tier architectures and complex design architectures

Experience with Agile methods

Experience with technical, application, and information architecture delivery techniques and methodologies

Certifications/Licensures

Certifications in the technology domain of the enterprise

Skills and Competencies

Ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly

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 the keyboard depth 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 with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems like Salesforce

Understanding the technology of the organization, e.g. Middleware, .NET, Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Oracle, etc.

This position must be within a reasonable driving distance to a Branch, Consumer Operations, or Professional Office Building with the primary location being Birmingham, AL , Nashville, TN, Atlanta, GA or Charlotte, NC. Regions will not provide relocation assistance for this position, and relocation would be at your expense. Exceptions to the geographic location requirement may be made for current Regions associates who work remotely.

Position Type

Full time

Compensation Details

Pay ranges are job specific and are provided as a point-of-market reference for compensation decisions. Other factors which directly impact pay for individual associates include: experience, skills, knowledge, contribution, job location and, most importantly, performance in the job role. As these factors vary by individuals, pay will also vary among individual associates within the same job.

The target information listed below is based on the Metropolitan Statistical Area Market Range for where the position is located and level of the position.

Job Range Target:

Minimum:

$124,724.40 USD

Median:

$161,710.00 USD

Incentive Pay Plans:

Benefits Information

Regions offers a benefits package that is flexible, comprehensive and recognizes that “one size does not fit all” for benefits-eligible associates. (https://www.regions.com/about-regions/benefits/benefits-eligibility) Listed below is a synopsis of the benefits offered by Regions for informational purposes, which is not intended to be a complete summary of plan terms and conditions.

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. To learn more about Regions’ benefits, please click or copy the link below to your browser.

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Location Details

Atlanta Midtown

Location:

Atlanta, Georgia

Bring Your Whole Self to Work

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