Application Architect- ATM/ Branch Systems

Job Profile Summary

The Application Architect provides the technical vision and direction within an application domain.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Develop, maintain, and communicate the application architecture and application-level roadmap.

Design, document, develop and govern frameworks/platforms for consumption by the larger technical delivery organization.

Be accountable for the creation and evolution of the overall application architecture strategy, its alignment with the Huntington Target State Enterprise Architecture and its usage patterns within the development community.

Communicate and govern use of architectural trends and best practice within the application domain.

Develop, maintain, and communicate standards around design leadership, documentation, and stakeholder communication in line with HNB’s federated architect program.

Conduct product/solution evaluations for architectural domain.

Thoroughly understand the application flows and processes to assist the Sr SDM

Mentor technical delivery staff.

Comfortable with leading individuals and resolving conflicts

Performs other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

5+ years experience with ATM and Branch Systems technology including batch and backend integrations

Applies critical thought during collaborations while reviewing documents

Bachelors Degree or equivalent

5+ years of related experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Able to communicate up, down and laterally between business and IT

Ability to drive and adhere to strict documentation standards

Ability to mediate between parties and navigate through high stress situations

Highly motivated with strong organizational, analytical, decision making, and problem-solving skills

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, handle multiple priorities and effectively prioritize them

Willingness and drive to learn and understand detailed software solutions

High level of professionalism and confidence with the ability to build credibility with leadership, team members, and business partners and establish effective working relationships

Ability to problem-solve, plan, scope, and provide estimates for work effort, producing quality deliverables on time and on budget

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to interact effectively across all organizational levels, and explain technical concepts clearly and concisely to multiple layers of peers and leadership

Work effectively in teams as well as independently across multiple tasks while meeting aggressive timelines

Knowledge of Archimate language to document architectural diagrams in Archi

Experience working in a consumer-centric company and with teams of technical professionals in a cross-functional environment

Ability to embrace change, constructively negotiate constraints, and effectively leverage time and resources to create exceptional outcomes

Consistently model and inspire high levels of professional demeanor and integrity

Hands on experience in Agile Architecture delivery practices, tools, and execution

Proven ability to define and deliver solutions against strategic IT roadmaps with in-depth understanding of the business requirements

Experience with security, performance, availability, and environment configuration

Experience in consumer/retail and commercial/business banking – branch and digital (online/direct) banking

Experience with banking data models and financial services (fintech) systems2

Ability to redirect discussions when necessary to achieve a particular outcome

Experience with SDLC, waterfall and agile delivery; DevOps and data solution testing including CI/CD, and data infrastructure including cloud

Ability to exhibit thought leadership for innovating toward the next evolution of technology products, including agile approaches, cloud platforms and services, advanced analytics, data science and machine learning/artificial intelligence