AWS Solution Architect - Naperville, IL. - 12+ Months

Role: AWS Solution Architect

Location: Naperville, IL.

Duration: 12+ Months

Minimum Experience Should Be 15 Years

As Solutions team, the Senior Solution Architect, primarily

Leads end-to-end technology solutions and high-level designs for key initiatives in collaboration with other architects and in alignment with bank's target architecture and standards for a business domain like Deposits, Cards, Lending, Channels, etc.

Drives technology strategy and roadmaps of business functional areas deposits, cards, payments, operations, customer experience, analytics working with business and technology partners

Establishes as a technology solution expert in one or more of the banking domains to advise Lead Technology Officers and their business leaders in solving business problems

Requires Skillset

Solution architect, who works with other architects including enterprise architects, leads with all aspects solution architecture and design of multiple projects in alignment with the bank's target architecture and standards

OSolution Architect With The Following Experience

• All aspects of solution function/data placement, end to end design & integration oversight,
• Able to relate to end-to-end business processes into solutions with a goal of simplifying the business process and improving UX
• Data placement and data integration background
• Strong application security/infrastructure, & deployment exposure
• Enterprise-level Application Architecture
• Experience with services management (web services, REST, Web API, ESB, message-based) development, integration and deployment
• Previous Development experience (Cloud, DevOps, Agile)
  
  

oMulti-vendor integration design including infrastructure experience

oAPI design API Security, digital/mobile architecture experience

oAI, Insights, Automation experience

Technical facilitator bringing various technology groups and vendors for solution design and execution to meet project timeline but keeping strategic focus

oMUST be able to document solution proposals (e.g., solution options sequence diagrams, conceptual diagrams) to get agreement from Security, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, etc.

oResolve issues as they arise

Produce project level and program level technical documentations (solution options, solution architecture, high-level end-to-end design flow) collaborating with other technical leads

Assists with and contributes to function area-specific target architecture, transition architectures, and technology roadmap

Leads or assist with new technology evaluation against BMO target architecture and standards to solve business problems

Ability to learn/internalize existing information to assist several projects effectively and immediately

Strong written / verbal communication skills and comfortable interacting with developers all the way up to the "C" level

Banking solution experience is desirable

Understands or has application design experience in Cloud (e.g., AWS) technologies

Addition Info

The person will be working on multiple projects (3 to 4) at the same time in different functional areas of the Bank (e.g., Channels, Sales/Marketing/CRM, Commercial Lending, Collections)

15 years of IT experience with minimum 6 years of hands-on solution architecture experience for enterprise-grade applications

Not Looking For

Hard-core developers for Java or .Net application coding

DBA, Data modellers

Project or Program Manager

Business analyst, Data analyst, System Analyst or System Administrator

Typical Day-to-Day Activities

Coordinate cross-team communication and facilitate reviewing of technical issues for the technical governance forums. Lead socialization of the technical decisions with the project team.

Facilitate and lead resolution of all technical issues on the project/program by establishing strong working relationships with the business, operations and other technology team members

Identify and communicate risks (business, application, technical) asso