Solution Architect Sr - Strategy, Innovation and Delivery

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Solution Architect Sr within PNC's Technology organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA; Cleveland, OH; Birmingham, AL; Dallas, TX or Lakewood, CO. Work hours will be typically 8am - 5pm EST. This senior-level position is responsible for Strategy, Architecture, and Innovation, spanning business, application, platform, and data domains. It interacts with senior business and technology leaders, SMEs, and business architecture partners to bridge current state business needs with future state objectives, culminating in technology and data strategies and solution architectures that enable business outcomes and drive transformation. Job Description: Develops solution architecture and resolves complex issues in a variety of projects through the implementation of requirements analysis, expertise support and project supervision. Designs solution architecture in large or complex programs, including system and application designs, software and technical architecture, in accordance with strategies and objectives. Provides expertise for the solution architecture team and other IT staff on a variety of issues in software designs, system architecture and solution-oriented technologies. Communicates with clients and analyses business requirements and processes; makes recommendations, and leads in shaping future plans in solution architecture. Oversees solution architecture project outcomes, including hardware and software design; ensures that each project phase meets overall requirements.

Responsibilities

Develops solution and data architecture and resolves complex issues across a variety of initiatives through requirements analysis, architectural leadership, and project supervision; Designs solution architecture for large or complex programs, including system, application, and data designs, in alignment with enterprise strategies, standards, and target state roadmaps; Defines and governs data architecture patterns, including logical and physical data models, canonical data structures, data domains, and master/reference data strategies; Provides architectural leadership for data platforms and data ecosystems, including data warehousing, data lakes/lakehouses, analytical platforms, streaming architectures, and cloud based data services; Establishes and enforces best practices for data modeling (conceptual, logical, physical), data integration, data quality, metadata management, lineage, and lifecycle management; Partners with business, analytics, and engineering teams to ensure data architectures support reporting, analytics, AI/ML, regulatory, and operational use cases; Provides consulting and guidance to IT and data engineering teams on data design, integration patterns, storage technologies, and architectural tradeoffs; Develops solutions that account for non functional requirements (e.g., scalability, performance, resiliency, security, privacy, and regulatory compliance) and applies appropriate architectural tactics to meet them; Communicates with clients and stakeholders to analyze business requirements, data needs, and processes; produces architecture recommendations that align business, technology, and data strategies; Oversees architecture outcomes across initiatives, ensuring solution and data architectures meet functional, non functional, and governance requirements at each phase; Collaborates with enterprise data governance and risk partners to ensure architectures align with data governance, security, privacy, and regulatory standards; Explores new and emerging technologies and data capabilities (e.g., cloud-native data services, AI/ML platforms, streaming, metadata and governance tooling), developing strategic viewpoints on how they enable business outcomes or introduce disruption; Practices strong decision making and critical thinking by fully analyzing complex business, technology, and data related issues and driving productive, well reasoned outcomes; Practices enterprise systems thinking, with a broad understanding of application, infrastructure, integration, and data architectures and how they collectively enable business capabilities

Requirements

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities; Strong background in solution, platform, system, application, and data architecture; Solid working knowledge of business architecture; University/college degree; Bachelors degree; Typically 8+ years of industry relevant experience; In lieu of a degree, comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service); Analytical Thinking; Effective Communications; Effectiveness Measurement; Industry Knowledge; IT Standards, Procedures & Policies; Planning: Tactical, Strategic; Platform Architecture; Problem Solving; Software Product Design/Architecture; The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)

Nice to have

Competitive Advantages; Customer Solutions; Design; Enterprise Architecture Framework; Machine Learning (ML); Risk Assessments; Technical Knowledge; Higher level education such as Masters degree, PhD, or certifications

Benefits

medical/prescription drug coverage with Health Savings Account feature; dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match; pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance; wellness program with financial incentives; maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays; 9 occasional absence days; between 15 to 25 vacation days