Senior Solutions Architect

Senior Solution Architect

Zions Bancorporation’s Enterprise Technology and Operations (ETO) team is transforming what it means to work for a financial institution. With a commitment to technology and innovation, we have been providing our community, clients and colleagues the best experience possible for over 150 years. Help us transform our workforce of the future, today.

We are currently looking for an experienced Senior Solution Architect that will focus on business applications and market leading core banking and deposit systems. As a core member of the Enterprise Architecture team, your expertise and collaboration skills will help drive development of quality solutions and ensure alignment to strategic technology directions.

The Enterprise Architecture organization is at the heart of innovation at Zions Bancorporation. We are constantly working to modernize our application portfolios, engineering practices, and IT operations and delivery capabilities. Ensuring scalable, quality, and innovative solutions for our teams and our customers is integral to what we do. Come join us in transforming our banking solutions!

The Senior Solution Architect’s responsibilities include:

• Collaboration and Communication:
  • Develop and nurture strong, trusted relationships with key business and technology stakeholders
  • Work closely with the product owners and product managers to ensure a robust architectural runway that can support future business requirements throughout the product life cycle
  • Support product managers in end-of-life product decisions to maintain, refresh or retire services or systems, including applications, technologies, processes and information
  • Represent IT at project inception and assist in creation of business cases and the preparation of project funding proposals - including TCO
  • Offer technical guidance on initiatives, helping select and guide the implementation of appropriate technologies
  • Take part in strategic planning sessions for both business and technology, and help create roadmaps for business and technical capabilities

• Architecture and Governance:
  • Translate business and technical requirements into an architectural solution to achieve business objectives with consideration of business drivers and capabilities
  • Promote straightforward, standardized, scalable, and automated solutions guided by Zions’ philosophy and architectural principles
  • Define principles, architecture patterns and standards to ensure solution decisions are aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture vision
  • Create architectural solutions to guide and contextualize solution designs/development across products, services, projects and systems
  • Develop future state roadmaps for products and technologies that align to and enable business objectives
  • Assist Business Analysts and System Owners in defining technology and non-functional requirements for solutions

• Leadership and EA Practice:
  • Keep up to date on emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices
  • Mentor others in Architecture thinking
  • Champion and enable innovation and AI

Qualifications:

• Possess strong hands-on expertise across multiple technical fields or has advanced from traditional development roles into architecture or leadership

• Solid experience with multiple modern languages, patterns and technologies such as python, java, integration fabric, cloud computing, IaC, CI/CD, automated testing, virtualization/containers, API management, messaging/streaming, Gen/Agentic AI, etc.
• Strong problem resolution, analysis and trouble shooting skills related to information architecture concepts that enable well architected and integrated transactional, analytical, and collaborative systems

• Leverage systems-thinking to ensure breadth and depth of architectures

• Strong organizational, project management, and time management skills
• Excellence in written, verbal and presentation skills when working with business leaders, project management, and technical experts at all levels

• Listen actively, resolve conflicts, negotiate, and lead business leaders and project teams toward optimal outcomes through collaboration
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Technology Management, or a related field, plus more than five years in architecture or IT leadership within highly regulated industries. Equivalent combinations of education and experience may also be considered

Nice to Have Experience:

• Experience in banking or other financial services sectors
• Experience in marketing, investment services, banking service fulfillment, or call center and customer service
• Experience migrating on-premises system to the cloud
• Knowledge of core banking systems such as TCS BaNCS, FIS, Fiserv, and ACI Worldwide
• Working understanding and certifications in related frameworks such as TOGAF and BIAN
• Use of EA repository software (BizzDesign, Orbus, etc.)

Location: This position is hybrid work from home schedule with a minimum of three days per week in the office at the new Zions Technology Center in Midvale, UT.

The Zions Technology Center is a 400,000-square-foot technology campus in Midvale, Utah. Located on the former Sharon Steel Mill superfund site, the sustainably built campus is the company’s primary technology and operations center. This modern and environmentally friendly technology center enables Zions to compete for the best technology talent in the state while providing team members with an exceptional work environment with features such as:

• Electric vehicle charging stations and close proximity to Historic Gardner Village UTA TRAX station.
• At least 75% of the building is powered by on-site renewable solar energy.
• Access to outdoor recreation, parks, trails, shareable bikes and locker rooms.
• Large modern cafe with a healthy and diverse menu.
• Healthy indoor environment with ample natural light and fresh air.
• LEED-certified sustainable building that features include the use of low VOC-emitting construction materials.

Apply now if you have a passion for impactful outcomes, enjoy working collaboratively with co-workers, and want to make a difference for the clients and communities we serve.

Benefits: 

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - START DAY ONE! 
• Life and Disability Insurance, Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• Health Savings (HSA), Flexible Spending (FSA) and dependent care accounts
• Paid Training, Paid Time Off (PTO) and 11 Paid Federal Holidays
• 401(k) plan with company match, Profit Sharing, competitive compensation in line with work experience
• Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions
• Tuition Reimbursement for qualifying employees
• Employee Ambassador preferred banking products
• Employees may, at the company’s discretion, be eligible to receive a cash bonus award