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Solution Architect Sr

location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America category Technology Full time Job ID: R175982 Posted: Jan 3rd 2025
    • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    • Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
    • Farmers Branch, Texas, United States of America
    • Strongsville, Ohio, United States of America
JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Overview

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 ACFR organization, the preferred candidate will reside and work in one of our Technology hub locations: Birmingham, AL; Cleveland, OH; Pittsburgh, PA; or Dallas, TX. Responsibilities require time in the office with the opportunity for remote work at the manager’s discretion.

• This senior-level position is responsible for Strategy, Architecture, and Innovation. It interacts with senior business and technology leaders, SMEs, and our business architecture team to bridge the gap of current state business needs with the future state objectives culminating in technology strategies and solution architectures that will enable business outcomes and drive transformation. In this role, you will draw upon your business and technology experience to partner with these key stakeholders to ensure that the strategic technology perspectives, architectures, artifacts, and roadmaps are well crafted, presented, and gather consensus. This candidate required to understand complex business and system interactions to develop modern architectures that support large scale transformation initiatives.

• Candidates should have a strong background in solution/platform/system/application/data architecture, with good working knowledge of business architecture. This role will also assess and drive integration strategies to gain operational efficiencies, optimize product offerings and deliver a compelling client value proposition.

• This position is highly visible, and influential, demanding resources to be strategic, conscientious, and deliberate. This role requires proven thought leadership, networking skills, interpersonal communication, political & emotional intelligence, written communication, and the ability to understand and anticipate emerging business needs and technology capabilities.


This role reports through the ACFR Technology Business Management Office and is responsible for the following activities:

1. Performs the required ACFR Domain Architecture Documentation and Design Reviews for and completes this quality within the required service level agreements stated in the Enterprise Architecture program.
2. Chairs the ACFR Architecture Forum reviewing:
a. Domain architecture reviews (CL0/1.)
b. ACFR sponsored New Technology final approval recommendations.
c. Other architecture topics as identified by AAF members (e.g., patterns, solution discussion, etc.)
3. Represents ACFR in required Enterprise Architecture committees and working groups including the Technology Architecture Committee and Technology Positions and Patterns Working Group. Communicates changes back to the broader ACFR Technology teams.
4. Serves as the ACFR Quarterback lead tracking Technology Non-Discretion (TND) commitments for ACFR related to exceptions and missing Technology Delivery Factory requests.
5. Provides general consulting to the broader ACFR Technology team on a variety of issues in software designs, system architecture and solution-oriented technologies through ad hoc requests.
6. Assists the ACFR Technology Business Management team on other technology domain areas as needed to support the team.
General responsibilities include:
7. Develops solution architecture and resolves complex issues in a variety of projects through the implementation of requirements analysis, expertise support and project supervision.
8. Designs solution architecture in large or complex programs, including system and application designs, software, and technical architecture, in accordance with strategies and objectives.
9. Develops solutions that account for non-functional requirements (architectural quality attributes) and apply appropriate architectural tactics to fulfil them.
10. Communicates with clients and analyses business requirements and processes; makes architecture recommendations.
11. Oversees solution architecture project outcomes, including hardware and software design; ensures that each project phase meets overall requirements.
12. Explores new and emerging technologies and develops strategic viewpoints on how they could be leveraged to enable business outcomes, drive transformation, or understand their potential disruptions. Evaluates, designs, and applies new information technologies for business environments.
13. Practices decision making and critical thinking – Understands the issues related to the decision-making process; analyzes situations fully and accurately and reaches productive decisions.
14. Practices Enterprise Systems thinking & possesses a broad understanding of technologies.

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

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.

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

  • Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
  • Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.

Preferred Skills

Competitive Advantages, Customer Solutions, Design, Enterprise Architecture Framework, Machine Learning, Risk Assessments, Technical Knowledge

Competencies

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)

Work Experience

Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree. Higher level education such as a Masters degree, PhD, or certifications is desirable. Industry relevant experience is typically 8+ years. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.

Education

Bachelors

Certifications

No Required Certification(s)

Licenses

No Required License(s)

Benefits

PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a 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, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 8 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.

To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit Your PNC Total Rewards.

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If an accommodation is required to participate in the application process, please contact us via email at AccommodationRequest@pnc.com. Please include “accommodation request” in the subject line title and be sure to include your name, the job ID, and your preferred method of contact in the body of the email. Emails not related to accommodation requests will not receive responses.  Applicants may also call 877-968-7762 and say "Workday" for accommodation assistance. All information provided will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.


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At PNC we foster an inclusive and accessible workplace. We provide reasonable accommodations to employment applicants and qualified individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to perform the essential functions of their positions.
 

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