Job Summary:
Step into the role of a Core Banking Architect to become a driving force behind the development and adoption of cutting-edge, cloud-based core banking technologies. The Core Banking Architect is instrumental in crafting, developing, integrating, and deploying sophisticated core banking solutions across diverse platforms and applications. This role serves as the function's go-to subject matter expert by leveraging advanced architecture capabilities and collaborating with business, product, and other stakeholders to drive best-in-class outcomes, ensuring that core banking systems adhere to both functional and technical specifications, including security and compliance standards.
Each team member is expected to be aware of risk within their functional area. This includes observing all policies, procedures, laws, regulations, and risk limits specific to their role. Additionally, they should raise and report known or suspected violations to the appropriate Company authority in a timely fashion. Performs other related duties as required.
Minimum Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum Experience:
12 years of IT work experience in multiple IT areas in a multi-tier environment working as a SME to link technology with business values whilst guiding stakeholders through the right technology choices suitable to their core short- and long-term needs.
Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
- Knowledge of all components of holistic enterprise architecture
- Knowledge of business re-engineering principles and processes
- Knowledge of network architecture, client/server processing, and object-oriented analysis and design
- Strong analytical and technical skills
- Ability to balance the long-term and short-term implications of individual decisions
- Ability to translate business needs into solution architecture requirements
- Ability to apply multiple solutions to business problems
- Ability to comprehend rapidly the function and capabilities of new technologies
- Strong leadership skills
- Presents persuasively and authoritatively to peers and senior leadership, while facilitating collaborative conversation
- Ability to communicate effectively across multiple audiences, including firm-wide business units, senior leaders, associates, and external vendors
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation
- Strong planning and organizational skills
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
- Must have 5+ years' experience with Core banking platforms such as FIS Core Banking, Fiserv Core banking, Jack Henry Core, Temenos, Finxact, Thought Machine, Nymbus or similar platforms.
- Strong experience with core banking functionalities including account management, transaction processing, real-time vs batch, deposits, lending, and customer relationship management.
- In-depth knowledge of core banking systems, architecture/design principles, and industry best practices.
- Experience with integration of the digital banking, payment hubs, fraud and risk systems, sanctions screening, and money movement rails with core banking systems.
- Experience with Microservice-based architecture, designing enterprise services or integration capabilities using REST APIs and event-driven technology as well as leveraging native Cloud services (Azure & AWS).