Enterprise Workload Automation Architect

4 Days in the office from any of our locations in RI  Iselin NJ MA Pittsburgh PA Nashville TN Dallas TX or Phoenix AZ and couple other locations

Role is not relocation eligible. 

At Citizens we invest in the humans who build the logic ideas and innovations that bring new technologies to life.

Primary responsibilities include

• Work with Senior level engineers architects and platform owner to set the platform’s technical direction and strategic objectives.
• Align efforts with central architecture function to influence technical standards and progress enterprise objectives.
• Participate in design and code reviews to ensure both delivery of desired business outcomes and alignment to enterprise standards.
• Drive key architecture decisions to solve critical complex problems for assigned and adjacent platforms.
• Work with the company platform Owner and Senior architects to guide technical platform architecture and engineering teams.
• Focus on driving architecture towards long-term business unit/enterprise goals and objectives. Partner with business Leadership to influence priorities and objectives.
• Capture best practice knowledge from engineering and field teams and share reference architectures and patterns with technical teams.
• Network with peers on technical matters design prototypes system designs and enterprise-wide research projects.

Qualifications Education Certifications and/or Other Professional Credentials

• Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering Computer Science or related foreign discipline
  • 8+ years of web-development or solutions architecture experience
  • Hands-on experience with end-to-end software development of complex multi-tiered systems
  • Experience with multiple IT disciplines with a confirmed understanding of relevant architectural concepts
  • Experience using system and process analysis
  • Strong communication skills; ability to facilitate technical conversations with non-technical stakeholders
  • Experience working with data and DBMS including legacy and emerging database technologies. Experience with RDBMS NoSQL is a must for Principal and up.
  • Experience building highly available customer-facing applications in a GDHA setting
  • Experience building cloud-native applications
  • Experience with API’s
  • Experience designing highly available and resilient solutions Automation identify opportunity of performance improvements Able to transform traditional monolith architecture stack to modern microservices based loosely decoupled architecture.
  • 10+ years of web-development or solutions architecture experience
  • Hands-on experience with end-to-end software development of complex multi-tiered systems
  • Experience with multiple IT disciplines with a confirmed understanding of relevant architectural concepts
  • Experience using system and process analysis
  • Experience implementing large-scale technological enhancements or pivots including pilot implementations and analysis
  • Experience working with data and DBMS including legacy and emerging database technologies
  • Experience with RDBMS NoSQL.
  • Experience building highly available customer-facing applications in a GDHA setting
  • Experience building cloud-native applications
  • Experience with API’s
  • Experience designing highly available and resilient solutions Automation identify opportunity of performance improvements Able to transform traditional monolith architecture stack to modern microservices based loosely decoupled architecture.
  • Experience in 2 or 3 of the following technology areas. Infrastructure Security DevOps Application Development Database technologies Cloud computing (AWS Azure GCP)
• Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in the financial services industry; understanding of the role of consumer and custodial banks; experience handling sensitive financial data
  • Strong business analysis solutions crafting interaction management and presentation skills.
  • Experience in cybersecurity
  • Understanding of multiple programming languages including at least one front end framework (Angular/React/Vue) such as Python3 Java JavaScript Ruby Golang C C++ etc.
  • UI/UX experience including relevant web/application branding technique

Hours & Work Schedule

• Hours per Week: 40
• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday

Pay Transparency 

The salary range for this position is $ 152000 - $ 199000 per year plus an opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus. Actual pay is based on various factors including but not limited to the work location and relevant skills and experience.   

We offer competitive pay comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage retirement benefits maternity/paternity leave flexible work arrangements education reimbursement wellness programs and more. Note Citizens’ paid time off policy exceeds the mandatory paid sick or paid time-away policy of very local and state jurisdiction in the United States. For an overview of our benefits visit https://jobs.citizensbank.com/benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Citizens its parent subsidiaries and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age ancestry color citizenship physical or mental disability perceived disability or history or record of a disability ethnicity gender gender identity or expression genetic information genetic characteristic marital or domestic partner status victim of domestic violence family status/parenthood medical condition military or veteran status national origin pregnancy/childbirth/lactation colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making race religion sex sexual orientation or any other category protected by federal state and/or local laws. At Citizens we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on merit qualifications performance and capability.

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What We Do

As one of the oldest and largest financial services firms in the United States with a history dating back to 1828 we’re committed to providing solutions and expertise that support our customers clients colleagues and communities in what’s next on their own unique journey. We invest in the humans who build the logic ideas and innovations that bring new technologies to life. Investments in AI cloud computing machine learning and automation provide our engineers the tools that enable us to remain competitive and win in today’s environment. At Citizens we recognize that the journey to accomplishment is no longer linear and that individuals are made of all they have done and all they are going to do. Whether you’re considering banking with us or looking to work with us you’ll find a customer-centric culture and a supportive collaborative workforce at Citizens. You’re made ready and so are we. If you're ready to advance your career in technology and security learn more about opportunity's Citizens offers here: https://jobs.citizensbank.com/digital-transformation

Why Work With Us

We empower the colleagues that power our tech. With growth & upskilling opportunities and sought-after benefits plus a diverse culture of people and perspectives we help our colleagues achieve career goals. Because innovation can’t happen without the minds and hearts of our people. Technology is constantly evolving and we believe you can too.

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