Business Architect

Major financial institution has a contract to hire opportunity for a Business Solution Architect.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with business units (Retail, Commercial, Risk, Compliance, etc.) to define and evolve enterprise architecture strategies aligned with banking goals.
• Lead the development of business capability models, value streams, and process architectures tailored to financial services.
• Drive application modernization efforts, including legacy system assessments, cloud migration strategies, and adoption of modern platforms (e.g., microservices, APIs, containers).
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, solution architects, and engineering teams to ensure cohesive delivery of modernized applications. Facilitate workshops to identify capability gaps, regulatory impacts, and transformation opportunities.
• Support strategic planning, investment prioritization, and portfolio governance for IT initiatives. Ensure architecture compliance with banking regulations (e.g., FFIEC, OCC, FDIC), data privacy standards, and internal governance frameworks.
• Evaluate emerging technologies (e.g., AI, cloud-native platforms, low-code tools) for applicability in banking operations.

 TECHNICAL SKILLS

 Must Have 7+ years of experience in IT architecture or business analysis within banking or financial services

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Business Administration, Finance, or related field.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills across technical and non-technical audiences Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, BIZBOK) and business capability modeling
• Proven experience leading application modernization initiatives in a regulated environment
• Strong understanding of banking operations, products, and regulatory landscape