City National Bank
SENIOR SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?
Senior Solution Architect is responsible for designing, developing and maintaining on-premises and cloud native applications. Participates in improving our SDLC, Engineering, and DevOps practices. Develops both front-end and back-end solutions. Designs, develops and maintains solutions, and provides technical guidance to other Team Members. Participates in creating SDLC, Architecture, Design and Coding standards. Identifies complex business problems and participates in generating solutions. Identifies performance issues, analyzes root causes and participates in performance improvement activities. Participates in remedying compliance issues. Documents and communicates problems, designs and solutions.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
Lead the design and development of cross-functional, multi-platform application systems
Writing great quality code driving towards automated testing and validations
Perform analysis of performance; plan and execute activities for performance tuning, monitoring, deployment and production support
Guide and support the implementation, maintenance and updates of CI/CD pipelines on a cloud environment
Collaborate with business partners, architects and other groups to identify complex technical and functional needs of systems
Collaborate with multiple, enterprise-wide distributed performing teams to deliver new capabilities in business applications
Design and develop API's for Omni-channel clients
Look for opportunities to simplify code, existing or new architectures and vendor dependencies
Recommend rationalization opportunities throughout the portfolio of applications and systems
Provide technical guidance to team members and solution architects
Build APIs and UIs that deal with large volume of transactions and involves large data sets
Own the full lifecycle for software development, from ideation to production
Provide programming expertise and business analysis skills within broad business areas; as a senior member of a project team participate in analyzing, designing, modifying, and developing business applications
Participate in solution designs to meet technical specifications - guide team members and solution architects
Create and recommend changes in development standards including design, coding and testing standards
Analyze and develop data models, logical database designs and data definitions across multiple computing environments (e.g., host based, distributed systems, client server, etc.)
Comply with architectural standards and established methodologies and practices
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?
Required Qualifications *
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
Minimum of 10+ years of software development experience including UI as well as middle tier and backend
Minimum of 6+ years of solution architecture
Additional Qualifications
6+ years of experience Cloud Solution Architecture Experience (Azure a plus)
6+ years of experience Microservices Architecture
6+ years of experience designing REST APIs
6+Experience working in fully DevOps enabled environment
6+ years of experience with databases and data modeling / design (SQL and NoSQL plus)
4+ years of experience designing in the context of workflows and rules
Experience designing using containers and container orchestration platform (AKS) plus
4+year of experience designing asynchronous/ event driven as well as synchronous systems
4+years of experience incorporating security into the application architecture
Experience with developing architecture, coding standards and patterns
Experience with developing architecture, coding standards and patterns
Large application design and implementation experience including architecture and design of modern web, mobile, and integration (cloud/on-premises) platforms
Excellent verbal and written communications, interpersonal, and analytical skills is required.
Experience with Agile development methodology including Scrum, XP, FDD, TDD, and SAFe.
Extensive experience with API management toolsets, DevOps, server infrastructure, network infrastructure, caching methodologies, information security, and database technologies
Proven track record in generating alternative solution approaches and driving a pragmatic trade-off solution
Proven track record of optimizing the development activities with a strong focus on DevOps and automation
Significant experience documenting solution designs using a variety of approaches (e.g. using UML)
Solid Experience with DDD, TDD and BDD - ability to direct and guide the team through these approaches
Proven ability to learn new technologies and evaluate for fitness into a specific business context through POCs and other evaluations
Deep experience with reviewing code and suggesting refactoring for performance, quality and maintainability and other attributes
Experienced in designing APIs, scale and secure them. Ability to integrate with internal and external systems and secure those integrations
Experience integrating systems and applications with CRM systems like Salesforce
Ability to operate and guide the team in all areas of the technology stack - front, middle tier and the backend
Ability to quickly learn new technologies and evaluate for fit into a specific business context through POCs and other evaluations - ability to orchestrate POCs and evaluations
Ability to review code and suggest refactoring for performance, quality and maintainability and guide the team through related activities
Experience with following technologies: C#/.Net, Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular/REACT, CSS, HTML SQL, AKS, Azure DevOps, NoSQL, Azure, AWS, Serverless OAuth, SAML, APIM
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
Compensation Starting base salary: $122,535 - $208,715 per year. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. This job is eligible for bonus and/or commissions.
Benefits and Perks
At City National, we strive to be the best at whatever we do, including the benefits and perks we offer our colleagues including:
Comprehensive healthcare coverage, including Medical, Dental and Vision plans, available the first of the month following start date
Generous 401(k) company matching contribution
Career Development through Tuition Reimbursement and other internal upskilling and training resources
Valued Time Away benefits including vacation, sick and volunteer time
Specialized health and family planning benefits including fertility benefits, and cancer, diabetes and musculoskeletal support programs
Career Mobility support from a dedicated recruitment team
Colleague Resource Groups to support networking and community engagement
Get a more detailed look at our https://careers.cnb.com/benefits.
ABOUT US
Since day one we've always gone further than the competition to help our clients, colleagues and communities flourish. City National Bank was founded in 1954 by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs and that legacy of integrity, community and unparalleled client relationships continues today. City National is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, one of North America's leading diversified financial services companies. To learn more about City National and our dynamic company culture, visit us at https://www.cnb.com/about-us.html.
INCLUSION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT
City National Bank fosters an inclusive environment where all forms of diversity are valued and leveraged to make us a better company and employer. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other basis protected by law.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
*Represents basic qualifications for the position. To be considered for this position, you must at least meet the required qualifications. careers.cnb.com accepts applications on an ongoing basis, until filled.
#CA-AP
#LI-AP
WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?
Senior Solution Architect is responsible for designing, developing and maintaining on-premises and cloud native applications. Participates in improving our SDLC, Engineering, and DevOps practices. Develops both front-end and back-end solutions. Designs, develops and maintains solutions, and provides technical guidance to other Team Members. Participates in creating SDLC, Architecture, Design and Coding standards. Identifies complex business problems and participates in generating solutions. Identifies performance issues, analyzes root causes and participates in performance improvement activities. Participates in remedying compliance issues. Documents and communicates problems, designs and solutions.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
Lead the design and development of cross-functional, multi-platform application systems
Writing great quality code driving towards automated testing and validations
Perform analysis of performance; plan and execute activities for performance tuning, monitoring, deployment and production support
Guide and support the implementation, maintenance and updates of CI/CD pipelines on a cloud environment
Collaborate with business partners, architects and other groups to identify complex technical and functional needs of systems
Collaborate with multiple, enterprise-wide distributed performing teams to deliver new capabilities in business applications
Design and develop API's for Omni-channel clients
Look for opportunities to simplify code, existing or new architectures and vendor dependencies
Recommend rationalization opportunities throughout the portfolio of applications and systems
Provide technical guidance to team members and solution architects
Build APIs and UIs that deal with large volume of transactions and involves large data sets
Own the full lifecycle for software development, from ideation to production
Provide programming expertise and business analysis skills within broad business areas; as a senior member of a project team participate in analyzing, designing, modifying, and developing business applications
Participate in solution designs to meet technical specifications - guide team members and solution architects
Create and recommend changes in development standards including design, coding and testing standards
Analyze and develop data models, logical database designs and data definitions across multiple computing environments (e.g., host based, distributed systems, client server, etc.)
Comply with architectural standards and established methodologies and practices
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?
Required Qualifications *
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
Minimum of 10+ years of software development experience including UI as well as middle tier and backend
Minimum of 6+ years of solution architecture
Additional Qualifications
6+ years of experience Cloud Solution Architecture Experience (Azure a plus)
6+ years of experience Microservices Architecture
6+ years of experience designing REST APIs
6+Experience working in fully DevOps enabled environment
6+ years of experience with databases and data modeling / design (SQL and NoSQL plus)
4+ years of experience designing in the context of workflows and rules
Experience designing using containers and container orchestration platform (AKS) plus
4+year of experience designing asynchronous/ event driven as well as synchronous systems
4+years of experience incorporating security into the application architecture
Experience with developing architecture, coding standards and patterns
Experience with developing architecture, coding standards and patterns
Large application design and implementation experience including architecture and design of modern web, mobile, and integration (cloud/on-premises) platforms
Excellent verbal and written communications, interpersonal, and analytical skills is required.
Experience with Agile development methodology including Scrum, XP, FDD, TDD, and SAFe.
Extensive experience with API management toolsets, DevOps, server infrastructure, network infrastructure, caching methodologies, information security, and database technologies
Proven track record in generating alternative solution approaches and driving a pragmatic trade-off solution
Proven track record of optimizing the development activities with a strong focus on DevOps and automation
Significant experience documenting solution designs using a variety of approaches (e.g. using UML)
Solid Experience with DDD, TDD and BDD - ability to direct and guide the team through these approaches
Proven ability to learn new technologies and evaluate for fitness into a specific business context through POCs and other evaluations
Deep experience with reviewing code and suggesting refactoring for performance, quality and maintainability and other attributes
Experienced in designing APIs, scale and secure them. Ability to integrate with internal and external systems and secure those integrations
Experience integrating systems and applications with CRM systems like Salesforce
Ability to operate and guide the team in all areas of the technology stack - front, middle tier and the backend
Ability to quickly learn new technologies and evaluate for fit into a specific business context through POCs and other evaluations - ability to orchestrate POCs and evaluations
Ability to review code and suggest refactoring for performance, quality and maintainability and guide the team through related activities
Experience with following technologies: C#/.Net, Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular/REACT, CSS, HTML SQL, AKS, Azure DevOps, NoSQL, Azure, AWS, Serverless OAuth, SAML, APIM
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
Compensation Starting base salary: $122,535 - $208,715 per year. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. This job is eligible for bonus and/or commissions.
Benefits and Perks
At City National, we strive to be the best at whatever we do, including the benefits and perks we offer our colleagues including:
Comprehensive healthcare coverage, including Medical, Dental and Vision plans, available the first of the month following start date
Generous 401(k) company matching contribution
Career Development through Tuition Reimbursement and other internal upskilling and training resources
Valued Time Away benefits including vacation, sick and volunteer time
Specialized health and family planning benefits including fertility benefits, and cancer, diabetes and musculoskeletal support programs
Career Mobility support from a dedicated recruitment team
Colleague Resource Groups to support networking and community engagement
Get a more detailed look at our https://careers.cnb.com/benefits.
ABOUT US
Since day one we've always gone further than the competition to help our clients, colleagues and communities flourish. City National Bank was founded in 1954 by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs and that legacy of integrity, community and unparalleled client relationships continues today. City National is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, one of North America's leading diversified financial services companies. To learn more about City National and our dynamic company culture, visit us at https://www.cnb.com/about-us.html.
INCLUSION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT
City National Bank fosters an inclusive environment where all forms of diversity are valued and leveraged to make us a better company and employer. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other basis protected by law.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
*Represents basic qualifications for the position. To be considered for this position, you must at least meet the required qualifications. careers.cnb.com accepts applications on an ongoing basis, until filled.
#CA-AP
#LI-AP