Principal Solutions Architect - Enterprise Application Architecture Team

Overview

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career.

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This Principal Solutions Architect (PSA) position will focus on application and product architecture. As a PSA, you will work as a trusted consultant and advisor to an aligned domain assisting in the development of innovative solutions and technology strategies aligning to business strategy, architecture principles, and technology standards. The PSA role does not have direct reports, however leadership skills are essential to the position as providing direction, influencing, and indirectly leading others are important for the success of a PSA.

You will work with the product architecture teams on architecture decisions related to new technology and strategic design options and provide recommendations and consultation on solutions identify and help mitigate technical complexities or limitations that may impact product long‑term product plans. When necessary, you will participate in evaluating new vendor products and be hands on with Proof of Concepts. You will be a mentor to architects in the product teams on the U.S. Bank architecture practice and EA governance processes.

You will partner with and influence technologists on key concepts, architectural designs, and product and portfolio roadmaps to be in line with U.S. Banks business strategy and technology vision. You will work with and present to technology leaders on topics related to your aligned domain. Building trusting relationships with key technology leaders, stakeholders, and architects is a must. You will help drive continuous improvements to the architecture practice including identifying new architecture patterns and recommending improvements to the practice and procedures and actively involved in implementing improvements.

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Eight or more years of relevant experience

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of progressive Architect Experience
• Experience with Agile Product Development and Dev Ops principles.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working with Technology Leaders
• Proven ability to collaborate within and across teams
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks and methods.

• Enterprise Architecture experience.
• Hands‑on experience with the concepts, philosophies, tools and technologies behind the design of infrastructure and cloud architecture. Azure and/or AWS Certifications preferred.
• TOGAF certification.
• Knowledge of FFIEC regulatory guidelines related to architecture.
• Knowledge of Cloud engineering, application architecture, application and integration patterns, and domain driven microservices.
• Ability to influence engineers and leadership on key engineering concepts and drive change to align with modern technology approaches.
• Experience in creating patterns and reference architectures.

• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences and influence decision-making at all levels of the organization.
• Proven track record of building collaborative, high-performing teams and mentoring others to achieve their full potential.
• Strategic thinker with a long-term vision for technology and architecture, able to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
• Strong problem‑solving and critical thinking skills, with the ability to make sound decisions in ambiguous or rapidly changing environments.
• High emotional intelligence, fostering trust and positive relationships across teams and stakeholders.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, able to balance multiple…