Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect

Under minimal direction, the Enterprise Architect is responsible for designing cloud-native solutions, deconstructing our legacy architecture, and defining clear, executable roadmaps to modernize OCFCU's technology platforms.

This role will work across core banking (Symitar/Episys), digital banking (e.g., Lumin), lending & payments, data & analytics, and integration platforms to move OCFCU from tightly coupled legacy systems to modern, scalable, secure, and observable architectures. This includes leveraging cloud services, APIs, event-driven patterns, and AI/LLM capabilities where they make sense, and ensuring everything is properly documented and ready for handoff to Operations.

This role will spend a significant portion of time embedded with teams reviewing designs, building reference implementations, prototyping, and helping teams ship better systems that can be operated reliably by OCFCU's Infrastructure and Operations teams.

Generous benefits include:

• Anthem HMO/PPO, Delta Dental, Unum options - from day one
• Life insurance at no cost to employees.
• 401(k) – We match up to 6% of the employee's contribution (dollar for dollar)
• Vacation hours – 13 days per year and rolls over year to year, and increases with tenure
• Sick hours – 7 days per year and paid holidays
• Annual performance merit increases
• Professional and personal development programs, including educational grants up to $1k per year, and step progression opportunities
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Professional, friendly work environment focused on achieving goals, recognizing successes, and excelling at member service.

Essential functions:

1. Enterprise & Solution Architecture (Hands-On)

• Designs target-state architecture for key OCFCU domains including:
• Core banking & surrounding ecosystem (Symitar, Jack Henry integrations, payments, statements, ancillary services).
• Digital banking channels (online, mobile, APIs, third-party fintech integrations).
• Lending, onboarding, and back-office platforms.
• Creates end-to-end solution designs: context diagrams, sequence/flow diagrams, APIs, data models, non-functional requirements (NFRs), and security patterns.
• Develop reference architecture for:
• Cloud-native services (e.g., Azure/AWS), APIs, and integration layers.
• Event-driven workflows (e.g., member activity, transactions, alerts, service).
• Builds and maintains a living architecture blueprint and application portfolio for OCFCU, including current state, target state, and interim milestones that align with the technology roadmap.

2. Legacy Decomposition & Modernization

• Deep-dives into OCFCU's existing legacy and vendor platforms:
  Symitar customizations, batch jobs, flat-file/EDI interfaces, on-prem services, and custom applications.
• Documents current-state architectures, dependencies, data flows, and technical debt in a form usable by engineers, operations, and leadership.
• Defines pragmatic modernization strategies, such as:
• Encapsulating legacy systems via APIs.
• Strangler patterns to incrementally replace monolithic functionality.
• Re-platforming or re-architecting high-risk/high-value components.
• Prioritizes modernization efforts in partnership with the CIO, VP-level leaders, and business/product owners based on member impact, operational risk, and business value.
• Works closely with delivery teams to execute modernization iteratively, favoring measurable wins over "big bang" cutovers.

3. Cloud-Native & AI/LLM Patterns for Financial Services

• Designs solutions that leverage cloud platforms (e.g., Azure/AWS) with a focus on:
• Security and regulatory compliance (NCUA, FFIEC, GLBA).
• Resiliency, performance, and cost optimization.
• Observability (logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards).
• Defines patterns for:
• Containerization and/or serverless workloads.
• API gateways, integration hubs, and secure connectivity to Symitar and other vendors.
• Messaging/event-driven architectures (e.g., for real-time alerts, fraud signals, member interactions).
• Establishes reference patterns for integrating AI/LLM capabilities into OCFCU workflows and member experiences, such as:
• Intelligent document processing (KYC, loan docs, servicing).
• AI-powered member support, agent assist, and knowledge…