Solution Architect

Company: Texas Capital Bank
Location: Austin
Posted on: January 31, 2025

Job Description:

Texas Capital is built to help businesses and their leaders. Our depth of knowledge and expertise allows us to bring the best of the big firms at a scale that works for our clients, with highly experienced bankers who truly invest in people's success - today and tomorrow.While we are rooted in core financial products, we are differentiated by our approach. Our bankers are seasoned financial experts who possess deep experience across a multitude of industries. Equally important, they bring commitment - investing the time and resources to understand our clients' immediate needs, identify market opportunities and meet long-term objectives. At Texas Capital, we do more than build business success. We build long-lasting relationships.Texas Capital provides a variety of benefits to colleagues, including health insurance coverage, wellness program, fertility and family building aids, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans with a generous 401K match, paid leave programs, paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO).Headquartered in Dallas with offices in Austin, Fort Worth, Houston, Richardson, Plano and San Antonio, Texas Capital was recently named Best Regional Bank in 2024 by Bankrate and was named to The Dallas Morning News' Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex Top Workplaces 2023 and GoBankingRate's 2023 list of Best Regional Banks. For more information about joining our team, please visit us at www.texascapitalbank.com.Responsibilities

• Lead working groups to draft Reference Architectures for the domain.
• Review Reference Architecture with stakeholders (e.g., Technical Product Managers, Enterprise Architecture, Architecture Steering Group).
• Lead resolution of open issues and decisions necessary to finalize and approve Reference Architectures.
• Identify opportunities to establish and/or leverage Design Patterns in the domain.
• Lead efforts to define Design Patterns with Engineers and ensure these are reviewed/approved through ARB.
• Periodically review and assess the architecture of applications in the domain. Identify improvement opportunities for improving tech standardization, improving resiliency, enhancing business functionality, efficiency, and strengthening risk management.
• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to understand roadmaps and features as required to design the technology solution.
• Define technology solution architecture(s) to contextualize solution development and engineering efforts for Agile delivery pods.
• Lead strategic options analysis for any design decisions and product selections. Ensure decisions and options are reviewed with decision-makers.
• Lead small team efforts to design and deliver proof of concept solutions and/or pilot solutions for scenarios when a new technology is being introduced to meet a business need.
• Design for functional and non-functional qualities - availability, resiliency, security, etc.
• Consult with Tech Service domains and Information Security to confirm correct technical services are being used, standards are being applied and design patterns are being leveraged.
• Understand the domain delivery roadmap in-depth and identify any architecture changes requiring ARB governance.
• For any architecture changes requiring ARB governance, lead efforts to prepare and present designs to ARB.
• Ensure technology solutions in the domain comply with Reference Architectures and Design Patterns.
• Ensure architecture changes adhere to ARB process requirements (Build Permit, Op Permit).
• Lead the resolution of issues raised by ARB Approval groups.
• Ensure any architecture/design exceptions are self-identified and raised to Business Control Office with defined resolution plan and target date to resolve.
• Work with Technical Product Manager(s)/Owners (TPM, TPO) to ensure backlogs include scope as required to resolve architecture/design exceptions, assess application rationalization opportunities, adhere to Reference Architectures and leverage governed Design Patterns.
• Work with Enterprise Architecture to identify opportunities to rationalize applications in the domain. This includes the opportunity to retire, rearchitect, or rehost systems.
• Lead the analysis to complete any assessments of application rationalization opportunities.
• Design solutions including both custom-built and vendor products.
• Design API or Microservice integrations (such as MuleSoft or Java frameworks).
• Design cloud solutions (such as AWS) and work with cloud engineering teams.
• Design solutions leveraging a modern cloud data architecture with Data Engineering teams.
• Design solutions leveraging Event Streaming (such as Kafka).
• Design solutions leveraging Process Automation (such as Camunda).
• Produce deliverables such as technology designs, architecture overviews, design patterns, and technology blueprints within an architecture framework such as TOGAF.
• Lead efforts to create Permits and prepare/present designs through the ARB process.
• Collaborate with senior business and IT stakeholders to secure strong engagement for the solution and ensure that the delivery of the Platform aligns with the longer-term strategic roadmap.
• Participate as a technology lead to collaborate with Agile pods to deliver business benefits with effective and efficient use of technology Platform(s).
• Collaborate with business SMEs, engineers, architects, and other roles from multiple disciplines to conduct strategic options analysis and high-level design for Platform(s); Present to stakeholders on how options will meet their needs.
• Improve stability of Platforms by assisting with complex Problem Resolution efforts to determine root cause and fixes related to Production Incidents.Qualifications
• Minimum 5 years in IT or technical services.
• Minimum 2 years in banking and financial domain.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Math, Computer Science, or MIS.
• Designing, developing & implementing solutions using multiple integration methods (Batch integrations, API integrations).
• Demonstrated experience using APIs in solution designs - Request/Response (SOAP/XML, REST, GraphQL, API policy management).
• Demonstrated application of skills and knowledge across technology domains (networking, application, infrastructure, and security).
• Knowledge and experience designing and implementing multiple systems/applications/data services that use modern technologies (Public Cloud, Microservices, App Integrations, APIs, Process Automation) at a small to medium scale (50+ internal users, 10K to 50K external users).
• Knowledge and experience designing and implementing multiple systems using more than 2 deployment models - SaaS/IaaS/PaaS/On Premise.
• Strong knowledge of the practical application of technology systems engineering, including applying principles, techniques, and technologies to the design and implementation of products.
• Strong knowledge of the associated applications and technologies within assigned domain(s).
• Ability to design, integrate, and manage complex infrastructure solutions and application solutions.
• Lead over one domain or a few low to medium complexity domains.
• Ability to lead technology solution designs across multiple pods within assigned domain(s).
• Ability to apply multiple formal, governed Design Patterns to existing applications/systems with demonstrated improvements in standardizing those applications/systems.
• Ability to communicate solution options and reach alignment and decisions with multiple stakeholders, including Director roles, across technology and business teams.
• Strong consultative skills at a cross-functional level.
• Ability to obtain, analyze, and synthesize information from multiple sources.
• Effective time management skills and a proven track record of meeting various deadlines.
• Demonstrated experience designing, building, and implementing systems with Agile delivery methods (Scrum, Kanban, DevOps).
• Ability to manage competing priorities on concurrent large, complex projects, initiatives, and deliverables.
• Ability to leverage tools to build system designs and provide updates during Agile ceremonies and other forums.
• Ability to contribute and lead efforts to complete and approve Permits through Build and Operational stages of an ARB or equivalent forum.
• Strong formal business writing skills - including proficiency in using MS Office products for written communications and presentations.The duties listed above are the essential functions, or fundamental duties within the job classification. The essential functions of individual positions within the classification may differ. Texas Capital Bank may assign reasonably related additional duties to individual employees consistent with standard departmental policy. Texas Capital is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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