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About US Bank
U.S. Bank (U.S. Bancorp) is the fifth-largest bank in the United States, providing retail banking, corporate and commercial banking, wealth management, and payment services to millions of customers. Industry: Banking & Financial Services
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Listed pay typically runs
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JOB TITLE: Principal Solutions Architect - Investment Services Portfolio
The Principal Solutions Architect leads technology architecture strategy for the Investment Services Portfolio, a large WCIB portfolio serving institutional clients in a high-volume, highly regulated environment. This role owns the target-state architecture, multi-year roadmap, modernization strategy, and portfolio governance. You will translate business strategy into technology priorities, lead architecture governance to drive consistency and resiliency, and oversee complex initiatives across applications, data, and cloud. Key responsibilities include leading modernization across cloud, application rationalization, and technical debt while mentoring architects. Required skills include knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture, and cloud-native services. You should be proficient with Azure, AWS, hybrid or multi-cloud platforms, and modern data platforms, analytics, AI/ML, and intelligent automation. Familiarity with TOGAF, BIAN, or Zachman is also preferred.
What does a Solutions Architect earn?
Median $196750 from 109 postings across 28 companies.
Own and evolve the portfolio architecture strategy, target state, and multi-year technology roadmap.
Translate business strategy and regulatory needs into technology priorities and investment recommendations.
Lead portfolio architecture governance to ensure consistency, interoperability, and enterprise alignment.
Oversee architecture for high-risk initiatives across applications, data, integration, and cloud platforms.
Lead modernization efforts including cloud migration, application rationalization, and technical debt reduction.
Establish reusable patterns and guardrails to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality and compliance.
Advise senior leaders on architecture reviews, strategic planning, and technical tradeoffs.
Lead and mentor architects while influencing technology strategy across the broader organization.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
Eight or more years of relevant experience.
Ten or more years in software engineering, solution or enterprise architecture, platform architecture, or technology strategy (preferred).
Five or more years leading architecture for complex portfolios, business domains, platforms, or interconnected systems (preferred).
Experience defining target-state architectures and multi-year modernization roadmaps while influencing senior leaders on investment tradeoffs (preferred).
Strong knowledge of the software development life cycle, distributed systems, microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture, integration, and cloud (preferred).
Experience leading, coaching, or mentoring architects and aligning teams through influence (preferred).
Experience in financial services or another highly regulated industry (preferred).
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