Architect III Enterprise Cloud Solutions Architect

Phoenix, NM - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 14 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title:

Architect III - Enterprise Cloud Solutions Architect

Location:

CityScape

What youll do:

As an Architect III youll be a member of the Enterprise Architecture team and will define and lead architectural priorities that advance the business and technology strategy of the organization in a specific domain. Youll participate in the Architecture Standards Board (ASB) and Technology Review Board (TRB) governance forums as well as manage the business capability inventory for their specific domain. Youll develop applicable standards and patterns for the domain and bring it forward to ASB for review and approval. Additionally as an Architect III youll be accountable for the design and documentation of solution architecture relating to applications and capabilities within a specific domain. Youll work with the business product and IT teams to ensure the designs are safe secure compliant and reliable while also meeting the needs of the business. Youll also be responsible for reviewing the solution architecture design in TRB and ensure the design aligns to approved standards and patterns.

Act as an advocate & evangelist of architecture principles standards and patterns across the organization helping the business and delivery leaders understand the business value realized through standardization reuse and modularity inherent in a robust enterprise architecture. Become a trusted strategic partner for your delivery organizations leader and senior engineers.
Identify propose & lead opportunities to advance & make more effective capabilities for the domain through use of new technology reuse of existing products services or platforms while helping incorporate those opportunities into application and platform roadmaps. Facilitate proof of concepts and pilots on new/emerging technology to gauge value and assess implementation complexity.
Utilize a broad understanding of Application Infrastructure or Security capabilities and/or solutions to represent to Architecture peers in discussions with other IT and Business leaders. Develop a point of view based on problems or opportunities in the domain to clearly articulate options and recommendations.

What youll need:

10 years of related experience.
Bachelors degree in related field required.
Previous leadership experience preferred.
Intermediate knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
Intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations rules and regulations industry standards and practices.
Advanced experience working in an architecture function with knowledge & experience developing reference architectures & patterns and supporting governance functions related to: Application Development Cloud Compute Storage and Networking technologies. IaaS PaaS SaaS Serverless Containers Automation Security.
Advanced understanding of product management agile principles and development methodologies and capability of supporting agile and DevOps teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities impact and risks taking account of technical and architectural debt.
Proficiency with the Azure Cloud ecosystem including: Cloud Compute Storage & Networking IaaS / PaaS / SaaS Serverless Containers Azure Resource Manager and Entra is required.
Experience with networking in Azure including Virtual Networks DNS Load Balancing Firewalls Routers and Proxies is required.
Experience with Identity & Access Management and security design patterns leveraging Entra Azure Defender Azure Sentinel & Cloudflare is required.
Cloud management expertise utilizing RBAC Azure Blueprints & Policies Cost Management Monitor and Alerting is required.
Proficient in automation scripting leveraging Azure PowerShell & CLI modules
Deep understanding of Azure Disaster Recovery offerings & options is required.
Understanding of modern DevOps concepts including CI/CD SAST DAST and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is preferred.
Experience with container-based solutions such as Azure Kubernetes or Docker is preferred.
Experience with emerging Azure technologies such as Azure Fabric & Microsoft Foundry is preferred
Understanding FinOps principles and practical application is preferred.
May require up to 25% travel.

Benefits youll love:
We offer all the important things youd want like competitive salaries an ownership stake in the company medical and dental insurance time off a great 401k matching program tuition assistance program an employee volunteer program and a wellness addition youll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona Alliance Association Bank Bank of Nevada Bridge Bank First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race sex color religion age nation origin marital status disability protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying please email or call . When contacting us please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

Western Alliance Bancorporation

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Job Title:Architect III - Enterprise Cloud Solutions ArchitectLocation:CityScapeWhat youll do:As an Architect III youll be a member of the Enterprise Architecture team and will define and lead architectural priorities that advance the business and technology strategy of the organization in a specifi...