Citi

Lead Solutions Architect (VP)

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22 hours ago
Jacksonville, FL, USA or Irving, TX, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$126k - $189k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and deliver enterprise architecture solutions for major, complex IT programs in alignment with enterprise blueprints and standards.
  • Build technology roadmaps and provide evidence-based recommendations for business direction and investment decisions.
  • Translate complex business problems into solutions spanning hardware, software, systems integration, and distributed architectures.
  • Architect and integrate AI, ML, generative AI, and intelligent automation into enterprise workflows and consumer banking journeys.
  • Design, optimize, and standardize Pega workflow and case-management solutions, including integration with core banking systems.
  • Lead systems-design initiatives and own both individual components and overall solution architecture as required.
  • Evaluate and recommend technologies and platforms that improve existing systems and support strategic IT goals.
  • Mentor junior architects and engineers and raise technical capability across the team.
  • Assess architectural and technology risks and ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and internal policies.

Requirements

  • At least 6 years of hands-on experience in solutions architecture, system design, software engineering, or enterprise IT architecture.
  • Hands-on expertise designing end-to-end distributed systems across diverse hardware, software, and networking topologies.
  • Working knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman and experience with architectural governance artifacts and models.
  • Experience applying agentic AI, autonomous AI agents, LLMs, and RAG to complex business applications.
  • Experience architecting and deploying scalable, secure, resilient cloud-native solutions on AWS or Microsoft Azure.
  • Proficiency in one or more of Java, Python, TypeScript, Go, or C++ with experience developing high-throughput enterprise systems.
  • Experience with event-driven and message-oriented integration architectures using Apache Kafka, TIBCO, MuleSoft, or RabbitMQ.
  • Strong knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and Red Hat OpenShift, including deployment, scaling, and fault tolerance.
  • Experience with CI/CD automation using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or ArgoCD.
  • Experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, or vector databases, including schema design and performance optimization.
  • Experience implementing observability, telemetry, and distributed tracing with Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, or ELK Stack.
  • Strong analytical, debugging, and technical problem-solving skills across complex IT ecosystems.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in a relevant technology or engineering field.
  • A master's degree, TOGAF certification, Pega certifications, or relevant cloud or AI architecture certifications is beneficial or advantageous.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage may be available to eligible employees.
  • 401(k), life, accident, and disability insurance may be available.
  • Wellness programs are offered.
  • Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays are provided through paid time-off packages.
  • Full-time role based in Irving, Texas.
  • Base salary range is $125,760.00 to $188,640.00.
  • Offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire; discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards may also be available.

Tech Stack

Apache KafkaAWSAzureC++DockerGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDGoGrafanaJavaJenkinsKubernetesMongoDBOpenShiftPostgreSQLPrometheusPythonRabbitMQRedisSplunkTypeScript

Categories

Solutions Engineering
Citi

About Citi

10,000+ employees

Citi is a public financial-services company offering consumer and institutional banking, credit cards, wealth management, treasury and trade solutions, and capital-markets services. It serves individuals, corporations, financial institutions, and governments in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions, earning interest and fee income from lending, payments, trading, and advisory. Founded in 1812 and headquartered in New York, it trades on the NYSE under the ticker C.

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