Lead design and implementation of integration and platform architectures for banking clients. Build API management and enterprise application integration solutions, oversee scalable data integration and virtualization, ensure data security and compliance, identify optimization opportunities, manage client accounts, lead teams, and mentor junior staff.
The Opportunity
As a Bank Platform Transformation - Solution Architect - Manager, you will design and implement seamless integration solutions and robust platform architectures to enhance business performance within our clients' organizations. As a Manager, you will lead teams and manage client accounts, focusing on strategic planning and mentoring junior staff. You are accountable for project success and maintaining standards. Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop, and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team members' unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.
In this role, you will be part of our Integration and Platform Architecture team, focusing on creating architectures that enable efficient data flow and enhance overall business processes. Within our Core Banking Technology sector, you will work closely with clients in the Banking and Capital Markets industry, helping them optimize their technology infrastructure for improved business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Designing and implementing seamless integration solutions to connect various organizational systems and applications
- Creating robust architectures that enable efficient data flow and enhance overall business processes
- Leading teams in strategic planning and execution of integration and platform architecture projects
- Utilizing technical proficiency in API Management and Enterprise Application Integration to optimize technology infrastructure
- Overseeing the deployment of scalable data integration and virtualization solutions
- Promoting the use of innovative technologies and leading practices across integration architecture teams
- Confirming data integrity, security, and compliance within integration frameworks
- Identifying opportunities for optimizing data utilization and improving business performance
- Mentoring team members to develop skills and enhance their contributions to client projects
- Addressing conflicts or issues, engaging in critical conversations with clients and stakeholders
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 4 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Preference for at least one of the following fields of study: Analytics/Data Science, Artificial Intelligence/Robotics, Business Administration/Management, Computer Science/Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics/Statistics
- Utilizing Agile Methodology for efficient project management
- Leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure for cloud solutions
- Integrating enterprise applications using Mulesoft Anypoint Platform
- Analyzing business requirements to drive strategic solutions
- Embracing technology and innovation to enhance delivery
- Mentoring junior staff to develop their skills and performance
The salary range for this position is: $99,000 - $232,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
As a Bank Platform Transformation - Solution Architect - Manager, you will design and implement seamless integration solutions and robust platform architectures to enhance business performance within our clients' organizations. As a Manager, you will lead teams and manage client accounts, focusing on strategic planning and mentoring junior staff. You are accountable for project success and maintaining standards. Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop, and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team members' unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.
In this role, you will be part of our Integration and Platform Architecture team, focusing on creating architectures that enable efficient data flow and enhance overall business processes. Within our Core Banking Technology sector, you will work closely with clients in the Banking and Capital Markets industry, helping them optimize their technology infrastructure for improved business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Designing and implementing seamless integration solutions to connect various organizational systems and applications
- Creating robust architectures that enable efficient data flow and enhance overall business processes
- Leading teams in strategic planning and execution of integration and platform architecture projects
- Utilizing technical proficiency in API Management and Enterprise Application Integration to optimize technology infrastructure
- Overseeing the deployment of scalable data integration and virtualization solutions
- Promoting the use of innovative technologies and leading practices across integration architecture teams
- Confirming data integrity, security, and compliance within integration frameworks
- Identifying opportunities for optimizing data utilization and improving business performance
- Mentoring team members to develop skills and enhance their contributions to client projects
- Addressing conflicts or issues, engaging in critical conversations with clients and stakeholders
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 4 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Preference for at least one of the following fields of study: Analytics/Data Science, Artificial Intelligence/Robotics, Business Administration/Management, Computer Science/Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics/Statistics
- Utilizing Agile Methodology for efficient project management
- Leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure for cloud solutions
- Integrating enterprise applications using Mulesoft Anypoint Platform
- Analyzing business requirements to drive strategic solutions
- Embracing technology and innovation to enhance delivery
- Mentoring junior staff to develop their skills and performance
The salary range for this position is: $99,000 - $232,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
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