Principal Architect

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (CFG) seeks a Principal Architect for its Johnston, Rhode Island location.

Responsibilities:

•    Provide end to end architecture, design and implementation of the banking applications and provide technical and architecture expertise to accomplish the architecture vision and business goals using Agile methodologies and Cloud technologies, like AWS, PaaS, Docker, and Kubernetes. 
•    Present designs and solutions to architecture review board and senior management for evaluation and approval and need to work closely with business, product management, software engineering and cyber security team. 
•    Participate in building Highly Available, Scalable, Fault Tolerant with Low Latency and High Throughput applications using modern technologies such as Microservice, TypeScript, NodeJS, GraphQL, Java, Springboot, Transmit Security, ThreatMetrix, Fortify.

Qualifications:

Requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related field, and 8 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience as a Principal Architect, Principal Solution Architect, or related position involving software development.

Must have 8 years of experience with:

•    Utilizing Microservice development and design patterns, NoSQL Databases, AWS Cloud, and CICD pipeline; 
•    Providing technical direction to business and IT stakeholders to enable development of efficient of cloud native applications; 
•    Supporting the full software development life cycle, including business requirements analysis, technical design, preparation of workflows, software development, test support, and product implementation; 
•    Utilizing Java, J2EE, Restful APIs, Cloud Native platforms (Amazon Web Service), Python, API management, Enterprise Service Bus, GIT, DevSecOps (Jenkins, Ansible, Helm Chart), Java, Springboot framework, IBM MQ, Simple Queue Service, Tomcat, SOAP, and WSDL/XML software to deploy and run applications; 
•    Conducting performance monitoring, capacity planning, system tuning, availability planning, analysis and documentation of information to create the applicable statements of work and the associated deliverables; 
•    Programming in Java, NodeJS, Java Script, Type Script, Python and design, develop, and construct applications leveraging Big Data Map Reduce, Pig, Hive, Vertx, ReactJS, Redux, GarphQL technologies; 
•    Architecting cloud native applications using Domain Driven Design, Microservice design patterns and 12 factor app methodologies; 
•    Building Event Driven Systems with Event sourcing using KAFKA, Activity Streams, CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) functions, Docker, and Kubernetes;
•    Preparing application solution design and high-level architecture using Enterprise Architect tools, including Lucid Chart, Sparx, and Microsoft Visio; 
•    Developing cloud native applications to facilitate the rapid deployment on cloud infrastructure (AWS EC2, Lambda, RDS SQL Server, Redis Cache, OpenShift Container Platform, Azure SQL Server, Vnet) that supports client business requirements; 
•    Designing secure application using Ping Identity, Transmit Security, ThreatMetrix, Akamai NetStorage, NexusIQ, Fortify, SonarQube framework and tools; and 
•    API Development and management with IBM API Connect, Data Power, API Gateway for Open API Specifications (Swagger) & API contract management.

100% remote work permitted from any US location.

Worksite: One Citizens Bank Way, Johnston, RI 02919 United States, 40 hrs/wk. EO employer.

For summary of benefits and to apply visit our website at https://jobs.citizensbank.com  and apply online (Job ID: 49905) or email resume and cover letter to Recruiting@Citizensbank.com with subject line: 49905.

Direct applicants only. 
 

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