Principal Enterprise Architect - Resiliency & PE

Salary: $155,000 - 250,000 per year Requirements:

• We require a bachelors degree plus 10 years of experience in application development, systems engineering, or IT management, or a high school diploma/GED plus 14 years of related experience.
• We prefer 15+ years of technology leadership experience, including at least 10 years in enterprise, solution, or platform architecture.
• We value a proven record of leading enterprise-wide initiatives through influence rather than formal authority.
• We look for demonstrated success driving alignment and execution across large, complex organizations with competing priorities.
• We prefer experience working in highly matrixed environments and building consensus among senior business and technology leaders.
• We seek strong financial services experience with a solid understanding of regulatory resiliency expectations.
• We prefer a track record of improving enterprise resiliency, scalability, disaster recovery readiness, or operational stability at scale.
• We look for exceptional influencing and communication skills across executive, business, and technical stakeholder groups.
• We value strong organizational awareness and political acumen to navigate complex organizational dynamics.
• We prefer the ability to challenge assumptions constructively and improve outcomes through collaboration, critical thinking, and relationship leadership.
• We seek proven capability in coalition building, resolving conflicting priorities, and advancing enterprise alignment.
• We prefer experience leading through ambiguity and guiding organizations through complex technology and operational decisions.
• We value the ability to translate architectural concepts into clear business outcomes, risks, and investment recommendations.
• We look for the ability to evaluate technology decisions through the lens of business strategy, operational risk, customer impact, and regulatory requirements.
• We prefer experience influencing executive-level prioritization and funding decisions.
• We value skill in aligning technology investments with measurable business outcomes and enterprise objectives.

• We lead enterprise-wide resiliency and scalability outcomes by aligning technology, operations, risk, and business stakeholders.
• We identify dependencies, remove obstacles, and speed execution across complex initiatives.
• We shape strategic investment decisions by explaining technology risks, opportunities, trade-offs, and business impact.
• We challenge teams and leaders constructively using data-driven analysis, problem solving, and collaborative engagement.
• We build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups while staying focused on long-term resiliency and scalability goals.
• We partner with executives and delivery leaders to turn architectural priorities into measurable business and technology outcomes.
• We establish governance practices that reinforce accountability for resiliency, recovery, and availability commitments across the enterprise.
• We define enterprise architecture strategies aligned with business goals, operational resilience needs, and growth plans.
• We set enterprise standards, patterns, and reference architectures that enable scalable, resilient technology delivery.
• We lead decision-making that balances innovation speed, operational stability, regulatory expectations, and risk management.
• We develop multi-year technology roadmaps and influence delivery priorities across application, infrastructure, and platform teams.
• We drive the enterprise resiliency agenda in partnership with engineering, infrastructure, operations, security, and risk teams.
• We establish disaster recovery strategies, recovery objectives, testing programs, and remediation plans.
• We improve organizational readiness through resiliency exercises, scenario planning, and preparedness initiatives.
• We facilitate post-incident reviews centered on systemic improvement, accountability, and actionable remediation.
• We influence technology investments that strengthen resilience and lower operational risk.
• We promote scalability and availability patterns across critical business platforms.
• We work with product and engineering leaders to identify growth constraints and operational risks early.
• We lead capacity planning and availability strategies that support business growth and changing customer demand.
• We ensure architecture and engineering decisions support service-level objectives and business resiliency goals.
• We provide architectural leadership for mission-critical initiatives and major transformation programs.
• We conduct architecture reviews to uncover risk, improve execution, and accelerate delivery.
• We coach technical leaders and engineering teams on resiliency, scalability, and operational excellence.
• We serve as a trusted advisor to executives and technology leaders during strategic planning, major incidents, and critical decisions.

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We are First Citizens Bank, and we are hiring a Principal Enterprise Architect to lead enterprise-wide resiliency, disaster recovery, scalability, and high availability efforts across our technology landscape. This is a remote-eligible role with a strong emphasis on cross-functional leadership, enterprise alignment, and pragmatic decision-making in a complex, highly regulated environment. We offer a competitive total rewards package, including base pay generally ranging from $155,000 to $250,000, with potential additional compensation such as incentives, bonuses, benefits, and other awards depending on the role. We are committed to a thoughtfully designed benefits program that supports our associates.

last updated 33 week of 2026