Application Architect (Payment Solutions & IB)

Application Architect

The Payment Solutions & Institutional Banking (IB) Support Team provides management, support and maintenance of the Payments and Institutional Banking ecosystem. The team ensures the applications, including their systems and processes are performing at peak capacity to avoid business disruption.

As an Application Architect, you will be spearheading the system development activities within the Institutional Banking and Payments ecosystem including production support and project delivery for the IB vertical. As a technical leader within the group, you will troubleshoot and drive problem resolution during production issues and provide cross-training and education for the team. You will also work closely with UMB stakeholders and technical teams to ensure the best solution is met. This is a subset of the overall responsibilities which will include multiple initiatives as assigned by IT leadership.

This role is hybrid (Mon through Thu on-site / Fri remote) at the UMB Technology & Operations Center located in downtown Kansas City, MO.

How you'll spend your time:

• Define and execute technical strategy for card related solutions to align with the product and business strategy.
• Lead and drive solution recommendations using gap analyses across multiple technology options.
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert for UMB's suite of Institutional platforms that support our Corporate Trust and Institutional Custody business lines.
• Interact with vendor team to resolve technical issues and serve as a technical point of contact.
• Maintain strong relationships with other teams within the technology organization to partner and collaborate during problem resolutions.
• Participate in ongoing system upgrades and patches as needed.
• Deliver on "Business As Usual" (BAU) commitments as outlined on the BAU Roadmap.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to team members.

We're excited to talk if you have:

• At least 7 years of software development experience including system architecture.
• Corporate trust, custody and securities platforms experience.
• Experience with SWIFT payments and transactions.
• Experience with FIS Global Plus custody platform or another equivalent custody platform.
• Knowledge of Banking Payments domain and understanding of complex technical aspects of a holistic investments system including but not limited to data flows, batch processing, integrations and security.
• Strong experience with Web Services architectures, system integrations and implementation.
• Experience executing complex solutions from design through implementation.
• Proficiency in understanding risk and impact to business processes during production issues.

Bonus Points if you have:

• At least 3 years of SOA experience.

Applicants must have legal authority to work in the United States. Work Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Compensation Range:

$83,200.00 - $178,800.00

The posted compensation range on this listing represents UMB's standard for this role, but the actual compensation may vary by geographic location, experience level, and other job-related factors. In addition, this range does not encompass the full earning potential for this role. Please see the description of benefits included with this job posting for additional information.

UMB offers competitive and varied benefits to eligible associates, such as Paid Time Off; a 401(k) matching program; annual incentive pay; paid holidays; a comprehensive company sponsored benefit plan including medical, dental, vision, and other insurance coverage; health savings, flexible spending, and dependent care accounts; adoption assistance; an employee assistance program; fitness reimbursement; tuition reimbursement; an associate wellbeing program; an associate emergency fund; and various associate banking benefits. Benefit offerings and eligibility requirements vary.

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