Solution Architect

Position Overview You will be based in one of the following locations: Pittsburgh, PA; Cleveland, OH; Birmingham, AL; Dallas, TX; or Lakewood, CO. Work hours are 8am–5pm EST. This senior‑level role is responsible for strategy, architecture, and innovation across business, application, platform, and data domains. You will partner with senior leaders to translate current state business needs into future state technology and data strategies, develop modern and scalable architectures for large transformation initiatives, and provide thought leadership, networking, and clear communication. Responsibilities Develop solution and data architecture and resolve complex issues across a variety of initiatives through requirements analysis, architectural leadership, and project supervision. Design solution architecture for large or complex programs, including system, application, and data designs, in alignment with enterprise strategies, standards, and target‑state roadmaps. Define and govern data architecture patterns, including logical and physical data models, canonical data structures, data domains, and master/reference data strategies. Provide architectural leadership for data platforms and ecosystems (data warehousing, data lakes/houses, analytical platforms, streaming architectures, and cloud‑based data services). Establish and enforce best practices for data modeling, integration, quality, metadata management, lineage, and lifecycle management. Partner with business, analytics, and engineering teams to ensure data architectures support reporting, analytics, AI/ML, regulatory, and operational use cases. Consult and guide IT and data engineering teams on data design, integration patterns, storage technologies, and architectural trade‑offs. Develop solutions that account for non‑functional requirements such as scalability, performance, resiliency, security, privacy, and regulatory compliance. Communicate with clients and stakeholders to analyze business requirements, data needs, and processes; produce architecture recommendations that align with business and technology strategies. Oversee architecture outcomes across initiatives, ensuring solution and data architectures meet functional, non‑functional, and governance requirements at each phase. Collaborate with enterprise data governance, risk, and security partners to ensure architectures adhere to governance, privacy, and regulatory standards. Explore new and emerging technologies and data capabilities to shape strategic viewpoints on how they enable business outcomes or introduce disruption. Practice strong decision making and critical thinking by fully analysing complex business, technology, and data‑related issues and driving productive, well‑reasoned outcomes. Apply enterprise systems thinking with a broad understanding of application, infrastructure, integration, and data architectures and how they collectively enable business capabilities. Qualifications Strong background in solution, platform, system, application, and data architecture with solid working knowledge of business architecture. 5+ years of industry‑relevant experience and a university or college degree, or a comparable combination of education, certification, and experience (including military service). Proven thought leadership, strong networking and interpersonal skills, political and emotional intelligence, excellent written communication, and the ability to anticipate emerging business needs, data requirements, and technology capabilities. Experience using TOGAF or similar architecture frameworks. Preferred skills include AI architecture, machine learning, competitive advantages, customer solutions, enterprise architecture framework, HR architecture, IT architecture, risk assessments, and technical knowledge. Will not be sponsored for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT. Education and Certifications Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent). No required certifications or licenses. Salary Base salary: $65,000.00 – $171,925.00. Salary may vary based on geographic location, market data, and individual skills, experience, and education. The role is incentive eligible with compensation based on company, business, and/or individual performance. Benefits Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage with a Health Savings Account feature. Life insurance for employees and spouses/children. Short‑term and long‑term disability protection. 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans. Dependent care reimbursement account, back‑up child/elder care, adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement. Educational assistance and a robust wellness program with financial incentives. Paid time off including maternity and parental leave, up to 11 paid holidays, 9 occasional absence days, and 15‑25 vacation days depending on career level and years of service. Disability Accommodations If an accommodation is required to participate in the application process, contact View email address on click.appcast.io with the subject “accommodation request” and include your name, the job ID, and preferred method of contact. All information will be kept confidential and used only to provide needed reasonable accommodations. Equal Employment Opportunity PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other protected categories. 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