{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"a9fd172d58ce561bacc3f203","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/a9fd172d58ce561bacc3f203","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/a9fd172d58ce561bacc3f203","title":"Application Solution Architect","description":"Role OverviewWe are seeking an experienced Application Solution Architect to join our enterprise technology team. This role serves as a key bridge between business stakeholders and technical engineering teams, responsible for designing, assessing, and monitoring complex, scalable solutions. You will navigate a hybrid landscape of on-premises legacy banking systems and modern cloud-based platforms. The ideal candidate possesses a strong engineering background and a broad technical perspective, with the ability to lead the integration of disparate systems including Salesforce, core banking mainframes, and event-driven architectures like Kafka—to produce effective, sustainable business outcomes.Key Responsibilities   Architecture Strategy: Define reference architectures, integration patterns, and data models to support retail banking use cases (e.g., account onboarding, KYC, loan origination).Solution Design: Lead high-level and detailed solution design, ensuring that new implementations align with existing enterprise standards and performance requirements.Integration & Ecosystem Management: Architect complex integrations between modern platforms (including Salesforce) and core on-premise banking systems, utilizing middleware, API gateways, and Kafka for event-driven data flows.Technical Oversight: Provide governance and technical oversight during the build and deployment cycles to ensure scalability, security, and the management of technical debt.Compliance & Risk: Partner with risk and audit teams to ensure all solutions comply with retail banking regulatory requirements, data lineage standards, and PII handling policies.Stakeholder Engagement: Translate complex business capabilities into actionable technical blueprints and provide executive-level architecture updates to facilitate decision-making. Required Qualifications/Skills Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field8+ years in enterprise IT architecture or senior engineering roles.Proven experience in the retail banking or financial services domain.Broad Architectural Expertise: Demonstrated ability to design solutions across diverse tech stacks, including on-premise legacy systems and modern cloud environments.Integration Proficiency: Hands-on experience with integration patterns, including event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka), API-first strategies (REST/SOAP), and middleware implementation.Salesforce Familiarity: Working knowledge of the Salesforce ecosystem as part of a larger enterprise application landscape.Communication: Proven ability to lead cross-functional architecture initiatives and act as a subject matter expert in a structured, compliance-driven environment.Preferred QualificationsExperience with mainframe integration and data warehouse modernization.Relevant architectural certifications (e.g., TOGAF, AWS/Azure Solutions Architect, or Salesforce Application Architect).Experience in high-security, regulated environments requiring strict disaster recovery and business continuity planning.Location: Pittsburgh, PA (relocation assistance is offered)About Techstra Solutions Techstra Solutions is a certified woman-owned (WBENC) management consulting firm specializing in strategy, technology, and implementation services for large organizations undergoing digital and talent transformation. 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