Solution Architect

Piper Companies is seeking a Solution Architect to join a leading financial services organization in Wayne, PA for a hybrid opportunity. This role is critical for designing and guiding IT solutions within a specific business domain (Digital, Mid-Office, Back-Office), ensuring alignment with business processes and strategic objectives.

Responsibilities of the Solution Architect:

• Align with business stakeholders to understand processes and translate requirements into IT solutions
• Organize solution design activities and involve appropriate stakeholders
• Design solutions within architectural boundaries and capture direction in Product Solution Architecture (PSA)
• Obtain approvals for architecture artifacts from business stakeholders and architecture teams
• Provide guidance and coaching to Agile engineers and support successful adoption of new technology
• Collaborate with the Lead Architect to co-create architecture roadmaps and plans aligned with business strategy
• Maintain architecture repository and coordinate architecture backlog for the business domain
• Monitor implementation of solutions to ensure compliance with PSAs
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve the IT landscape within the domain

Qualifications for the Solution Architect:

• 5+ years of experience designing and architecting IT solutions
• Experience with Pega technologies, including cloud solutions and integration with non-Pega environments
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments within IT and financial services
• University-level education and practical experience with architecture frameworks
• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to coach Agile engineers and convey IT concepts in business terms

Compensation for the Solution Architect:

• $120,000-$150,000 
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401K
• Hybrid work environment, Wayne, PA

Keywords: Solution Architect, Pega, PSA, architecture frameworks, TOGAF, Archimate, Agile, Scrum, financial services, IT solutions, cloud integration, architecture repository, commercial lending

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