Description
Location: Onsite in Memphis, TN; Maryville, TN; Birmingham, AL; Lafayette, LA; New Orleans, LA; Charlotte, or NC; Raleigh, NC.
Summary:
The Data Architect delivers as a hands-on practitioner. You'll find yourself delivering standards, patterns, and designs to First Horizon's technology organization, as well as diligent engagement with those teams of developers implementing them! Your scope of influence will include but is not limited to stability, observability, portability, SDLC management, producing technical requirements and solution designs that align to business requirements. You will join the frontline in ensuring we can meet the bank's business needs while producing a modern, digital stack.
Primary Responsibilities
Manages data system design from conception, through ARB, to delivery
Champion platform quality, performance, and integrity
Primarily responsible for producing architecture documentation for data systems as assigned and as projects and programs of work dictate
Maintains First Horizon's Solution Inventory as a member of the Core Enterprise Architecture Team
Partners with line of business partners, delivery teams, and SMEs to produce and refine data requirements
Designs both the data structure and interactions of solutions that will deliver intended business outcomes
Collaborates with architects in other domains (Applications, Security, Infra, Cloud, DevOps) to produce consensus and governance
Leads solution design workshops and emerging technology POC workshops
Validates 3rd Party/Vendor Solutions
Aligns Enterprise Data Strategy and with the company's business goals and objectives
Promotes the use of a shared infrastructure and application roadmap to reduce costs and improve how information flows
Builds and maintains technical trusted advisor relationships with influential technical decision makers within Technology
Works with developers and engineers to ensure that technical solutions as delivered align with Data Architecture Standards & Patterns
Works with Portfolio technology leaders to include technical debt initiatives to portfolio roadmap
Provides consultation on complex projects
May lead the work of others and contribute feature work and code/design reviews as needed
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field
(4+) years of data architecture experience
(7+) years of data engineering or application development with an emphasis on data
Experience with n-tier application architecture and cloud-native/cloud-hybrid solution architecture
Experience with technical documentation like interaction diagrams, process diagrams, ERDs, network topologies and other architectural content
Experience with Agile/SAFe methodologies
Certifications/Licensures
AWS Certified Solution Architect or Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Skills And Competencies
Ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
Stay up-to-date on Databricks developments and best practices
An understanding of, and ability to use, design patterns to steer business requirements into enterprise-wide technical strategies
Awareness and ability to document designs using internal and external notational standards (Business Process Model and Notation {BPMN}, Unified Modeling Language {UML}, Entity-Relationship Diagrams {ERD})
Hands-on-the-keyboard depth of knowledge in Python, Spark, and SQL languages and frameworks
Knowledge of data security design principles and techniques
Knowledge of data streaming design principles, techniques, and platforms (Apache Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, etc.)
Working knowledge of modern Operating Systems (Linux/Windows), Networking, Servers/Mainframe, Secure Coding Practices, Development Environments (Java/.Net), Databases (DB2/Oracle/SQL Server/Hadoop/Databricks)
Understanding of public cloud (AWS, Azure) services and platforms like API Gateways, Serverless, Virtual Private Networks, Elastic RDBMS, NoSQL, Key Managers, Load Balancers, Blob Stores, Indexing Services, etc.
About Us:
First Horizon is a leading regional financial services company, dedicated to helping our clients, communities and associates unlock their full potential with capital and counsel. With $81.7 billion in assets as of December 31, 2023, we serve clients through a team of approximately ~7,300 associates and ~418 banking centers throughout the southeastern United States. Headquartered in Memphis, TN, the banking subsidiary First Horizon Bank operates in 12 states across the southern U.S. First Horizon has been recognized as one of the nation's best employers by Fortune and Forbes magazines and a Top 10 Most Reputable U.S. Bank.
Benefit Highlights:
Medical with wellness incentives, dental, and vision
HSA with company match
Maternity and parental leave
Tuition reimbursement
Mentor program
401(k) with 6% match
More -- FirstHorizon.com/First-Horizon-National-Corporation/Careers/Our-Benefits
Corporate Diversity Commitment:
We remain committed to creating a more equitable society, and that starts with our associates, our clients, and the communities we serve. We do this by elevating equity, providing capital and counsel, and committing to excellence in everything we do.
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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
