Enterprise Architect
At Northrim Bank, our vision is to be Alaska’s premier bank and employer of choice! We are looking for professional and knowledgeable employees who take pride in their work. We believe in providing value for our customers and communities.
Position Summary
The Enterprise Architect's main duties include: designing, validating, and implementing technology infrastructure and processes at the direction of the Enterprise Architecture Manager. The Enterprise Architecture department is the highest tier of technical expertise within the organization, and covers multiple technical disciplines, such as: systems & networking infrastructure, DevOps, security, business applications, and data architecture. This role designs, plans, documents, tests, executes, trains, and provides escalated support for multiple technology platforms. This position identifies and oversees the mitigation of technical and operational threats; analyzes the security, supportability, and feasibility of new technology; and ensures conformance with regulatory guidelines and industry best practices. This position requires an extremely high level of analytical problem-solving skills to diagnose and resolve complex technology issues in addition to superlative process management and communication skills.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
1. Identify and design technology solutions that fulfill business requirements and conform to security, supportability, reliability, and performance standards.
2. Create and communicate technology project and service implementation road-maps, plans, documentation, and training.
3. Assume responsibility for the successful implementation of mission-critical technology and applications.
4. Analyze new technology solutions, conduct technical risk assessments, and summarize due-diligence recommendations.
5. Lead technical collaborations on behalf of the organization with technology vendors.
6. Oversee the management of monitoring and reporting systems, design hierarchical alerting and response to service degradation, and implement automated remediation controls.
7. Respond to escalated cybersecurity, compliance, business, and technical threats.
8. Develop well written and clearly communicated procedures and documentation for ongoing management of technology solutions.
9. Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer & Networking Technology, Computer Systems Engineering, Management of Information Systems, or another related field.
- Education can be substituted with 4 years commensurate experience managing enterprise mission-critical technology.
Experience
- Experience in the financial services industry highly desired.
- Four years (including those in lieu of education) designing, implementing, and supporting mission-critical technology.
- Related military education/experience may be used as a substitute for education or work experience.
Northrim Bank is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Northrim Bank does not discriminate in employment based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, parenthood, marital status, changes in marital status, genetic information or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.