Senior Architect

Company: The Savannah Bancorp, Inc.
Location: New York
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

SUMMARY/OBJECTIVES
The Sr. Architect will be a part of the Enterprise Architecture and Innovation group at South State Bank within Information Technology ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Leads discovery sessions to understand existing and desired business processes and how they impact South State Bank's IT assets near and long term
• Ensures that IT teams and business partners understand the implications of selecting a specific technology and ensures that South State Bank makes pragmatic technology decisions that support business needs
• Works to design plans that factor technology investments and risks while providing value to the company by improving business processes and providing guidance against future risks
• Maintains ongoing awareness of financial services solutions
• Assists various lines in exploiting technology and uses knowledge of IT solutions to drive organizational change
• Plays a crucial role in the successful delivery of IT strategy - particularly in the integration of commercial off the shelf solutions
• Ensures all new and existing solutions align to the strategic objectives of the business
• Helps shape South State Bank's capabilities to promote business agility COMPETENCIES
  • Knowledge of a broad range of technology solutions and products specifically focused on Financial Services
  • Experience in collaborating with business and IT stakeholders in the creation of roadmaps (solution area, applications, and technology), strategy, application health checks, initiating projects (conceptual and logical architecture and design), communication and presentation skills, analytical thinking, architecture, and design reviews, guiding the development team in designing and coding, collaborate with cross-functional teams from other divisions, guiding application owners in application portfolio management
  • Understanding of South State Bank's business strategy and the ability to model/design Technology systems to enable the delivery of the strategy
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain concepts to diverse audiences including executives and line of business personnel
  • Team player with experience collaborating within and outside of IT to ensure successful delivery of solutions
  • Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks a plus Qualifications and Education Requirements
    • Experience: 8+ years of cross-functional technology experience. Previous experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Business Architecture is ideal
    • Knowledge: Good interpersonal skills, ability to read, write, speak and understand English

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