Northwest Community Credit Union, a division of TwinStar Credit Union, believes in providing our employees an environment where they can flourish personally and professionally. We are proud that we have never lost sight of our founders’ commitment to providing each individual, and our community, with uncommon care. Join a team with a rich heritage of serving our region for more than 70 years!
Northwest Community Credit Union serves members from offices in 36 locations across Oregon and Washington.
Location :
100% Remote
Status:
Full-time, Regular, Exempt
Pay Range:
T he full pay range is $113,726 – 170,588/year . Depending on experience and qualifications. In addition to your salary, compensation incentives are available. Incentive targets vary by role.
We provide an additional $2.00 per hour bilingual differential for those employees who are able to support our members’ financial needs effectively in a second language; subject to verification of strong grasp of financial terms utilizing language skillset.
Applicants are encouraged to apply by June 19, 2024 at 5:00 PM PST.
We are seeking an IT Solutions Architect to join our team! This position is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing comprehensive solutions that address our clients’ business needs and challenges. This role requires a strategic thinker with strong technical skills, excellent communication abilities, and a passion for delivering exceptional results.
Visa sponsorship not available.
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Essential Functions and Tasks:
- Design and develop scalable, secure, and resilient solutions to meet the organization’s current and future needs.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, define specifications, and ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Provides guidance to all technology groups involved on the extent, impact, and scope of their requirements.
- Works closely with internal business stakeholders and Information Technology to understand system requirements.
- Evaluates solutions for consistency with the IT vision, high availability, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, business continuity, performance characteristics, supportability, longevity, and security.
- Applies TOGAF best practices to evaluate and design technologies and solutions for fitness of purpose in the information technology environment.
- Designs application, cloud (SaaS/Paas/IaaS), hybrid cloud (public/private), network, security, API, and financial technology architectures.
- Designs end-to-end solutions that leverage the latest technologies to meet client needs effectively.
- Develops architectural blueprints and technical documentation outlining the proposed solutions.
- Ensures the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the data residing on or transmitted through enterprise workstations, servers, databases, cloud systems, third party providers, vendor partners and any computer/electronic systems that process or house member or banking data.
- Works closely with project managers, developers, and other stakeholders to ensure successful implementation and delivery of solutions.
- Provides technical guidance and support to teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Conducts regular assessments and evaluations to ensure the solutions align with industry best practices and business expectations.
- Leads the implementation and deployment of architecture projects, ensuring adherence to best practices, standards, and compliance requirements.
- Collaborates with vendors, service providers, and external partners to procure and integrate third-party solutions effectively.
- Stays updated on emerging technologies and trends to continuously enhance our offerings and maintain a competitive edge.
- Participates in the resolution of complex technical issues and provides support as needed.
- Provides technical guidance and mentorship to junior members of the Architecture team.
- All other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Technology or related field of study.
- A minimum of five (5) years’ experience as a Solutions Architect or a similar role, with experience designing and implementing complex IT solutions, or an equivalent combination of experience and education.
- Experience with Jack Henry Symitar.
- Experience working in Agile environments and leading cross-functional teams in thought leadership on IT architecture.
Certifications Preferred:
- Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect, TOGAF Certifications, CCNA, CCNP and CISSP certification.
Demonstrated Abilities:
- Strong knowledge of enterprise architectural principles and best practices.
- Strong working knowledge of Azure Cloud, Windows Server, Pure Storage, Cisco UCS, Microsoft 365.
- Knowledge of TCP/IP, routing, firewall technologies, information security principles and practices.
- Strong interpersonal skills also known as soft skills.
- Complex problem solving.
- Experience producing architectural documentation, diagrams, and playbooks.
- Strong self-starter, motivated, excited, risk taker, innovative, customer service-oriented with a record of success.
- Excellent organizational and planning skills.
- Ability to cope with the rapid pace and constant change.
- Ability to successfully manage work on numerous projects simultaneously.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing with personnel and outside contacts.
- Strong proficiency in cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and related technologies.
- In-depth knowledge of enterprise architecture principles, frameworks, and methodologies.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically.
- Outstanding communication and presentation abilities, with the capacity to effectively convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits & Other Compensation:
This position is eligible for Full-Time Regular benefits. Employees and their eligible family members have access to a wide array of employee benefits, such as medical, dental, vision and life insurance coverage. Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance is paid at a 100% by company for the employee coverage. We also offer Health Care FSA (HCFSA) and Day Care FSA (DCFSA). Employees have access to disability and AD&D insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our 401k plan. Full-Time Regular employees accrue 8 hours of vacation and 8 hours of sick leave, on a monthly basis. Full-Time Regular hired employees also receive 11 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, 1 floating holiday, 16 hours of self-care time, and 16 hours of volunteer time.
All benefits except 401k start the first of the month after 30 days of employment. Employees become eligible to contribute to 401k on the first of the month following 60 days of employment.
EEO Statement:
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status.
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