Sr Associate, Solution Architect

Country: United States of America

Your Journey Starts Here:

Santander is a global leader and innovator in the financial services industry. We believe that our employees are our greatest asset. Our focus is on fostering an enriching journey that empowers you to explore diverse career opportunities while nurturing your personal growth. We are committed to creating an environment where continuous learning and development are prioritized, enabling you to thrive both professionally and personally. Here, you will find ample opportunities to connect and collaborate with talented colleagues from around the world, sharing insights and driving innovation together. Join us at Santander, where you are supported by a culture of engagement and a commitment to your success.

An exciting journey awaits, if you are interested in exploring the possibilities We Want to Talk to You!

The Difference You Make:

The Sr. Associate, Solution Architecture provides and recommends road maps, principles, standards, and best practices for implementation. S/he is responsible for enabling the business and IT leaders to make investment decisions that balance and prioritize current operational demands, disruptions, and opportunities with the strategic vision of the organization.

Serves as a technical leader and advocate to incorporate best practices and compliance of the technology standards defined by Santander. Analyzes business requirements and produce comprehensive architecture solutions designs that satisfy functional and non-functional requirements. Works closely with various teams including product, platforms, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions are aligned with the organization enterprise architecture and strategic goals.

Oversee the designs and adoption of the technology solutions, ensuring they meet regulatory standards and best practices.

Designs, analyzes, and supports the company's information technology structure, systems, and processes.

Designs, plans, and governs strategic and cross-organizational optimization of the company's systems, processes, or components to deliver an architecture that supports the most efficient and secure IT environment meeting the company's business needs. Works with stakeholders to build a holistic view of the company's IT strategy, processes, information, and information technology assets. Ensures that the business and IT are in alignment by linking the business mission, strategy, and processes to IT strategy, and documents this using architectural models or views that show how the company's current and future IT needs will be met in an efficient, sustainable, agile, and adaptable manner.

Essential Functions:

Develop Solutions designs following the patterns defined by the Santander Group using the corresponding published formats.Develop Solution designs with Information Security and well-architected cloud first principles.Complete Information Security Assessment for solution designs and applications.Document any new patterns required by the assigned project.Reviews existing business processes and establishes metrics to improve business processes, as well as support of all architectural disciplines under their direction.Shares best practices, lessons learned and constantly updates the technical system architecture requirements based on changing technologies, and knowledge related to recent, current, and upcoming vendor products and solutions.Develops a roadmap for the evolution of the enterprise applications or platforms.Consults with application and infrastructure development projects to fit systems or infrastructure to architecture and identify when it is necessary to modify projects to accommodate the solutions architecture.Collaborates with project management and IT Leaders to get the architecture approval across the project lifecycle.Analyzes current information technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.Acts as a liaison between lines of business and IT to assist with identifying and resolving issues associated with systems and projects.Anticipates future business challenges and recommends innovative technology solutions and options to senior leadership.

What You Bring:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience: Computer Management, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering, System Analysis or an equivalent field.Master's Degree Computer Management, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering, System Analysis or an equivalent field. Preferred

Work Experience:

10+ Years Information Technology or a related field.Finance industry knowledge is a plus.

Technical Skills and Abilities:

Multidisciplinary IT Knowledge: Infrastructure, Networking, Database, Software, Development and SecurityCloud Computing: Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure is a plus)Containers: (Docker Containers, Openshift is a plus)Software Design: Software Design Patterns, C4 Architecture Diagraming. Visio and PowerPoint presentation skills.Security: IT Security Management (NIST Cybersecurity).Familiarity with common integration technologies (Events, Message Queues, Webservices, APIs, ETLs)Ability to research emerging technologies and ability to drive POCs and prototypes.Excellent time management, prioritization, communication, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

Soft Skills:

Quick LearnerGood interpersonal skills, self-motivated, team-orientedAbility to meet deadlines.Comfortable working with ambiguityFamiliarity in Agile project framework and Agile design

It Would Be Nice For You To Have:

Established work history or equivalent demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military service, or education.

 

What Else You Need To Know:

The base pay range for this position is posted below and represents the annualized salary range. For hourly positions (non-exempt), the annual range is based on a 40-hour work week. The exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, training, licensure and certifications and location.

Base Pay Range

Minimum:

$112,500.00 USD

Maximum:

$185,000.00 USD

Link to Santander Benefits:

Santander Benefits - 2025 Santander OnGoing/NH eGuide (foleon.com)

Risk Culture:

We embrace a strong risk culture and all of our professionals at all levels are expected to take a proactive and responsible approach toward risk management.

EEO Statement:

At Santander, we value and respect differences in our workforce. We actively encourage everyone to apply. Santander is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Working Conditions:

Frequent minimal physical effort such as sitting, standing and walking is required for this role. Depending on location, occasional moving and lifting light equipment and/or furniture may be required.

Employer Rights:

This job description does not list all of the job duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. You may be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the tasks listed in this job description. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. This job description is not a contract for employment and either you or the employer may terminate your employment at any time for any reason.

What To Do Next:

If this sounds like a role you are interested in, then please apply.

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible application process for all candidates. If you require any assistance or accommodation due to a disability or any other reason, please contact us at TAOps@santander.us to discuss your needs.