Application Architect - Full-time / Part-time

Position Overview

As an Application Architect within PNC’s Retail Assets MIS organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA, Columbus, OH, Brecksville, OH, or any city in the PNC footprint. In this role you will function as an Application Architect for the Retail Assets MIS domain providing application architecture & design services, technical roadmap development, and application integration strategy development for a suite of over 50 applications supporting our consumer lending business. The technical environment is a mix of mainframe and distributed systems (Java, .NET), as well as specialty areas such as imaging systems, integration, workflow platforms, and third party applications.

The Application Architect will work as a member of the Retail Assets Architecture COE and partner with Retail Assets leadership, project leads and managers, as well as our Enterprise Architecture practice to ensure that high-quality solutions are being developed in alignment with enterprise architectural standards that meet or exceed the needs of the consumer lending business. TOGAF certification is preferred, and the Architect will be responsible for mapping system interactions from a TOGAF perspective as the group moves towards a more one data strategy.

In addition to developing the standards and guidelines for development artifacts across the group, the Architecture COE will also work to integrate an Agile development approach to Retail Assets MIS as part of PNC's Agile transformation initiative.

Job Profile

• Participates in defining functional designs and application systems architecture across all technologies and platforms.
• Designs an application's technical infrastructure, such as specific databases, programming languages, utilities, and testing approaches.
• Participates in the assessment of software defects discovered during the quality assurance process.
• Participates in addressing enterprise-wide platform and technology requirements for applications.
• Develops detailed programming instructions to solve business problems through automation support.

Core Competencies

Manages Risk - Working Experience

• Assesses and effectively manages all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure activities are in alignment with the bank's and unit's risk appetite and risk management framework.

Customer Focus - Extensive Experience

• Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions, and ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.

Job Specific Competencies

Products and Services - Working Experience

• Knowledge of major products and services and product and service groups; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.

Industry Knowledge - Extensive Experience

• Knowledge of the organization's industry group, trends, directions, major issues, regulatory considerations, and trendsetters; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.

Platform Architecture - Working Experience

• Knowledge of technologies and methods to design processing mechanisms and roadmaps to execute business application systems; ability to design these roadmaps and deploy supportive interfaces for end-users to access related systems, in accordance with standards and processes.

Analytical Thinking - Extensive Experience

• Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis and the ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve the problems in the best interest of the business.

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT TOOLS - Working Experience

• Knowledge of and ability to utilize a variety of specific tools and toolkits for the development and support of applications.

IT Architecture - Working Experience

• Knowledge of and ability to design and improve organizational IT structures and blueprints in order to better support business operations and efficiently achieve organizational objectives.

Software Process Improvement (SPI) - Working Experience

• Knowledge of formal software process improvement disciplines, and ability to assess and improve the quality and operating costs associated with an existing application.

Service Oriented Architecture Technologies - Working Experience

• Knowledge of the technologies used to enable excellent IT service for business clients; ability to develop, implement and support a variety of such technologies.

Preferences/Skills

TOGAF certification strongly preferred
Any knowledge of BIAN also preferred
Exposure to data modeling - schemes and connectivity
Knowledge of File transmissions - internal and external
Proven ability to speak an influence at the group and senior leadership level

Certifications/Licenses


Preferred, TOGAF

Required Education and Experience


Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 5+ years of industry-relevant experience. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education and experience (including military service) may be considered.

EEO Statement

PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law