Principal Architect – Enterprise Architecture, Consumer Banking, AI & Cloud

Truist

. Report to the Division Head of Enterprise Architecture aligned to Consumer & Small Business Banking .

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeAtlanta • North Carolina, Texas, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Report to the Division Head of Enterprise Architecture aligned to Consumer & Small Business Banking
Provide enterprise architecture leadership, strategy, and governance
Define and execute an AI first, cloud first enterprise architecture strategy for Consumer Banking
Develop current and future state architectures and a sequenced roadmap for modernization
Ensure alignment with regulatory, risk, resiliency, and customer experience expectations
Lead business capabilities and platform architecture enterprise-wide
Develop and enforce architectural standards
Collaborate with consumer business leaders, technology teams, risk, security, and data organizations

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Business or IT, or equivalent education and related training
20 years of architecture/design/delivery experience including 15 years of enterprise architecture experience or 20 years of solution architecture experience in technology and security
10 years of banking/financial business domain experience
Comprehensive experience with various architectural domains such as application, data, infrastructure, security, and integration
Strong analytical skills
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Strong negotiation/facilitation skills
Significant knowledge of current and emerging architecture principles, methodologies, and tools
Experience negotiating with vendors for relevant products and services
Demonstrated competency in strategic thinking
Proficiency in basic computer applications such as Microsoft Office
Ability to travel occasionally overnight

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision insurance
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
Tax-preferred savings accounts
401k plan
10 days of vacation
10 sick days
Paid holidays
Pension plan
Restricted stock units
Deferred compensation plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

enterprise architectureAI architecturecloud architectureapplication architecturedata architectureinfrastructure architecturesecurity architectureintegration architecturearchitectural standardsmodernization roadmap

Soft Skills

analytical skillsverbal communicationwritten communicationnegotiation skillsfacilitation skillsstrategic thinkingleadershipcollaborationgovernancecustomer experience