Western Alliance Bank

Architect III – Enterprise Cloud Solutions Architect

Western Alliance Bank

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Phoenix • Arizona, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

AzureCloudDNSDockerFirewallsKubernetes

About the role

  • define and lead architectural priorities that advance the business and technology strategy of the organization
  • participate in the Architecture Standards Board (ASB) and Technology Review Board (TRB)
  • manage the business capability inventory for their specific domain
  • develop applicable standards and patterns for the domain and bring it forward to ASB for review and approval
  • accountable for the design and documentation of solution architecture relating to applications and capabilities
  • work with business, product, and IT teams to ensure safe, secure, compliant, and reliable designs
  • review solution architecture design in TRB and ensure design aligns to approved standards
  • advocate & evangelist of architecture principles, standards, and patterns across the organization
  • identify, propose, & lead opportunities to advance capabilities for the domain through new technology
  • facilitate proof of concepts and pilots on new/emerging technology

Requirements

  • 10+ years of related experience
  • Bachelor's degree in related field required
  • Previous leadership experience preferred
  • Intermediate knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred
  • Intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices
  • Advanced experience working in an architecture function with knowledge & experience developing reference architectures & patterns and supporting governance functions related to: Application Development, Cloud Compute, Storage and Networking technologies
  • IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Serverless, Containers, Automation, Security
  • Advanced understanding of product management, agile principles and development methodologies
  • Proficiency with the Azure Cloud ecosystem including: Cloud Compute, Storage & Networking, IaaS / PaaS / SaaS, Serverless, Containers, Azure Resource Manager, and Entra is required
  • Experience with networking in Azure including Virtual Networks, DNS, Load Balancing, Firewalls, Routers, and Proxies is required
  • Experience with Identity & Access Management and security design patterns leveraging Entra, Azure Defender, Azure Sentinel, & Cloudflare is required
  • Cloud management expertise utilizing RBAC, Azure Blueprints & Policies, Cost Management, Monitor and Alerting is required
  • Proficient in automation scripting leveraging Azure PowerShell & CLI modules
  • Deep understanding of Azure Disaster Recovery offerings & options is required
  • Understanding of modern DevOps concepts including CI/CD, SAST, DAST, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is preferred
  • Experience with container-based solutions such as Azure Kubernetes or Docker is preferred
  • Experience with emerging Azure technologies such as Azure Fabric & Microsoft Foundry is preferred
  • Understanding FinOps principles and practical application is preferred
  • May require up to 25% travel
Benefits
  • competitive salaries
  • an ownership stake in the company
  • medical and dental insurance
  • time off
  • a great 401k matching program
  • tuition assistance program
  • an employee volunteer program
  • a wellness program

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
solution architecturereference architecturesapplication developmentcloud computestorage technologiesnetworking technologiesautomation scriptingidentity and access managementdisaster recoveryDevOps
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationadvocacycollaborationfacilitation