Solution Architect, Electronic Payments

Job Description

Principal Architect

The Principal Architect is responsible for leadership, facilitation, analysis and design tasks related to the development of an enterprise technical architecture that applies across multiple Comerica business domains with focus on complex payments platforms and products. Provides technology direction and guidance for strategic projects / initiatives aligned with enterprise architecture principles and considerations. Provides deep expertise of overall systems architecture across layers app, OS, data, network, storage, security etc. and their inter-dependencies across business domains and implications. Responsible for evaluating, selecting and recommending relevant technology, tools and practices aligned with business strategy and priorities and applicable to multiple domains.

Position Responsibilities :

Innovation

• Perform research activities to identify emerging technologies and trends that may affect the enterprise.
• Maintain awareness of vendor / product industry developments, regulations and trends and identify potential impacts to the enterprise.
• Assist in vendor / product selection activities including the development of vendor / product evaluation models used in Requests for Proposal (RFP's).
• Design and oversee efforts in building effective bank specific Proof of Concept demonstrations and socialize the results throughout the enterprise and all levels of management.

Strategy

Enterprise Architecture Governance