Solutions Architect

Municipal Credit Union

. Partner with business and technology stakeholders to understand objectives, processes, requirements, constraints, and desired outcomes .

Posted 10/23/2026full-timeRemote • New York • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $121,300 - $208,170 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and delivering cloud-native solutions on Azure and/or AWS, with a strong focus on architecture governance, integration patterns, and modernization of legacy systems. Capable of translating complex business problems into scalable and secure solution designs while providing technical leadership across cross-functional teams.

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Cloud-Native Solutions DesignArchitecture GovernanceAPIs And MicroservicesAzure DevOpsFinancial Services Experience

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Hard Skills

Cloud-Native SolutionsAPIsMicroservicesContainerizationServerless TechnologiesEvent-Driven ArchitecturesObservability PatternsReliability PatternsSystem IntegrationOperational Documentation

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationStakeholder EngagementProblem AnalysisConsensus BuildingFollow-Through Skills

Tools & Technologies

AzureAWSAzure DevOpsSDLCChange Management

Industry Keywords

BankingCredit UnionsPaymentsLendingRegulated Financial Services

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudJavaJavaScriptMicroservicesNode.jsPythonSDLCTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with business and technology stakeholders to understand objectives, processes, requirements, constraints, and desired outcomes
Develop end-to-end solution architectures covering current-state and future-state views, system context, integration patterns, data flows, infrastructure, and security requirements
Evaluate solution options and provide recommendations, trade-offs, risks, dependencies, assumptions, and implementation considerations
Simplify the technology landscape, reduce technical debt, improve interoperability, automate processes, and modernize legacy capabilities
Provide technical leadership during complex incident resolution, root-cause analysis, and remediation planning
Communicate complex technical concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences, including senior leadership
Evaluate emerging technologies and establish reusable architecture patterns
Coordinate the development, analysis, and implementation of end-to-end solutions
Troubleshoot technology and process issues across systems and teams
Identify alternative solutions, mitigate risks, and re-engineer processes
Collaborate with application development, infrastructure, cloud, data, security, operations, business analysis, quality assurance, and project delivery teams
Support vendor and platform evaluations, including technical fit, integration capability, security, resiliency, support model, lifecycle, and total cost
Maintain awareness of emerging technologies, industry practices, and financial services trends and recommend adoption where beneficial
Translate business problems into scalable, secure, and reliable solution designs
Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams
Document architecture decisions, standards, risks, dependencies, and implementation guidance in accordance with governance, SDLC, and change-management processes
Follow architectural standards and governance aligned with the enterprise technology roadmap, regulatory requirements, and security standards
Deploy and document changes in accordance with SDLC and change-management processes
Serve as an escalation point for high-severity issues and troubleshoot and resolve complex incidents

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
Demonstrated experience designing and delivering cloud-native solutions on Azure and/or AWS
Experience with APIs, microservices, containerization and/or serverless technologies
Experience with messaging/event-driven architectures
Experience with observability and reliability patterns
Significant experience designing and delivering complex enterprise technology solutions across multiple systems, platforms, or business functions
Proven experience decomposing legacy or vendor-centric environments and delivering stepwise modernization in production
Experience in banking, credit unions, payments, lending, or another regulated financial-services environment
Experience with APIs, event-driven or messaging patterns, data exchange, identity and access management, and system-to-system integration
Experience with Azure DevOps or similar DevOps toolsets
Experience with architecture governance, technology standards, design reviews, SDLC controls, change management, and operational readiness
Experience producing operational documentation, including runbooks, support models, and monitoring/alerting requirements
Ability to analyze ambiguous or complex problems, develop options, build consensus, and present recommendations clearly
Excellent follow-through skills, member relations skills, and sound business judgment
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Comfortable reading and reviewing code in at least one modern language, such as C#, Java, Python, or TypeScript/Node.js

Benefits

Comp & perks

Discretionary bonus eligibility
401(k) with a 6% employer match per pay period
Medical insurance
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Flexible paid time off
11 paid holidays annually
Equal employment opportunities and a welcoming, inclusive workplace