Hiring: Principal Data Architect Company: First Citizens Bank Location: Phoenix, AZ Job Posted Time: 2026-09-14 13:45:24 Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Azure, Databricks, Domain-Driven Design, Enterprise Architecture, Event-Driven, Portfolio Management, Snowflake, Systems Engineering, dbt About the job Experience: •Commercial Banking and Relationship Data •Understanding of commercial banking processes including relationship management, onboarding, credit initiation, covenant tracking, portfolio management, treasury management, deposits, payments, servicing, and cross-sell analytics. •General Banking, Deposits, Lending, and Payments •Demonstrated capacity to align architecture across core banking, deposit, loan, payments, CRM, servicing, and operational platforms to support enterprise reporting and analytics. •Digital Banking and Customer Engagement Required Skills: •This role will serve as the accountable Data Architecture leader within ED&A for customer, relationship, account, product, channel, transaction, lending, deposits, payments, servicing, digital engagement, and operational banking data ecosystems. Qualifications: •Business Strategy - Drives data management architectural vision and strategy to support business needs. Designs and integrates key systems that change overall corporate data strategy and direction. Facilitates the development and evolution of architecture and enterprise governance processes. •Consultation - Provides technical direction for the Bank's annual investment in all data technology areas, including data infrastructure, architecture, management, integration, quality, reporting, and analytics. Offers guidance to application development teams within the department. •Collaboration - Communicates a clear vision for management and senior technical staff to ensure maximum leverage of both purchased and developed technology. Collaborates effectively to solve complex technical problems and create data strategies. Serves as a member of the Enterprise Architecture Review Board. •Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of experience in Application Development, Systems Engineering, or Information Technology management OR High School Diploma or GED and 14 years of experience in Application Development, Systems Engineering, or Information Technology management •15+ years of experience in Data Architecture, Data Engineering, Enterprise Data Management, Data Platforms, or related disciplines. •7+ years of experience supporting Commercial Banking, Retail/General Banking, Digital Banking, Payments, Lending, Deposits, Customer, Product, Operations, Risk, or Compliance domains within a large financial institution or similarly regulated environment. •Demonstrated experience defining enterprise-scale data architectures for banking, digital, customer, commercial, operational, analytics, reporting, or governed data platform use cases. •Deep expertise in data integration, metadata management, data lineage, master/reference data, data quality, data privacy, data controls, and enterprise data governance. •In-depth knowledge of banking data ecosystems, customer/account/product relationships, channel interactions, transaction flows, servicing processes, regulatory considerations, and auditability expectations. •Proven ability to influence senior business and technology stakeholders and drive architecture decisions across complex, multi-team delivery environments. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!