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# Technology Architect (AI & Data)

- **Company:** U.S. Bank
- **Location:** Minneapolis, MN, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $119,765.0 - $140,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Business Software, Cloud Engineering, Data Governance, Software Design Documents, Distributed Systems, Identity and Access Management, Enterprise Messaging Systems, Meta-Data Management, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Privacy Controls, Large Language Models, Technical Debt, Generative AI, Event Driven Architecture, Data Lakes, Information Technology, Api Design, Data Pipelines, Microservices
- **Published:** September 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.minneapoliscareersite.com/job.asp?id=3375532343&tx=JL2923FFG&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
 * At least 10 years experience with developing and implementing applications.
 * At least 10 years experience with the concepts, philosophies and tools behind the design of applications, information and underlying information technologies.

## Description

U.S. Bank is seeking a Technology Architect with strategic and influencing experience to contribute toward the success of our technology initiatives. Researches, models, and integrates business and technology architectures to align with business strategy, goals and objectives. Develops enterprise-wide conceptual technology architectures. Creates architectural principles to support business goals. Consults with business line managers and IT professionals to develop IT frameworks that support business applications. Understands and models key business capabilities, processes, relationships, and impact of technology on business goals. Formulates conceptual architectures and communicates architectural vision, goals and design objectives to multiple audiences. Develops technology strategies and roadmaps to deliver strategic business capabilities. Evaluates usefulness and makes recommendations regarding selected technologies. Participates in developing the IT vision and strategy. Consults with IT
and business management regarding use of specific technologies and associated services. Identifies risks associated with current or new technology use.

Successful applicants will exemplify US Bank's ethical principles of uncompromising integrity, respect for others, accountability for decisions and actions, and good citizenship., * Lead end-to-end solution design, defining architecture across core banking systems, data, and AI capabilities.

 * Translate business requirements into clear, scalable, and integrated solution designs, avoiding siloed implementations.
 * Collaborate with product owners, engineering teams, and enterprise architects to ensure alignment with architecture standards and frameworks.
 * Design scalable Batch and Real-time data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and streaming across Data lakes and OLTPs.
 * Define and drive non-functional requirements (NFRs), including resiliency, performance, scalability, and failure handling.
 * Develop reference architectures, reusable patterns, and blueprints, and validate designs early through hands-on engagement.
 * Drive automation architecture across build, testing, deployment, infrastructure, monitoring, and operations.
 * Evaluate technologies and vendor solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise platforms and strategic direction.
 * Maintain a forward-looking architectural view, identifying dependencies, risks, and integration complexity early in the lifecycle.
 * Collaborate with engineering, security, compliance, and product teams to ensure designs meet regulatory, risk, and performance requirements typical of a banking environment.
 * Identify technical debt and architectural risks across the portfolio and propose remediation or modernization plans., * Strongexpertisein Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, and Distributed Systems Design withincomplexenterpriseenvironments.
 * Hands-onexperiencedesigningandimplementing AI-powered solutions ,including LLMs, AI Agents, RAG architectures, Copilots, and Generative AI platforms .
 * Deepknowledgeof API-driven architectures, event-driven systems, messaging platforms, microservices, and cloud-native design principles .
 * Experiencedesigning batch and real-time data pipelines ,dataproducts,analyticsplatforms,andmoderndataarchitectures.
 * Strongunderstandingof data governance, data quality, metadata management, lineage, privacy controls, and access management .
 * Expertisedefining non-functional requirements (NFRs) includingresiliency,availability,scalability,security,monitoring,andoperationalexcellence.
 * Provenabilitytocreate solution design documents, architecture decision records (ADRs), system integration diagrams, and data flow models .
 * Excellentcommunicationandstakeholdermanagementskillswiththeabilitytoinfluenceengineeringteams,productleaders,andexecutivestakeholdersonarchitecturedecisionsandtrade-offs.


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