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# Principal Solutions Architect - Investment Services Portfolio

- **Company:** U.S. Bank
- **Location:** Hopkins, MN, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $159,970.0 - $188,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Computing Platforms, Microsoft Azure, Data Infrastructure, DevOps, Digital Assets, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Tokenization, Zachman Framework, Multi-Cloud, Technical Debt, Togaf, Event Driven Architecture, Serverless Computing, Microservices
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3425139176&tx=IT9386THI&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
 * Eight or more years of relevant experience, * Ten or more years in software engineering, solution or enterprise architecture, platform architecture, or technology strategy.
 * Five or more years leading architecture for complex portfolios, business domains, platforms, or interconnected systems.
 * Experience defining target-state architectures and multi-year modernization roadmaps while influencing senior leaders on investment tradeoffs.
 * Strong knowledge of the software development life cycle, distributed systems, microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture, integration, and cloud.
 * Experience leading, coaching, or mentoring architects and aligning teams through influence.
 * Ability to explain complex architecture decisions to executive, business, and technical audiences.
 * Experience in financial services or another highly regulated industry.
 * Architecture team leadership or formal people-management experience.
 * Experience with Azure, AWS, hybrid or multi-cloud platforms, cloud-native services, and large-scale transformation.
 * Knowledge of enterprise portfolio planning, financial management, and technology investment.
 * Working knowledge of modern data platforms, analytics, AI/ML, intelligent automation, and AI-enabled development.
 * Familiarity with digital assets, tokenization, or other emerging financial technologies.
 * Knowledge of TOGAF, BIAN, Zachman, or relevant architecture and cloud certifications.

## Description

The Principal Solution Architect leads technology architecture strategy for the Investment Services Portfolio, a large WCIB portfolio serving institutional clients in a high-volume, highly regulated environment. This role owns the target-state architecture, multi-year roadmap, modernization strategy, and portfolio governance. It serves as a senior advisor to business and technology leaders, influencing investment priorities and architecture decisions while leading architects and translating business strategy into scalable, secure, resilient technology direction., * Own and evolve the portfolio architecture strategy, target state, and multi-year technology roadmap.

 * Translate business strategy, enterprise direction, regulatory needs, and emerging opportunities into technology priorities and investment recommendations.
 * Lead portfolio architecture governance to drive consistency, reuse, interoperability, resiliency, and enterprise alignment.
 * Oversee architecture for complex, high-risk initiatives across applications, platforms, data, integration, cloud, and emerging technologies.
 * Lead modernization across cloud, application rationalization, platforms, technical debt, DevOps, and platform engineering.
 * Identify systemic architecture risks and balance business outcomes, cost, speed, risk, and long-term sustainability.
 * Align application, platform, data, and AI strategies with security, privacy, governance, and regulatory requirements.
 * Establish reusable patterns and guardrails that accelerate delivery while maintaining quality and compliance.
 * Advise senior leaders through architecture reviews, strategic planning, roadmaps, and clear communication of tradeoffs.
 * Lead and mentor architects, including one direct report, while influencing strategy across the broader organization.