Software Architect

Position Overview

Job Description

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. seeks a Software Architect in Birmingham, AL, with the ability to telecommute with appropriate telecommuting systems for up to three days per week, with a minimum of two days per week in the office. Participate in all aspects of PNC's Enterprise Data Management Technology organization activities. Specific duties include: (i) maintaining the opensource software platform used for analytical model development, training, and deployment, employing technology stacks including JupyterHub, Slurm, Conda, GPUs, Rstudio and Kubernetes; (ii) defining functional software designs and application systems architecture across all technologies and platforms; (iii) designing technical infrastructure for software application development, including specific databases, programming languages, utilities, and testing approaches; (iv) assessing software defects and issues discovered during quality assurance tests and providing support for resolutions; (v) addressing enterprise-wide platform and technology requirements for software application development; and (vi) developing detailed software development instructions in order to accommodate business needs through software automation.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Engineering, or Technology Management plus 5 years of experience with software architecture design and HPC application development is required. Must have experience with: (i) proposing viable technical solution designs based on specific technology stacks that support user and functional requirements, use cases and business objectives; (ii) designing applications using Design patterns and developing reusable components; (iii) application development methodologies including waterfall, agile development including Scrum and Test Driven Development (TDD); (iv) Object Oriented design and development; (v) designing architecture for Slurm to use applications including JupyterHub, Rstudio Workbench and Connect on the servers; (vi) analyzing bug fixes and feature releases with HPC scheduler vendor to keep the platform updated and avoid vulnerabilities; (vii) service oriented architecture and design, including security based implementations; and (viii) UNIX shell scripting.

40 hours/week, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Competencies

Analytical Thinking - Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis and the ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve the problems in the best interest of the business.

Application Development Tools - Knowledge of and ability to utilize a variety of specific tools and toolkits for the development and support of applications.

Industry Knowledge - Knowledge of the organization's industry group, trends, directions, major issues, regulatory considerations, and trendsetters; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.

IT Architecture - Knowledge of and ability to design and improve organizational IT structures and blueprints in order to better support business operations and efficiently achieve organizational objectives.

Platform Architecture - Knowledge of technologies and methods to design processing mechanisms and roadmaps to execute business application systems; ability to design these roadmaps and deploy supportive interfaces for end-users to access related systems, in accordance with standards and processes.

Products and Services - Knowledge of major products and services and product and service groups; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.

Service Oriented Architecture Technologies - Knowledge of the technologies used to enable excellent IT service for business clients; ability to develop, implement and support a variety of such technologies.

Software Process Improvement (SPI) - Knowledge of formal software process improvement disciplines, and ability to assess and improve the quality and operating costs associated with an existing application.

Work Experience

Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 5+ years of industry-relevant experience. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.

Education

Bachelors

Additional Job Description

$114,271/year.

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Benefits

PNC offers employees a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature); dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short- and long-term disability protection; maternity and parental leave; paid holidays, vacation days and occasional absence time; 401(k), pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption assistance; educational assistance and a robust wellness program with financial incentives. To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for part-time employees, visit ~~~ > New to PNC.

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