M&T Bank Corporation

Data Solution Architect Principal

M&T Bank Corporation • $163K — $271K *
Wilmington, DE 19805In-Person
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 9+ years of relevant experience or 13+ years of combined education/work experience
  • Demonstrated experience leading cross-technology initiatives
  • Proven track record in creating componentized, scalable designs
  • Strong expertise in design, refactoring, and optimization of frameworks
  • Familiarity with multiple programming languages and their integrations
  • Experience with containerization technologies
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms and scalable designs implementation

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical design and integration for complex data projects across multiple technologies
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand requirements and model data
  • Produce key data artifacts like data dictionaries and flow diagrams
  • Create API schematics and transition state architectures
  • Document design artifacts to ensure compliance with SLAs
  • Identify strategic gaps in solutions and collaborate on remediation plans
  • Assess current systems and craft phased architectures toward target state
  • Establish data governance frameworks including quality and audit rules
  • Ensure designs are cloud-ready and adaptable with minimal rework
  • Facilitate adoption of best practices among Agile teams and address training gaps

Benefits

  • Promotes a culture of belonging
  • Supports compliance with risk and regulatory standards
  • Encourages continual internal controls enhancement
  • Offers opportunities for professional growth and skills development.
  • Facilitates an environment for innovative technology solutions
Full Job Description
JOB SUMMARY:

In alignment with IS's growing investment, we are looking for a senior Data Solution Architect who can translate complex business processes into a scalable, governed, and implementable data architecture. Who can provide guidance that supports the development of a key strategic platform that integrates data from disparate systems to drive business solutions. Plan and designs solutions that are cost-effective, compliant with enterprise policies and corporate technology standards and align with business and technology strategies. Is a key resource in helping to set the technology direction for Data.

This role is a senior data architecture role responsible for shaping strategy, translating strategy into detailed solution designs, and guiding implementation teams through delivery. The role is not intended to perform data engineering build work or application development; it defines the architecture, data models, data contracts, governance requirements, integration patterns, and implementation-ready design artifacts that delivery teams use to build the solution.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Lead the technical design and data integration for a highly complex data project involving multiple technologies that integrates data across multiple domains.
  • Work with the business to understand requirements and develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
  • Produces data artifacts such data dictionaries, source to record matrices, data flow diagrams, data lineage documentation.
  • Create API Schema and transition state architecture.
  • Produce the design artifacts that account for different data frequencies and ensure Service Level Agreements (SLA) are documented and accounted for in the design.
  • Identify any strategy gaps in solution and work with team members and senior management to develop plans to rectify gaps.
  • Assess existing systems, data structures and integrations, identify duplication or gaps, and define a phased path to the target architecture.
  • Create a data governance framework for the new solution, including data quality rules, and audit requirements.
  • Ensure designs are cloud-ready and portable with minimum rework by documenting any transition state architecture and incorporating multi cloud components.
  • Work with the agile team to ensure the documented best practices are used in data platform development and address identified training gaps.
  • Establish non-functional standards in designs; design, refactor, optimize and establish interaction of multiple flexible frameworks to maximize reusability across value chain capabilities to streamline efficiencies.
  • Work with the agile team, technology leads, and senior management in release train discussions to determine key dependencies for stories and align solutions to add business value.
  • Help in the establishment of data architecture standards and ensure they are met across releases.
  • Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
  • Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management
  • Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
  • Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
  • Complete other related duties as assigned.


MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
  • Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 9 years related experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 13 years higher education and/ or work experience, including a minimum of 9 years related experience
  • Experience with leading an initiative that spans across multiple technology practices and business verticals
  • Experience creating componentized scalable designs
  • Experience in driving the design, refactor and optimization of frameworks
  • Experience with multiple programming languages and tools and how they integrate
  • Experience in containerization technologies
  • Experience implementing scalable designs on at least one mainstream cloud provider platform
  • Experience implementing data architecture and integration concepts


IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS PREFERRED:
  • Minimum of 7 years of data solution architecture experience, including experience defining target-state and transition-state architecture for complex enterprise platforms.
  • Experience implementing initiatives that have impact enterprise wide
  • The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), Cloud Solution Architecture on Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Certification
  • Experience in pertinent data modeling platforms
  • Experience with multiple Not Only Structured Query Language (NoSQL) platforms
  • Experience with data lake and data warehousing design
  • Experience with real time data processing and high-volume low latency systems
  • Experience defining conceptual, logical and physical data models
  • Ability to establish authoritative data sources, ownership and lineage
  • Ability to rationalize data across multiple legacy platforms
  • Experience designing canonical data models and reusable API data contracts
  • Experience defining data-quality, reconciliation and audit requirements
  • Experience creating phased transition plans from current- to future-state architecture
  • Working across business, product, architecture and engineering teams


M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $163,100.00 - $271,900.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate's particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

Location
Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America

About M&T Bank Corporation

M&T Bank is a financial holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. M&T's principal banking subsidiary, M&T Bank, operates banking offices in New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Trust-related services are provided by M&T's Wilmington Trust-affiliated companies and by M&T Bank. M&T Bank traces its origins to the founding of Manufacturers and Traders Bank in Buffalo, New York. As a result of mergers, acquisitions, and name changes, M&T Bank Corporation's principal bank is now known as Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company or M&T Bank. M&T Bank reorganized under a bank holding company in 1969 called First Empire State Corporation. The name was changed in 1998 to M&T Bank Corporation, whose common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol "MTB."

M&T Bank Corporation Careers

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Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that supports both your professional and personal life. M&T Bank Corporation offers competitive salaries, health benefits, and retirement plans designed to ensure the well-being of our team members and their families. Experience a supportive and inclusive culture where every employee is valued and given the opportunity to thrive.

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Learn more about M&T Bank Corporation
Size
17,115 employees
Market Cap
$25.2 billion
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Net Income
$1.3 billion
Founded
1868
5 Year Trend
+0.2%
NASDAQ
MTB
* Ladders Estimates

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