Enterprise Governance Architect

Innovation and Technology

Hillsboro, Oregon

NA, Washington

NA, California

NA, Oregon

NA, Nevada

Description

About Us:

Umpqua Bank is headquartered in the Pacific Northwest with 5,000+ employees and offers banking services to customers throughout the nation. It’s an especially exciting time to join our team as, following the recent merger with Columbia Bank, we have grown to become a leading western-based regional bank with more than $50B in assets under management and an unwavering commitment to our associates, our customers, and our communities.

We create a great place to work by offering a special brand of relationship banking and by providing a culture where associates thrive. Associates who embody our core values fit in well here and we are eager to meet candidates who demonstrate behaviors that align with Trust, Ownership, Growth, Empathy, Teamwork, Heart, Enjoyment, and Relationships.

About the Role:

The Enterprise Architect requires competency in one key technological area of the bank and works with the other architects developing designs and reviewing designs for information systems to be implemented in accordance with the bank’s goals, needs and objectives. This involves the uniformity of application implementations under their influence with a deep understanding of the business needs and the business strategy along with the future vision of the team's development within the enterprise’s direction and technology roadmap.

• Advisory and Collaboration: Act as an advisor to all technology groups, and thebank as a whole, whennew technologies or business needs are identified. Collaborate with all levels of the bank, up to and including executive management, on the bank’s technology direction and business goals.

• Enterprise Architecture (EA) Patterns and Frameworks: Create EA patterns and antipatterns. Provide an architectural framework for information system development, maintenance, and enhancement efforts.

• Strategy and Roadmap Ownership. Own the development and alignment of technology strategy and roadmap within a defined domain. Work closely with technology and business stakeholders to ensure alignment and sponsorship.

• Research and Development. Stay actively engaged in industry and technology trends. Maintain active research on current state and emerging technologies. Drive creation of enterprise technology radar report which includes classification of solutions into the following recommendations: Hold, Assess, Trial and Adopt.

• Requirements Definition. Understand user and process requirements and ensure those requirements can be achieved through high quality deliverables. Analyze and translate business and functional requirements into enterprise architecture design that align with Enterprise Architecture Principles.

• Product and Solution Delivery & Integration. Influence and collaborate with TAG Teams (Product Engineering, Cloud Ops, etc.) and other Business Units to deliver secure, quality, scalable and resilient solutions within schedule, budget and scope. Understand the interactions between systems, applications, and services within the environment, and evaluate the impact of changes or additions.

• Industry and Brand Stewardship. Actively participate in industry events (e.g. financial and technology conferences), publish white papers, host webinars and much more to help advance the technology brand of the company.

• Mentorship. Provides active leadership and mentorship in technology best practices/patterns, methodology and other relevant areas across Teams and the company.

• Demonstrates compliance with all bank regulations for assigned job function and applies to designated job responsibilities – knowledge may be gained through coursework and on-the-job training. Keeps up to date on regulation changes.

• Follows all Bank policies and procedures, compliance regulations, and completes all required annual or job-specific training.

• Maintain a working knowledge of Bank's written policies and procedures regarding Bank Secrecy Act, Regulation CC, Regulation E, Bank Security and other regulations as applicable to this job description.

• May be asked to coach, mentor, or train others and teach coursework as subject matter expert.

• Actively learns, demonstrates, and fosters the Umpqua corporate culture in all actions and words.

• Takes personal initiative and is a positive example for others to emulate.

• Embraces our vision to become “Business Bank of Choice”

• May perform other duties as assigned.

About You:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, related field or equivalent work experience.Required

• Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, related field or equivalent work experience.Preferred

• ArchitectCertification as an Architect in Azure, AWS or GCP. Preferred

• 10+ Years of experience in analysis, design, development, or application deployment. Required

• 4+ Years of experience as an EA or technical architect.Required

• Competent in reviewing system and application designs to ensure compliance and consistency with the businesses strategic direction.

• Possesses organizational skills to identify and track architectural issues to resolution.

• Has in-depth knowledge and competency in the bank’s key technological areas within the total computing environment and how various hardware, software and telecommunications components impact the overall environment.

• Must be well-versed and have hands-on experience with cloud environments (e.g. Azure, AWS, GCP, etc.)

• Must be well-versed in Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, BIAN) and Architecture and Well-Architected Cloud Frameworks.

• Must be proficient with contingency and disaster recovery procedures.

• Collaborative professional who can build effective partnerships with technical and non-technical leaders.

• Respected leader whois able tolead and grow the next generation of architects.

• Must be able to foreseerisks andcommunicate and plan appropriate mitigation.

• Strong oral and written communicator whois able tobuild cooperative relationships with people to communicate the business value of technology

Workstyle: Fully onsite.

Our Benefits:

We offer a competitive total rewards package including basewagesand comprehensive benefits. Thepayrange for this role is $111,000.00-$175,000.00and the pay rate for theselected candidate isdependent upon a variety of non-discriminatory factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, education, and geographic location. The rolemay beeligible for performance-based incentive compensation and those details will be provided during the recruitment process.

We offer eligible associates comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), a 401(k)-retirement savings plan with employer match for qualifying associate contributions, an employee assistance program, life insurance, disability insurance, tuition assistance, mental health resources, identity theft protection, legal support, auto and home insurance, pet insurance, access to an online discount marketplace, and paid vacation, sick days, volunteer days, and holidays. Benefit eligibility begins the first day of the month following the date of hire for associates who are regularly scheduled to work at least thirty hours weekly.

Our Commitment to Diversity :

Umpqua Bank isan equal opportunityand affirmative actionemployercommitted to employing, engaging, and developinga diverse workforce.Allqualifiedapplicants will receive considerationfor employmentwithout regard to race, color,national origin,religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, protected veteran status, disability, or any other applicable protected status or characteristics.If you require an accommodation to complete the application or interview(s),please let us know by email: [email protected] .

To Staffing and Recruiting Agencies:

Our posted job opportunities are onlyintendedfor individuals seekingemploymentat Umpqua Bank.Umpqua Bank does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies and Umpqua Bank will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resume submissions.Staffing and recruiting agencies are not authorized to submit profiles, applications,or resumestothis site or toany Umpqua Bank employeeand any such submissionswill be consideredunsolicitedunlessrequesteddirectlyby a member of the Talent Acquisition team.