Enterprise Architect - Infrastructure

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Cleveland-based KeyCorp is one of the nation'slargestbank-basedfinancialservicescompanies,with assetsof approximately$170billion. Keycompaniesprovideinvestmentmanagement,retail andcommercial banking,consumer finance, and investmentbanking products andservices to individuals andcompaniesthroughout theUnited States and, forcertain businesses, internationally.Thecompany's businesses deliver theirproducts and services through branchesand offices; a network of 1,500 ATMs; telephone bankingcenters800-KEY2YOU® (800-539-2968); and awebsite, Key.com®, that provides accountaccessand financialproducts 24hours aday.

About theBusiness

The Enterprise ArchitectureGroup delivers businessvalue by defining,driving, and governing Key's overall technology directionandstrategy. By leveraging industrystandards, the enterprise architecture groupfacilitates innovation and enables rapid businesscapability deployment. The groupfacilitates thevision, principles,standards, and processesthatguide the purchase, design, and deployment of technologyat Key across the application architecture, dataarchitecture, and infrastructurearchitecture areas.

About theJob

The Lead Enterprise Architect (with infrastructure focus) defines target-state and implementation architectures for Key’s most critical initiatives, aligning business strategy, application and data architecture, and the underlying technology platforms (cloud, network, compute, storage, and automation) required to deliver them. This role partners with business and technology leaders to establish domain strategies, reference architectures, standards, and guardrails that enable secure, resilient, scalable solutions. The Enterprise Architect also participates in governance—reviewing and influencing architecture decisions for critical delivery projects to ensure alignment to enterprise principles, risk posture, and long-term roadmaps.

Essential Job Functions

General:

• Develops enterprise architecture options, including infrastructure impacts, with clear cost/benefit, risk, and tradeoff analysis.
• Defines and communicates target-state roadmaps aligned to business strategy and organizational readiness.
• Influences architecture decisions across teams through facilitation, data-driven recommendations, and consensus-building.
• Balances strategic and tactical needs by evaluating tradeoffs across business outcomes, delivery constraints, and long/short-term platform considerations.
• Operates independently, driving architecture outcomes while partnering effectively across product, engineering, security, and infrastructure teams.
• Participates in architecture governance by reviewing and influencing architecture for critical delivery projects (application, data, and infrastructure).
• Understand technology trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating models
• Drives innovation by identifying opportunities to modernize platforms and reduce complexity through standardization and automation.
• Communicates complex architecture concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Synthesizes the “big picture” across domains while guiding teams on the key details needed for secure, resilient implementation.
• Leads cross-functional working sessions and architecture reviews to drive alignment and timely decisions.
• Navigates ambiguity by framing decisions, defining assumptions, and iterating toward an agreed target state.
• Facilitates conflict resolution by surfacing tradeoffs, aligning on principles, and documenting decision rationale.
• Partners with risk, security, and compliance to ensure architectures meet resiliency, control, and regulatory requirements.

Technology:

• Generalskillsetwithwidetechnologycoverageandspecializationin few areas (flexible)
• Cloud Technologies
• Cloud landing zones, identity/IAM integration, and network segmentation patterns
• Infrastructure & Platform Architecture (hybrid cloud, network, compute, storage, and platform services)
• Automation
• Infrastructure as Code and configuration management (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible) and CI/CD automation
• Integration technologies and patterns
• Data design and concepts
• Security concepts
• Resiliency engineering (HA/DR, RTO/RPO), capacity planning, and observability patterns

Business

• Financial industry background a plus
• Ability tospeak the language of thebusinesscommunity andcommunicatewellwithbusinessstakeholders

RequiredQualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science orequivalentwork experience
• Master's degree in technology or business desirable
• Experience in architectingenterprise applications acrosstheapplication, dataandinfrastructure domains
• Experience inmanagingand driving enterprisearchitecturecapabilities within a largecorporation
• Experiencewith Internet deliveryarchitecture,messagingandwebservicearchitecture,sales delivery platformarchitecturesandmobilearchitectures.
• Must be a team player able to work effectively at all levels of the organization and influence others toward consensus. Demonstrates high integrity and sound judgment when handling sensitive systems, data, and architecture decisions.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

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Key has implemented an approach to employee workspaces which prioritizes in-office presence, while providing flexible options in circumstances where roles can be performed effectively in a mobile environment.

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