Data Solution Architect (Microsoft Azure)

Location: Remote within the USA; the role may be seated in the Buffalo, New York or Wilmington, Delaware offices. The posting also lists Clanton, Alabama, United States of America.

Salary: $116,400–$194,000 annual USD; the applicable range may vary by location.

Company

M&T Bank provides banking and financial services supported by enterprise technology, data, analytics, and reporting capabilities.

What you will do

• Design, build, test, and deploy enterprise technology solutions with Agile teams.
• Develop conceptual, logical, and physical architectures across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
• Architect data platforms, integration patterns, APIs, and data movement solutions for batch, near-real-time, and streaming workloads.
• Translate business and technology requirements into scalable, secure, resilient, and enterprise-grade solutions.
• Evaluate solution alternatives, vendors, risks, and architecture tradeoffs for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support architecture governance, design reviews, technical documentation, modernization initiatives, and operational handoffs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of relevant experience, or a combination of at least 9 years of higher education and/or relevant work experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience designing and delivering enterprise solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
• Experience with solution, application, data, and integration architecture, as well as software, platform, data, or service engineering.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms, Microsoft Azure, security controls, infrastructure, networking, modernization, governance, resiliency, compliance, and risk management.
• Experience developing and integrating applications, APIs, platforms, and data solutions using established architecture principles and patterns.
• Ability to communicate with stakeholders at different organizational levels and evaluate multiple approaches to complex technical problems.

Nice to have

• Graduate degree in a technical discipline.
• Experience with Azure-based solutions, modern data platforms, analytics, data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouses, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience across multiple technical disciplines, including application, data, infrastructure, platform, or cloud engineering.
• Experience with Agile and DevOps environments, financial services, banking regulations, and technology compliance.
• Azure, AWS, or comparable cloud and architecture certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work within the USA, with potential office locations in Buffalo, New York and Wilmington, Delaware.
• Work aligned with enterprise risk, regulatory, security, governance, and internal control standards.
• Opportunity to contribute to technology modernization and emerging technology initiatives.
• Commitment to a workplace that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.