Data Solution Architect Principal

Location: Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America

Salary: $163,100–$271,900 annually (USD)

Company

M&T Bank's Wilmington Trust Institutional Services division is investing in operational improvement, digital transformation, and a strategic platform for standardized transaction management.

What you will do

• Lead technical design and data integration for complex initiatives spanning multiple technologies, business domains, and technology practices.
• Translate business requirements into conceptual, logical, and physical data models and implementation-ready solution designs.
• Create data dictionaries, source-to-record matrices, data-flow diagrams, lineage documentation, API schemas, and transition-state architecture.
• Define data governance frameworks, including data-quality rules, authoritative sources, ownership, reconciliation, audit requirements, and service-level agreements.
• Assess legacy systems and integrations, identify duplication and gaps, and define phased paths to target architecture.
• Guide agile delivery teams, establish architecture standards, manage dependencies, and ensure cloud-ready and portable designs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least 9 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience with at least 9 years of related experience.
• Experience leading initiatives across multiple technology practices and business verticals and creating componentized, scalable designs.
• Experience with multiple programming languages and tools, containerization technologies, and scalable implementations on at least one mainstream cloud platform.
• Experience implementing data architecture and integration concepts, including data modeling, data lakes, data warehouses, or NoSQL platforms.
• Experience designing real-time, high-volume, low-latency systems and defining conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Ability to work across business, product, architecture, and engineering teams while adhering to risk, regulatory, audit, and internal-control standards.

Nice to have

• At least 7 years of data solution architecture experience, including target-state and transition-state architecture for complex enterprise platforms.
• TOGAF or cloud architecture certification involving Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Experience creating canonical data models, reusable API data contracts, phased transition plans, and enterprise-wide initiatives.

Culture & Benefits

• Work is aligned with risk appetite, regulatory standards, internal controls, and audit requirements.
• The role supports standardization, best-practice adoption, digital transformation, and reduced operational risk.
• The position contributes to a workplace that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.