Sr. technology Architect (Financial Crime & Risk Data Platforms)

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise-scale Financial Crime, Risk, Compliance, and Regulatory data platforms.

Drive modernization initiatives by migrating legacy data ecosystems to cloud-native and Databricks-based architectures.

Develop and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models that support data quality, scalability, governance, and long-term business objectives.

Partner with business leaders, product owners, engineering teams, and risk stakeholders to translate complex requirements into strategic technology solutions.

Define enterprise architecture standards, reference architectures, and best practices for data ingestion, transformation, storage, lineage, governance, and consumption.

Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative solutions that improve performance, resiliency, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance.

Collaborate with Data Engineering, Analytics, Security, and Risk teams to build secure, highly available, and resilient data products and services.

Mentor architects, engineers, and technical teams while fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, continuous learning, and technical excellence.

Basic Qualifications

• -Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• -At least 10 years experience with the concepts, philosophies and tools behind the design of applications, information and underlying information technologies.
• -At least 10 years experience with developing and implementing applications.

Skills & Qualifications

Enterprise Data Architecture expertise with large-scale data platforms supporting Financial Crime, AML, Fraud, Risk, Compliance, or Regulatory functions.

Strong experience with Databricks , Apache Spark , Delta Lake , and modern Lakehouse Architecture patterns.

Deep knowledge of Cloud Platforms including Azure , AWS , or hybrid cloud environments.

Expertise in Data Modeling , including conceptual, logical, and physical data design for complex enterprise ecosystems.

Strong understanding of Data Governance , Metadata Management , Data Lineage , Data Quality , and regulatory compliance requirements.

Strong expertise in modern Medallion Architecture, including Bronze, Silver, and Gold data layer design patterns, is a valuable asset.

Proficiency with SQL , Python , distributed data processing, and modern data integration frameworks.

Experience designing and implementing secure architectures using IAM , encryption, access controls, audit logging, and enterprise security frameworks.

Exceptional leadership, stakeholder management, communication, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to influence enterprise-level technology decisions.

• Location expectations
• This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants .

Benefits:

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Basic term and optional term life insurance

Short-term and long-term disability

Pregnancy disability and parental leave

401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan

Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)

Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities

Adoption assistance

Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

Review our full benefits available by employment status here .

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program .

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $133,365.00 - $156,900.00

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.