Architect II

As an Architect II and a member of PNC's highly lauded Information Technology Division of more than 1,100 professionals, you will contribute significantly to PNC maintaining its high standards in innovative technology. Recognized by CIO magazine as one of the top 100 companies that demonstrate technology excellence, PNC is recruiting seasoned and talented candidates for this position who will design and implement system, application, infrastructure, and/or enterprise architecture and associated standards. You will also work closely with developers to ensure that all technology initiatives are implemented within the existing or planned framework for each project.

Drawing upon your experience and expertise, you will analyze business requirements in order to identify application "patterns" that will help drive the application software design and/or infrastructure design, and you will lead risk-management planning by identifying technical areas of risk due to uncertainty and skill and technology gaps. This position brings you to the forefront of leadership and driving overall business value by encouraging you to recommend solutions and designs that leverage PNC architecture best practices and standard re-usable common technologies and infrastructure, while also identifying ways to improve existing enterprise assets and business applications.

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in IT-related field or equivalent
  
  
  
  
• Four to 5 years experience in application development, and 5 to 7 years+ of Architecture/Design experience
  
  
  
  
• Extensive experience with large complex systems in order to apply that knowledge at a strategic level, influencing technology solutions that match the goals and objectives of each line of business within PNC
  
  
  
  
• Strong communications skills to effectively communicate with and make recommendations to senior and executive management and internal and external service partners

PNC is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer -- M/F/D/V/SO