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First Citizens Bank
Raleigh, North Carolina
Source: First Citizens Bank careers · View original posting
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Overview
First Citizens Bank seeks an accomplished Principal Enterprise Architect to drive enterprise-wide architecture with deep specialization in non-functional requirements, particularly resiliency, disaster recovery, scalability, and high availability.
T he increasing sophistication, velocity, and scale of cyber threats require a dedicated leadership role focused on all critical platforms across the bank.
platform resiliency across critical AI ecosystems such as Claude Mythos.
This l eader will ensure proactive identification, mitigation, and governance of threats and vulnerabilities, while strengthening operational continuity, regulatory compliance, and enterprise-wide risk posture.
This role requires a seasoned practitioner with strong engineering roots who can balance strategic vision with pragmatic execution, ensuring critical banking platforms remain robust, performant, and available as we scale across a complex post-merger technology landscape.
Remote eligible.
You are more than an architect. You are a trusted enterprise leader who combines technical depth with the ability to influence people, shape decisions, and drive execution across organizational boundaries. You understand that successful architecture is not defined by diagrams or standards, but by outcomes, adoption, and measurable improvements in business resilience.
You use architectural expertise to ask the right questions, challenge assumptions constructively, and guide teams toward practical solutions. You possess the organizational awareness to navigate a complex enterprise, build coalitions among diverse stakeholders, and create alignment where priorities compete. Whether engaging executives, architects, engineers, operations teams, or risk partners, you consistently bring people together around shared objectives and deliver meaningful, lasting results.
Additional Information
This job posting is expected to remain active for 30 days from the initial posting date listed above. If it is necessary to extend this deadline, the posting will remain active as appropriate. Job postings may come down early due to business need or a high volume of applicants.
The base pay for this position is generally between $155,000 and $250,000. Actual starting base pay will be determined based on skills, experience, location, and other non-discriminatory factors permitted by law. For some roles, total compensation may also include variable incentives, bonuses, benefits, and/or other awards as outlined in the offer of employment.
Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found at https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/benefits.
You are more than an architect. You are a trusted enterprise leader who combines technical depth with the ability to influence people, shape decisions, and drive execution across organizational boundaries. You understand that successful architecture is not defined by diagrams or standards, but by outcomes, adoption, and measurable improvements in business resilience.
You use architectural expertise to ask the right questions, challenge assumptions constructively, and guide teams toward practical solutions. You possess the organizational awareness to navigate a complex enterprise, build coalitions among diverse stakeholders, and create alignment where priorities compete. Whether engaging executives, architects, engineers, operations teams, or risk partners, you consistently bring people together around shared objectives and deliver meaningful, lasting results.
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