Description

Position Overview

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company's success.

This position is primarily based in a location within PNC's footprint.

Successful infrastructure architects are individual contributors who seek to continuously improve the quality and reliability of IT infrastructure. They are experts in all aspects of infrastructure design and architecture and have extensive understanding of related areas such as network, application, and platform architecture. They are progressive thinkers, effective written and verbal communicators, and can influence and drive direction for engineering teams. As necessary, they provide documentation and training to enable engineers and implementors.

• Contributes and assists in developing the organization's technology architecture and plays a leading role in the vision and development of the company's future technology strategy.
• Creates and documents infrastructure designs and ensures upgrades are made in accordance with established standards, patterns, policies, procedures, and software licensing agreements.
• Contributes and assists in interpreting technology requirements and develops scalable infrastructure solutions to solve business problems.
• Develops internal standards and appropriate design artifacts that align with long-term business strategies, and tracks industry changes against current technology and practices.
• Reviews and advises current and future design standards for infrastructure system builds; provides input on risk, scalability, operational/cost efficiency, quality, and impact on the enterprise.
• Researches, identifies, and tests technology products; performs proof of concepts of new technologies to determine if they are a good fit for the company and drives introduction of new technology where needed.
• Creates roadmaps and strategies for progressing the technology footprint.
• Provides leadership, technology guidance, and mentorship within the IT organization.
• Participates in the training and support of engineering and operations groups.
• Consults with vendors and salespeople to evaluate new products and technologies.

Qualifications
• Expertise in enterprise infrastructure design, including public cloud, networking, Windows/Linux operating system environments, storage area networks, and other related infrastructure components.
• Thorough grasp of virtualization technologies and related concepts, such as storage, compute, network virtualization, HCI, IaaS, container orchestration, automation, and resource planning.
• Hands-on familiarity with next-gen firewalls, implementation of stateful access-control lists, or application segmentation.
• Experience designing and building cloud environments using AWS or Azure.
• Strong understanding of cyber security principles and technologies.
• Experience with disaster recovery planning.
• Familiarity with modern software development and DevOps concepts, workflow management, site reliability, continuous delivery and integration, microservices, RESTful APIs, and common application infrastructure patterns.
• Experience with automation and scripting using tools such as Ansible and Terraform
• Ability to work well in both a team setting and independently to meet business objectives.
• Ability to conceptualize, formulate, and present complex solutions to a wide audience.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent documentation skills, including experience creating and maintaining architectural governance, process, standards, and policies.

Education
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 10+ years of experience working in an enterprise IT infrastructure organization preferred.

***PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.***

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Job Description

• Defines design patterns for a company's common technology architecture structure.
• Develops and monitors the organization's technology architecture and plays a leading role in the vision and development of the company's future technology.
• Ensures infrastructure designs and upgrades are made in accordance with established standards, patterns, policies, procedures and software licensing agreements.
• Identifies and establishes best practices for technology architecture, while providing expert advice on core infrastructure initiatives.
• Interprets technology requirements; designs technology architecture and drives the adoption.

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

• Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
• Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.

Preferred SkillsCompetitive Advantages, Customer Solutions, Design, Enterprise Architecture Framework, Machine Learning, Risk Assessments, Technical Knowledge

Competencies Accuracy and Attention to Detail, Application Design, Architecture, Architecture Modeling, Hardware Infrastructure, ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library), Planning: Tactical, Strategic, Platform Architecture, Problem Solving, Systems Software Infrastructure, The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)

Work Experience Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree. Higher level education such as a Masters degree, PhD, or certifications is desirable. Industry relevant experience is typically 8+ years. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.

Education Bachelors

CertificationsNo Required Certification(s)

LicensesNo Required License(s)

Pay Transparency

Base Salary: $80,000.00 - $185,150.00

Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data and on individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business and/or individual performance.

Application Window

Generally, this opening is expected to be posted for two business days from 09/11/2025, although it may be longer with business discretion.

Benefits

PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.

In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 8 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.

To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit Your PNC Total Rewards.

Disability Accommodations Statement

If an accommodation is required to participate in the application process, please contact us via email at AccommodationRequest@pnc.com . Please include "accommodation request" in the subject line title and be sure to include your name, the job ID, and your preferred method of contact in the body of the email. Emails not related to accommodation requests will not receive responses. Applicants may also call 877-968-7762 and say "Workday" for accommodation assistance. All information provided will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

At PNC we foster an inclusive and accessible workplace. We provide reasonable accommodations to employment applicants and qualified individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to perform the essential functions of their positions.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law.

This position is subject to the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) and, for any registered role, the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (SAFE Act) and/or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which prohibit the hiring of individuals with certain criminal history.

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Requisition #: R200913

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