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The IT Architect is responsible for aligning business strategy with technology capabilities across the Bank. This role partners directly with leadership and business units to understand banking processes, identify opportunities for transformation, and guide the design of scalable, compliant, and strategic solutions.
The IT Architect serves as a trusted advisor to both IT and business leadership, ensuring that technology investments support business outcomes, regulatory requirements, and long-term enterprise architecture goals.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Partner with business unit leaders (Retail, Commercial, Lending, Treasury, etc.) to understand banking processes, pain points, and strategic goals
Provide strategic guidance on core banking systems, digital banking platforms, payments, lending systems, and vendor solutions
Lead architectural discussions for new business initiatives, ensuring alignment with regulatory, risk, and compliance requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Education and/or Experience
Technical & Architecture Competencies
Deep understanding of banking systems and processes, including core banking (Jack Henry & Associates experience preferred), lending, payments, and digital channels
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations (Preferred, Not Required)
This role is not a traditional infrastructure or cloud engineering position. The ideal candidate will operate at the intersection of business and technology, helping shape how banking capabilities are delivered through modern, scalable, and secure solutions.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Activities, duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.
Equal Employment Opportunity Information: Simmons First National Corporation and its subsidiaries are committed to a policy of equal employment with respect to a person's race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, covered veterans, military status, physical or mental disability or any other legally protected classifications.
