Jobs at Western Alliance Bank

Leads architecture, development, and optimization of enterprise data platforms using Microsoft Fabric and Azure. Designs Lakehouse, OneLake, Spark, SQL, ETL/ELT, data models, and reporting solutions. Collaborates with business, IT, and vendors; supports compliance, documentation, SDLC, change management, and DevOps practices. Provides technical expertise and contributes to AI, Copilot, advanced analytics, and cloud-native data initiatives.

Own and administer the enterprise AI agent platform, including Microsoft Foundry. Responsibilities include configuring projects, agents, models, connections, resources, quotas, access controls, guardrails, monitoring, observability, incident response, governance, security, and compliance. The role supports AI agent development and deployment, manages platform operations, partners with engineering and security teams, and provides technical leadership across multiple projects.

Supports administration, optimization, data management, reporting, and user support for Oracle EPM and Smart View financial systems. Partners with Finance, FP&A, Accounting, Treasury, IT, and other stakeholders on budgeting, forecasting, reporting, reconciliations, controls, and process improvements. Troubleshoots data and system issues, maintains metadata and business rules, supports integrations and close processes, develops reporting templates, and documents procedures. The role also assists with SOX compliance, access management, audits, testing, training, and financial systems modernization.

Lead business-technology alignment for enterprise data solutions: capture and document requirements, map source-to-target data flows, implement data quality rules and dashboards, integrate with the business glossary, automate processes, and create Power BI visualizations to present analytic recommendations.

Provides enterprise-level technical leadership for cloud automation across Azure and AWS. Defines cloud architecture standards, guardrails, Infrastructure as Code practices, automation strategies, and platform roadmaps. Leads modernization, migration, security, resiliency, governance, and integration initiatives; mentors engineering teams; and collaborates with architecture, security, operations, business, and regulatory stakeholders to deliver scalable, compliant, and reliable cloud platforms.

Manage lender finance portfolios by analyzing and underwriting large corporate loans and structured products, coordinating loan closings, monitoring credit risks, and presenting recommendations to senior management or loan committees. Responsibilities include evaluating investment performance, making buy/hold/sell recommendations, preparing portfolio scorecards, recommending collateral marks, ensuring loan processing complies with agreements and bank policies, and resolving portfolio issues.

Manages Corporate Trust client relationships, service delivery, reporting, operational activities, and client issues for CLO and leverage finance facilities. Partners with business development teams on new business opportunities, reviews prospective relationships, mitigates risks, and coordinates process improvements. The role requires strong banking operations, regulatory compliance, communication, and relationship management expertise, with up to 25% travel.

Manage lender finance portfolios involving $25M+ corporate loans and structured products. Analyze and underwrite credit, assess investment performance, recommend buy/hold/sell decisions and collateral marks, monitor portfolio risks, prepare scorecards, present recommendations to senior management and loan committees, and coordinate loan closings and servicing in accordance with bank policies.

Analyze and maintain financial data for current and prospective borrowers, prepare credit studies and loan packages, perform sensitivity and collateral analysis, collaborate with bank teams on treasury and legal matters, monitor loan disbursements and third-party reporting, and produce credit department reports to inform lending decisions.

Analyzes customer financial statements, collateral, and business data to assess lending risk. Prepares credit studies, loan packages, sensitivity analyses, and credit department reports. Maintains financial records and banking systems, monitors loan disbursements for regulatory compliance, resolves client inquiries, and coordinates with internal teams and third parties including auditors and appraisers.

Directs the Enterprise Project Management Office, setting its vision, improving maturity, and leading project and program management talent. Oversees staffing, capacity planning, project standards, delivery performance, risks, budgets, schedules, and stakeholder communication across critical enterprise initiatives. Builds and develops high-performing teams, manages contractors and consultants, ensures consistent project execution, and escalates issues appropriately. The role requires extensive financial-industry knowledge, executive relationship management, resource planning, and experience leading large PMO deployments.

Supports enterprise projects through planning, scheduling, budgeting, resource allocation, documentation, status reporting, issue and risk tracking, and stakeholder coordination. Works with business sponsors, business leads, IT teams, and vendors to maintain project timelines, monitor resource capacity, verify invoices, and keep projects on schedule. The role also requires familiarity with commercial banking operations, regulatory compliance, project management tools, and Waterfall/SDLC methodologies.

Answers and documents incoming calls, resolves customer complaints, processes online payments, and supports management companies using banking payment platforms. Guides users through product features, troubleshoots malfunctions, documents interactions, escalates issues, and shares workarounds. Requires customer service experience, basic commercial banking knowledge, regulatory awareness, communication skills, empathy, organization, adaptability, and Microsoft Office proficiency.

Leads end-to-end technical solution design for Lending and Loan Operations platforms. Designs Azure cloud-native applications and enterprise APIs, reviews engineering plans and code, builds performance dashboards, ensures security, compliance, resilience, and regulatory alignment, and mentors engineers. Partners with architecture, product, business, security, and risk stakeholders while leading platform operations, incident support, business-as-usual activities, BCDR, and compliance initiatives.

Leads Oracle Cloud ERP and EPM solution architecture, implementation, upgrades, troubleshooting, documentation, and support. Designs scalable solutions, reviews technical plans, develops performance dashboards, ensures security and compliance, and collaborates with business partners and technology teams. Mentors junior engineers, coordinates cross-functional initiatives, supports financial applications, and contributes to governance, incident management, root-cause analysis, and regulatory requirements.

Lead the design and delivery of secure, reliable, AI-enabled cloud-native full-stack solutions for lending and loan servicing. Build APIs, integrations, data pipelines, monitoring, and CI/CD workflows using Azure, Azure DevOps, .NET, Python, React, SQL, and ETL technologies. Apply prompt engineering, RAG, MCP, and generative AI tools. Provide technical leadership, guide engineers, ensure governance and compliance, and collaborate with architects, QA, business partners, and cross-functional teams.

Designs, implements, supports, and improves Oracle Cloud ERP and EPM solutions. Leads technical planning, architecture, reliability, monitoring, documentation, compliance, implementation, upgrades, troubleshooting, and incident resolution. Collaborates with business stakeholders, developers, architects, product owners, and IT teams while managing cross-functional projects. Requires expertise in Oracle Finance and EPM modules, reporting tools, cloud technologies, governance, security, and financial services processes.

Leads complex IT programs and projects from planning through delivery, managing scope, budgets, resources, risks, governance, stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional teams. Drives digital transformation initiatives, facilitates Agile/Scrum delivery, ensures alignment with architecture and technology standards, reports to executives, and mentors project managers. The role requires strong technical understanding of SDLC, cloud technologies, program governance, financial management, and stakeholder influence, with occasional travel.

Paid 10-week internal audit internship providing hands-on experience through challenging business projects, mentoring, leadership development, and team-building activities. Interns collaborate with banking professionals, apply academic knowledge, and develop analytical, communication, organizational, and business skills while learning about commercial banking and financial operations.

Provides technical leadership for mission-critical banking platforms and enterprise application services. Designs cloud-native Azure solutions, oversees integration, messaging, file transfer, workload automation, observability, and event-management platforms, and ensures reliability, security, compliance, and operational readiness. Leads complex deployments, cutovers, risk controls, documentation, dashboards, troubleshooting, and cross-functional engineering efforts while mentoring junior engineers and partnering with business, architecture, and regulatory stakeholders.