Enterprise Architect

APPLY TODAY What You'll Do:Leverage expertise in technical and business strategy to collaborate with Technology domain leadership to support strategic decision making.Provide consultation services to domain leadership to improve technology delivery and operational efficiency.Research and communicate fact-based recommendations to Master Architects to support the domain in the Enterprise Architecture governance process.Provide thought leadership and build strong stakeholder partnerships to articulate current state, target state and domain roadmap.Partner with delivery teams and domain leadership on architecture areas to include business, application, data, Cloud/infrastructure, security, integration, operations, and support in preparation for S1/S2 leadership meetings and architectural peer group meetings.Research, understand and apply existing, new and emerging technologies and trends to determine their potential impact on technology domains.Translate the enterprise's technology future-state architecture vision into principles, guidelines, standards and patterns to ensure alignment with broader strategic goals.Identify opportunities and approaches for solving domain problems from a broad enterprise perspective that may include new products, new platforms, or system enhancements for Agile teams and domain leadership to help promote the reuse of existing technical investments and capabilities.Create and maintain reference materials for use by the technical delivery team to ensure consistent and compliant solutions for enterprise level architecture patterns.Participate in the planning and design of strategic initiatives that require architecture guidance.Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite.Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the client's brand.Maintain the client's internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.This position will interface with senior leaders, and will need excellent communication skills along with basic knowledge of new and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of those trends for strategic use.Strategic Planning: Define and evolve enterprise architecture strategies and roadmaps that align business priorities, regulatory requirements, and long-term technology vision.High-Level Design: Develop high-level architectural models and frameworks that support secure, scalable, and resilient solutions across complex financial ecosystems.Detailed Solutions Architecture: Translate strategic objectives into actionable solution architectures that provide clear direction to delivery and engineering teams.Regulatory & Risk Alignment: Ensure architectural solutions comply with financial industry regulations, internal risk frameworks, and data privacy standards, supporting auditability and operational integrity.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Wealth business, Digital, Data, Risk, and Core Banking teams to align across customer experience, advisor tooling, and investment platforms. High-Level Design Documents: Comprehensive documentation for major initiatives or programs, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and business requirements.Architecture Principles and Standards: Defined guidelines and best practices to ensure consistency, scalability, and compliance across technology solutions.Technology Assessments and Recommendations: Evaluations of emerging technologies, platforms, or vendor solutions with documented recommendations for adoption or integration.Gap Analyses and Impact Assessments: Identification of gaps between current and future states, along with assessments of business and technical impacts.Stakeholder Presentations and Briefings: Engaging executive-level presentations that communicate progress and outcomes to business and technology leaders.Reference Architectures and Patterns: Reusable templates and design patterns that accelerate solution delivery and promote architectural consistency.Additional duties as assigned. What Sets You Apart:Master's Degree in Business or Technical.Certification and experience working with Cloud technologies and vendors.Experience working in an Agile environment.Certification in enterprise architecture frameworks.Experience working in the financial services industry.Experience working in two or more technical roles related to banking technical design and roadmap planning.Working knowledge of architectural frameworks.Working knowledge of enterprise architecture tools.Strategic Thinking: Ability to align technology architecture with business strategy, AUM growth, advisor efficiency, and customer experience.Business Acumen: Deep understanding of financial services, particularly the needs of high-net-worth customers, with the ability to translate those needs into effective architectural solutions.Enterprise Architecture Expertise: Proficiency in developing and applying enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) to guide technology planning, governance, and execution.Solution Design: Skilled in designing end-to-end solutions that are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards, while addressing both current and future-state business capabilities.Risk and Compliance Awareness: Strong grasp of regulatory and risk considerations in financial services, with the ability to architect solutions that meet compliance, audit, and data governance requirements.Stakeholder Engagement: Proven ability to collaborate with senior business and technology leaders, facilitating alignment, managing expectations, and influencing strategic decisions.Communication and Visualization: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex architectural concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences through clear documentation, presentations, and visual models.Change Leadership: Ability to lead through ambiguity, drive consensus, and support organizational change as part of large-scale transformation initiatives.Critical Thinking Skills: A creative and analytical approach to diagnosing and resolving technical challenges.Continuous Learning: A passion for staying updated on financial services related technologies and their rapidly evolving tools, features, and best practices.Strong knowledge of financial services industry domains, particularly Wealth management platforms: CRM, financial planning, portfolio accounting, trading/execution, customer reporting.Understanding of modern technology architectures, including cloud, microservices, APIs, data platforms, and integration patterns.Awareness of cybersecurity principles, data privacy standards, and secure architecture practices.Familiarity with business capability modeling, value stream mapping, and other business architecture techniques.Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements relevant to financial institutions (e.g., FFIEC, SOX, GLBA, GDPR).Proficiency in using architectural modeling tools and documentation standards.Knowledge of IT governance, portfolio management, and enterprise change management processes.Understanding of data architecture concepts, including data governance, master data management, and analytics enablement.Familiarity with emerging technologies and their potential impact on financial services.Awareness of agile, DevOps, and product-centric delivery models and how architecture supports them.Knowledge of Wealth management products and services including financial planning & advisory, investment and portfolio management, brokerage and trading services, retirement and wealth planning, trust and estate planning, private banking and lending.Working knowledge of architecture diagramming practices, architectural frameworks, or enterprise architecture tools. 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