Perform investigation and analysis of the firm's most critical technology flows
Research to find root causes for the most impactful technology production incidents
Provides technical feedback and proposes improvements to critical architectures
Guides evaluation of current technology and leads evaluation of new technologies using existing standards and frameworks
Provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
Drives decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
Contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firm wide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Demonstrable influencing skills that can create a culture of change, excellence and innovation which constructively challenges the status quo and leads to prudent implementation
Create effective partnerships, cooperating with clients, leaders across our business, and application architects to define technology and architecture roadmaps
Possess and maintain a strong working knowledge of multi-platform technical environments. Serve as a leader, consultant, mentor, or tutor in technical architecture areas of expertise to staff
Have a broad and deep expertise in software and infrastructure architecture or equivalent amount of time in development with a minimum of five years focused on large system development and with a good understanding of infrastructure
Excellent interpersonal and written/oral communication skills, including ability to negotiate compromise and demonstrate diplomacy in sensitive situations as well as interact effectively with peers and management across diverse cultures and fast-paced environment
Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Expertise in application, data and infrastructure architecture disciplines, knowledge in at least one area of technical architecture
Strategic thinking and passion for business strategy and business processes
Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to select or recommend the best solutions for the future state architecture