Chief Architect

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Posted 30+ Days Agojob requisition  the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. Building technology platforms for CME Group for markets, clearing, and data requires solving some of the most complex technology challenges around performance, capacity, resilience, and security while also enabling rapid release cycles.

Through the CME Group and Google Cloud strategic partnership, CME Group is transforming how financial services operate with many CME Group products and services now available in Google Cloud.

The Chief Architect is responsible for defining and driving the architectural vision enabling CME’s business strategy. The Chief architect will bring together enterprise and domain architecture vision to enable business strategy and continue to transform a leading financial services institution. Principal Accountabilities:
* Lead a team of architects at the Enterprise and Domain levels. Provide matrix leadership to Security Architects
* Lead the creation and execution of IT architecture roadmaps
* Develop and maintain current and target state architecture for use across applications, domains and portfolios
* Foster alignment of technical decisions with business strategy
* Create and deliver Architecture Patterns & Architecture as Code (AAC) to accelerate time to market and improve efficiency
* Maintain Enterprise technology capability mapping
* Identify emerging technologies that may represent opportunities or threats to CME. Ensure that CME Group remains current on technology stacks and that novel ideas are investigated through utilization of Proof of Concepts (PoC’s) & Capability Mining on emerging concepts
* Ensure completion of rigorous due diligence of technologies and vendors
* Provide technical and thought leadership throughout CME Group
* Regularly review deployed solutions to ensure compliance to reference architectures, defined patterns and drive resolution of any gaps
* Coordinate technical integration of new technologies with CME’s existing technical ecosystem

Background/

Experience:

15+ years IT Experience5+ years experience with Financial industry experience

GCP or AWS Certifications

SAFe for Architects (a plus)
Skills/Abilities:
* Deep understanding of IT architectural principles, including enterprise, solutions and technical architecture
* Experience in building, architecting, designing, implementing highly distributed global cloud-based systems, network infrastructure, security, and application development
* Experience with on-premise-to-cloud migration deployments/roadmaps
* Experience with technical environments incorporating a wide range of technologies such as cloud computing, microservices, Dev Ops, ultra low latency systems, machine learning/Artificial Intelligence, data architecture and cybersecurity
* Experience with standard IT security practices (e.g., identity and access management, data protection, encryption, certificate and key management)
* Proficient in interpreting and complying with financial industry regulations
* Ability to develop and effectively champion an architectural vision, securing commitment at all levels of the organization
* Familiar with Agile Methodologies
* Exceptional ability to lead, coach, mentor and develop technical talent
* Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain credibility with technical teams and stakeholders, including at the C-Suite level
* Ability to lead with a collaborative mindset dedicated to transparency and servant leadership

CME Group is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package for our employees that recognizes their contributions to the business and reflects our long-term investment in their future. The pay ranges for this role based on location are:
Chicago: $209,500-$349,100 New York/New Jersey: $209,500-$349,100. Actual…