Engineering & Architecture Developer Vice President

Engineering & Architecture Developer Vice President

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

The Applications Development Technology Lead Analyst is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis and programming activities. Ops Tech Engineering and Architecture Application Support – Vice President is an individual strategic contributor who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy.

Responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology teams. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis, design and programming activities.

This role requires a hands-on individual contributor who can bridge application support, engineering analysis, and solution architecture. The candidate should be able to quickly understand existing application architecture, system logic, integration patterns, authentication and authorization frameworks, UI, middleware, backend technology stacks, and enterprise control requirements. The role will involve analyzing complex systems, identifying modernization and automation opportunities, running targeted proof-of-concepts, and using AI-enabled tools responsibly to accelerate technical analysis, documentation, troubleshooting, architecture discovery, and solution prototyping.

Responsibilities:

• The Apps Support Tech Lead Analyst is responsible for partnering with multiple technology teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals; identify and define necessary system enhancements; analyze existing system logic, identify problems; and recommend and implement solutions.
• Provides expertise in area and an advanced level of understanding of the principles of apps support.
• Formulates and defines systems scope and objectives for complex, high-impact application enhancements and problem resolution through in-depth analysis and evaluation of complex business processes, systems, and industry standards; documents requirements.
• Analyzes existing application architecture, integration flows, authentication/authorization patterns, data flows, UI/middleware/backend dependencies, and technology constraints to identify support, modernization, resiliency, and risk-reduction opportunities.
• Performs hands-on proof-of-concepts to validate solution options, including API integrations, UI and middleware frameworks, automation opportunities, AI-enabled tooling, and platform modernization patterns.
• Uses AI-assisted tools responsibly to accelerate code understanding, system analysis, architecture discovery, documentation, troubleshooting, and solution prototyping while following enterprise security, risk, and control standards.
• Partners with multiple technology areas and management teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals.
• Works closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Systems Analysts, architects, engineering teams, security, and operations teams to determine and document system impacts, technical options, implementation considerations, and support requirements.
• Creates and maintains system context diagrams, sequence flows, integration diagrams, architecture notes, and technical documentation to support engineering execution, governance reviews, and operational readiness.
• Considers the implications of the application of technology to the current environment.
• Identifies risks, vulnerabilities, and security issues; communicates impact; proposes risk mitigation options.
• Identifies opportunities to simplify legacy processes, reduce manual support effort, improve resiliency, and accelerate delivery through automation, reusable patterns, and AI-assisted analysis.
• Provides in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Directly impacts the business by influencing strategic functional decisions through advice, counsel, or provided services.
• Persuades and influences others through strong and comprehensive communication and diplomacy skills.
• Performs other duties and functions as assigned.
• Appropriately assesses risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients, and assets by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct, and business practices, and…