Enterprise Architect - Vice President

Team Profile Institutional Securities Technology (IST) develops and guides technology strategy and creates bespoke solutions that drive and enable the institutional businesses and enterprise-wide functions. Our clients include:

Fixed Income Equities Commodities Investment  Banking Research Global  Capital Markets Institutional Securities Group (ISG) Architecture Governance is responsible for developing, communicating, and implementing Technology Architecture principles, standards, patterns, and governance that inform the development and engineering of the ISG Technology platform in support of the ISG business.

Position Description We are seeking a passionate Enterprise Architect to drive strategic architectural vision and alignment across key stakeholders, and define and govern architecture standards, principles, best practices, and patterns for divisional adoption.

Ideal Candidate Qualities The ideal candidate demonstrates knowledge of Agile, Cloud, and Dev Ops values; experience collaborating across complex organizations, removing impediments, and ensuring teams progress toward their missions and deliverables. They should possess strong leadership skills and be adept at resolving issues and managing interdependencies across organizations.

Key Responsibilities Create target state vision and business architecture strategies; facilitate execution of IT delivery roadmap in line with business goals

Lead or influence cross-domain solution architectures, articulating impacts on applications, data, and technology

Identify opportunities for modernization, convergence, and optimization of the current portfolio; provide technology options to bridge gaps in target state

Collaborate with engineering leadership, platform architects, and product strategy leaders to develop domain roadmaps

Stay current with trends and innovations in Finance and IT, recommending appropriate developments

Define and promote a risk control culture while delivering architectural and technological vision

Monitor external regulations and internal policies impacting Architecture Practices Manage engagement with internal partners (Cloud, Dev Ops, Architecture teams, Data, etc.)Resolve issues or blockers, coordinate directly with other teams or through Scrum-of-Scrum ceremonies

Act as project 'auditor' to ensure conformance to architecture guardrails and policies

Provide architectural leadership in resolving inter-program issues and fostering convergence opportunities

Proven experience as a general Enterprise Architect in large development organizations

Good knowledge of Enterprise Architecture models such as TOGAF and experience operating and governing architecture processes

Qualifications BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field from an accredited university
10+ years of hands-on experience designing and developing technology solutions

Experience designing and building cloud-native applications; familiarity with cloud services (Azure, Google Cloud, AWS)
Good Knowledge of Generative Artificial Intelligence capabilities

Good Knowledge in cloud-native platforms and containerization strategies (Kubernetes, Docker, virtualization)
Knowledge of coding languages and frameworks (e.g., Java, C#, JS, Python, C/C++, Angular, React)

Experience with enterprise data management technologies, including relational databases, No

SQL platforms, distributed storage systems, data warehouses, and data lake technologies. (e.g., PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Redis, Snowflake, Databrick)
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Experience working with global teams across time zones and countries

Proven ability to influence software architecture designs

Understanding of architectural design patterns (Event Driven…