Job Purpose
Senior Principal Application Architect within Enterprise Architecture will lead the development of architecture blueprints, support Solution Architects, and work with technology and business partners to design strategies, multi‑year roadmaps, reference architecture, patterns and standards that support business domains. The role also involves defining target‑state architectures that enable scale, resilience, and data integrity while ensuring alignment to long‑term enterprise strategy, and acting as a thought leader and mentor to advance architectural maturity.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and coordinate EA engagement across application architecture domains including Investments, Distribution and Corporate.
- Build and maintain application architecture strategies, reference architectures and architecture roadmaps.
- Establish application architecture patterns and standards for web, batch, event‑driven, serverless, containerized applications, domain APIs and microservices.
- Review and approve architecture solutions via EA governance to ensure strategic alignment, avoid technology debt and comply with architecture principles.
- Support the solution architecture community.
- Collaborate with domain solution architects and cloud team on cloud application migration strategy.
- Provide hands‑on support for PoCs to evaluate new technologies and usage patterns.
Work Experience / Knowledge
- Respected experience in an architecture role supporting application architecture in sophisticated enterprise environments.
- Experience with application design and development on one or more cloud platforms.
- Experience drafting and institutionalizing architecture patterns and standards.
- Good business understanding of financial services, distribution and asset management.
- Proficient in architecture modeling using Archimate.
- Experience developing software applications in multiple programming languages and technology platforms.
- Experience designing and developing APIs.
- Experience with DevSecOps technologies, processes and practices.
Skills / Other Personal Attributes
- Ability to multi‑task and prioritize.
- Strategic thinking and acting to see the big picture.
- Strong influence skills to encourage enterprise architecture standards and recommendations.
- Independent, self‑starter and self‑motivated.
- Excellent relationship leadership skills, building consensus.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- High‑energy, confident professional who stays calm in crisis.
- Team‑oriented leader and organizer.
- Diagnostic and problem‑solving with integrity and courtesy.
- Open‑minded, flexible and willing to listen to others.
- Adaptive to changing demands and conditions.
- Committed to continuous learning, skill growth and mentoring.
Formal Education
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems or related field, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
License / Registration / Certification
Preferred certified TOGAF. Preferred vendor certifications from AWS or Microsoft Azure.
Workplace Model
Full‑time employee. Employees are required to work in a designated office at least three days a week, and may work outside the office two days per week, in accordance with the workplace policy.
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation
- Flexible Hybrid Work
- 30 days annual leave plus public holidays
- Life Insurance
- Retirement Planning
- Group Personal Accident Insurance
- Medical Insurance for employee and family
- Annual Health Check‑up
- 26 weeks maternity leave, paternal leave, adoption leave
- Near‑site childcare facility
- Employee Assistance Program
- Study Support
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- ESG commitments and goals
- Business Resource Groups
- Career Development Programs
- Mentoring Programs