Client Technology - Engineering - Architecture

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Hoboken (NJ); Hybrid; USD 138,200 - 266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation & benefits

Job summary

EY seeks an experienced Architect to define and deliver architectures for global products and platforms, ensuring reusability, scalability, and reliability in line with EY’s mission. You will own the architecture landscape from solutioning to delivery, and may lead a team of architects with governance across multiple projects.

Ideal candidates have 15+ years in IT, 5+ years in architect roles, and strong cloud, security, and automation experience, plus collaboration with engineering, infosec and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, Mathematics, Economics.
• 15+ years overall IT industry experience, with 5+ years in a solution or technical architect role using private/public cloud IaaS, PaaS and SaaS platforms.
• Achieved one or more typical solution and technical architecture certifications e.g. Microsoft, MS Azure Certification, TOGAF, AWS Cloud Certified, etc.
• Experience in designing and implementing business use cases using low-code/no-code, Generative AI, data reporting, data management and governance technologies.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver architectures and designs for business-critical global products and platforms.
• Own the overall technology, architecture and design landscape of the product/platform from solutioning to delivery to adoption and sale phases.
• Lead a team of architects in a portfolio or large product, provide architecture governance and guidance.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Solution architecture

Cloud architecture

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, Mathematics, Economics

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Cloud IaaS/PaaS/SaaS

Job description

Client Technology - Engineering - Architecture

Other locations: Anywhere in Country

Date: Jul 15, 2026

Requisition ID: 1710142

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The opportunity

We are looking for a candidate who will be part of the Architecture team within the EY Client Technology'sTechnology Strategy and Architecture (TS&A) function. The candidate will be responsible for defining and delivering architectures and designs for business-critical global products and platforms, hosted in a variety of infrastructure/environments considering reusability, scalability and reliability in alignment with EY’s mission and strategy!

Your key responsibilities

• Build relationships across the business to understand their requirements, strategy and help them build product/platform roadmaps, demonstrate architecture leadership to translate business requirements into architecture blueprints, as well as innovative and practical design (both high and low level).
• Own the overall technology, architecture and design landscape of the product/platform from solutioning to delivery to adoption and sale phases.
• Potentially lead a team of architects in a portfolio or large product, set the overall technology and architecture direction and own its end-to-end delivery in a lead architect’s capacity, along with providing constant architecture governance and guidance.
• Solve complex problems in realms where solutions may not currently exist, necessitating the ideation and incubation of the new solutions/ways of working/technologies, technical feasibility and buy/build analysis, vendor product evaluations, proof of concepts (with hands-on) and presenting various options to the business with appropriate recommendations.
• Work very closely with multi-disciplinary teams (e.g. engineering, platform, infosec) to deliver the envisioned architectures and design using optimized delivery approaches, in compliance to enterprise standards, practices, policies and guidelines.
• Provide leadership in product delivery to build and consume reusable functional and technical assets. Identify, define and implement the reusable assets and standards.
• Provide support to product and project managers in building the plans, forecast, estimations and costs for new as well as existing products/platforms, to build the appropriate balance between costs, risks and quality.
• Provides coaching, mentoring and support to development teams during the delivery phase across the eco-system, frameworks and platforms. Ensure that the developed artifacts comply to envisioned architecture and design, expected quality, recommended standards/practices with code reviews and various levels of architecture, design and quality reviews.
• Contribute to architecture and development standards/guidelines to promote optimization and consistency.
• Have the ability to work across multiple projects with varied stakeholders. An architect sets architectural direction, builds consensus, mediates conflicts providing technical leadership and advisory services to the business. He/she anticipates needs and potential objections and helps to create an environment which solicits positive contributions from all participants.
• Demonstrate good interpersonal communication and organizational skills that are required to operate as a leading member of global, distributed teams that deliver quality services and solutions.
• Cultivate lasting relationships across business, IT and vendors / industry analysts to maintain insight into the broader enterprise as well as industry trends. Understand new trends and emerging technologies, and how they apply to EY. Evangelize and encourage the importance of technical quality, emerging technologies, sharing & experimentation across the org through mentoring, hackathons, communities etc.

Skills and attributes for success

• Led and governed a global team of solution architects and technical architects, driving the technology and architecture landscape of large and complex portfolio of products/solutions/projects, achieving success in its implementation and adoption.
• Architecture leadership skills, advanced understanding and practical experience of architecture role with proven track record in a complex, large-scale (team size in hundreds), global product/platform (user base in hundreds, thousands and more) ecosystem across the entire lifecycle from planning to delivery to support/operations and adoption. Proven ability to work with business as well as perform hands-on technology delivery work in architect’s capacity using various architecture and design tools.
• Hands-on deep experience of one or more specialization of solution and technical architecture role e.g. application, infrastructure/cloud, integration, data and security architectures and successful delivery of functional as well as non-functional aspects of a product/platform, using native cloud, full-stack application, data, security, AI technologies, following Agile, DevSecOps and automation practices.
• Expert-level skills in defining, designing and developing distributed and scalable products and platforms, using reusable domain-specific composable (micro) services running on containers on multi-platform/hybrid clouds (Microsoft Azure preferred) using the respective cloud IaaS/PaaS/SaaS services.
• Ability to adopt and relate new technologies to the set of problems we face at EY while adhering to security and other EY standards.
• Understanding of business and organizational strategy and ability to communicate solutions, ideas, suggestions to business partners effectively and comprehensibly.
• In-depth knowledge of various design patterns, and architectural styles (e.g., traditional application based as well as microservices and containers, event-driven, data streaming, data transformations and analytics)
• Strong collaboration, analytical, interpersonal and communication abilities.

Ideally, you’ll also

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, Mathematics, Economics.
• 15+ years overall IT industry experience, with 5+ years in a solution or technical architect role using service and hosting solutions such as private/public cloud IaaS, PaaS and SaaS platforms.
• Achieved one or more of the typical solution and technical architecture certifications e.g. Microsoft, MS Azure Certification, TOGAF, AWS Cloud Certified, Pivotal, CISSIP, Zachman, ITIL, Cisco, (ISC)2, CEH, SAFe, PMI, and SAP etc.
• Thought leadership - presenting ideas, products, concept papers to varied audiences, building point of views and presenting them in industry forums/event.
• Experience in designing and implementation of business use-cases using low-code/no-code, Generative AI, data reporting, data management and governance technologies, mobile applications, deep cloud security concepts.

What we look for

We want people who are self-starters, who can take initiative and get things done. If you can think critically and creatively to solve problems, you will excel. You should be comfortable working with culturally diverse outsourced on/offshore team members which means you may need to work outside of the normal working hours in your time zone to partner with other Client Technology staff globally. Some travel may also be required, both domestic and international.

What we offer you
The compensation ranges below are providedin order tocomply withUnited States pay transparency laws. Other geographies will follow their local salary guidelines, which may not be a direct conversion of published US salary ranges. At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learnmore .

• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $138,200 to $266,000. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $165,800 to $302,300. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
• Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.
• Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

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