IT Platform Architect Senior Principal (Financial Services Industry Experience)

Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc; United States; Remote; USD 119,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm seeks a Senior Principal IT Platform Architect to lead architectural initiatives in the financial services sector. This role involves defining and supporting modern infrastructure platforms, ensuring alignment between business and technology strategies, and providing technical leadership across cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in solution architecture, particularly within cloud environments like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Join a company committed to financial inclusion and be part of a diverse team that values your contributions and perspectives.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in solution architecture and enterprise architecture.
• Proficient with major cloud services like AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Responsibilities

• Owns architectural responsibilities and drives effectiveness of business initiatives.
• Architects solutions for specific business capabilities and non-functional requirements.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Cloud Security Principles

Technical Leadership

Financial Services Experience

Enterprise Architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

IT Platform Architect Senior Principal (Financial Services Industry Experience)

Remote

We are a hybrid, remote-office company dedicated to growing our talent anywhere!

At Pathward, we take tremendous pride in our purpose to create financial inclusion for all. We are a financial empowerment company that works with innovators to increase financial availability, choice, and opportunity for all.

About the Role:

Owns architectural responsibilities in defining and supporting the implementation of modern Infrastructure platforms, methodologies, programs, processes, standards, organization structure, metrics and approaches in support and growth of our business.

What You Will Do:

• Drives the architectural effectiveness of business capability-related initiatives within the organization.
• Owns maintenance of the current state architecture while envisioning future state architecture aligned with product objectives. Develops technology roadmaps to smoothly transition from the current state to the desired future state.
• Architects solutions that address specific business capabilities and non-functional requirements.
• Designs solutions to advance and optimize the enterprise infrastructure.
• Evaluates technology, market trends and industry plus identifies prospective impact on business.
• Promotes architecture process and results to organization inclusive of business leaders and enterprise information technology.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure architectural best practices and standards.
• Collaborates closely with senior business and technology leaders, including product management, business, engineering, and operations.
• Aligns business and technology strategy, ensuring seamless communication across multiple levels within the organization.
• Develops architecture roadmap on basis of IT strategies and business requirements.
• Defines and establishes technical strategies, standards, and guidelines in collaboration with other architects.
• Creates logical architecture diagrams to support large, complex, and cross-capability area initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree in information systems or equivalent education and work experience. Master's degree preferred.
• Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a bachelor’s or equivalent.
• Proficient with major cloud services providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
• 12+ years of varied experience implementing all aspects of solution architecture. Exposure to application development, integration, information management, infrastructure, and information security domains.
• 10+ years of complex enterprise experience leading architecture efforts. Subject matter expertise across varying technology and business disciplines.
• 10+ years of architecture scalable, secure, highly available, and fault tolerant technical solutions.
• 6+ years of major cloud services providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
• 6+ years of understanding of cloud security principles and practices, including secure software development, threat modeling, and incident response.
• 5+ years of banking or financial services and products domain experience. Comparable domain experience will also be considered.
• Proven success in planning, influencing, and leading architecture initiatives across IT and business organizations and teams.
• Prior experience transitioning from traditional on-premises solutions to AWS.

Salary range: $119,402.29 – $220,517.17

The salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for a new hire in this role. Individual pay within the range will be determined by multiple factors which can include but are not limited to a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location.

Who we are:

Our commitment to inclusion is woven into our DNA. We believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, pregnancy, national origin, age (age 40 and over), disability, genetic information, marital status, hair texture or hairstyle, ancestry, service in the uniformed services, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence or any other class protected by federal, state and local laws.

Don’t have everything listed under qualifications? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single condition. At Pathward, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive culture of belonging, so if you’re excited about this role but your experiences don’t match exactly to everything in the posting we encourage you to apply anyway.

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