Principal Architect

Ameriprise Financial; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ameriprise Financial in Minneapolis, MN seeks an experienced Senior Enterprise Architect to define and govern architectural direction across the enterprise. You will lead roadmap development, establish standards, and guide cloud initiatives across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, drive POCs, and ensure solutions align with strategy while mentoring others and communicating with business leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent
• 7–10+ years of relevant experience in enterprise architecture
• Experience designing enterprise applications and architectures across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments

Responsibilities

• Assess current environment and influence strategic direction.
• Develop strategy and roadmaps; establish standards across domains.
• Lead complex enterprise-level application rollouts and architecture decisions.
• Provide direction for the Cloud Journey – AWS and Azure; influence vendor roadmaps.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud strategy

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Oracle Insurance Policy Administration

Job description

About Our CompanyWe’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. Our team of 22,000 people across 19 countries, serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses – Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.Job DescriptionProvide overall direction, mentorship and definition to the organizational architecture to efficiently support the corporate business strategy. Interact across multiple business areas, proactively assist in defining the direction for future projects to ensure the success of enterprise-level rollouts. Resolve and develop architectural approaches and solutions, conduct business reviews, document current systems and develop recommendations.Key ResponsibilitiesMajor areas of accountability:Assessment of our current environment and influence strategic directionStrategy / Roadmap DevelopmentDevelop Reference Architectures and Repeatable patternsEstablish and Manage standardsProvide direction to our cloud journeyLead complex projects and ensure the success of enterprise-level application rollouts. Resolve and develop architectural approaches and solutions by conducting business reviews, detailing current systems, and developing recommendations at the capability level. May or may not leader people.Proactively assist in defining future projects. Bring enterprise perspective to all initiatives. Ensure projects align with enterprise architecture. Lead technology direction within and across infrastructure teams. Participate in determination of domain standards, project requirements, and migration plans for infrastructure or business portfolios. Develop and ensure compliance with architectural principals and standards for various systems and components. Develop/maintain key strategy artifacts.Evaluate current architecture and influence strategic direction and road maps with proactive feedback. Lead analysis of the current Technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement. Participate in detailed analysis to align requirements and equipment configurations with defined system specifications. Translate customer requirements to process and data requirements.Document and support applications and tools consistent with established specifications and business requirements. Document all architecture design and analysis work. Research, craft and develop product hardware and software interfaces. Incorporate architectural principles into enterprise architectural design, including opportunities for common services and service reuse. Consult with capability development teams to fit/modify architecture to business objectives.Research, introduce and transition new technology into the organization. Stay on top of Technology advances and issues across all enterprise domains. Research, test and recommend tools and practices for potential implementation. Provide technical assistance to implementation teams. Apply standard methodologies using innovative ideas to increase awareness and efficiency of enterprise architecture.Eloquent, advocate and support the architecture perspective in strategy and delivery discussions with technology and business unit leaders. Publish accurate monthly dashboards. Encourage, develop and participate in cross-portfolio/capability dialogue. Collaborate with business leaders to acquire strategic requirements, colleagues to lead project delivery, vendor partners on product selections and research partners to understand the industry technology architecture view.Required QualificationsBachelors degree (4-years) in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field; or related work experience.7-10+ years of relevant work experience required.Work experience in multiple technology areas and 2-3 years of relevant enterprise architecture experience in one or more specialty areas.Prior experience in design, development and implementation of application development solutions at an enterprise level.In-depth knowledge of application, information, infrastructure, network and security architectures.Demonstrable Understanding of AWS, Azure Cloud, Connectivity and Network Security servicesProvide Architecture direction to our Cloud Journey - AWS and AzureStrong InfluencerLeader With Vision in this domain areaUnderstanding of Application Architecture – On-prem, Cloud and hybridAble to collaborate with various cross commits - application, network, security teams at multiple levels to get resultsAbility to drive architectural discussions, help run POCs, drive decisions and ready to do hands onWork with vendors, understand their roadmaps and connect with our strategic directionHave solid grasp of AWS, Azure, SaaS or PaaS integration solutions and how those interact within with on-premise solutionsDeep Experience as a senior-level Solutions or Technology Architect working on significant enterprise change initiativesPreferred QualificationsFinancial Services industry specific knowledge that includes working knowledge of industry data standards and architectures.Exposure of working with Oracle Insurance Policy Administration system Or Wealth Management Accelerator.Domain expertise encompasses Annuities and Insurance businessUnderstand of Mainframe/COBOL systemsAWS integration solutions such as Batch, Glue, Data Pipeline, Kinesis, SNS, SQS, etc.Base Pay SalaryThe estimated base salary for this role is $140,000 - $190,000 / year. We have a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy. Your initial total compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographical work location. In addition, most of our roles are eligible for variable pay in the form of bonus, commissions, and/or long-term incentives depending on the role. We also have a competitive and comprehensive benefits program that supports all aspects of your health and well-being, including but not limited to vacation time, sick time, 401(k), and health, dental and life insurance.Full-Time/Part-TimeFull timeExempt/Non-ExemptExemptJob Family GroupTechnologyLine of BusinessTECH TechnologyAmeriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship, disability status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, speak to your recruiter to discuss how we can support you.