Our client, an American bank holding company, is currently seeking a Cloud Enterprise Architect to join their team on a 6 to 12-month contract-to-hire basis.
Job Title: Cloud Enterprise Architect
Location: Hybrid w/ travel to Buffalo, NY (They want someone who will come to Buffalo for visits. There is no definitive answer on how often, but if they are REALLY GOOD probably 2 days every other week. I will just need to submit your availability when submitting resume)
Duration: Contract to Hire (within 6 to 12 months)
Rate: $125/hrly max on W2 for the contract duration, & $170K max (+ bonus, full benefits, possible stock options) once converted to hire - these roles are not C2C or 1099 eligible
This role follows a hybrid work schedule; offering the flexibility, while providing the opportunity for in-person collaboration at the Tech Hub in Buffalo, NY.
FUNCTION:
Documents, visualizes, and articulates overall technical health, current and target states of Enterprise Architecture, in collaboration with senior leadership at an enterprise level. Leads the development of roadmaps with senior leadership for a targeted domain / function, and connects them with the broader Enterprise technology landscape, including alignment to industry Enterprise Architecture standards, building a pathway to achieve target state goals.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Leverage expertise in technical and business strategy to collaborate with Senior Technology leaders of various domains to support strategic decision making.
- Provide consultation services to improve domain technology delivery and operational efficiency.
- Own and drive the Enterprise Architecture governance process and influence decision making for senior technology leaders by leveraging research and fact-based recommendations for various domains.
- Influence senior technology leaders decision making by synthesizing research and fact-based recommendations from Enterprise Architects to support the domain in the Enterprise Architecture governance process.
- Provide thought leadership and build strong stakeholder partnerships to articulate current state, target state and roadmap of a given domain.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies to lead the partnership with delivery teams and domain leadership on architecture areas to include business, application, data, Cloud/infrastructure, security, integration, operations and support, in preparation for S3/S4 meetings and Architectural Review Board meetings.
- Research, understand and apply existing, new, and emerging technologies and trends to determine their potential impact on technology domains.
- Translate the enterprise's technology future-state architecture vision into principles, guidelines, standards, and patterns to ensure alignment with broader strategic goals.
- Identify and communicate opportunities and approaches for solving domain problems that may include new products, new platforms, or system enhancements to domain leadership.
- Create and maintain reference materials for use by the technical delivery team to ensure consistent and compliant solutions for enterprise level architecture patterns.
- Drive the planning and design of strategic initiatives that require architecture oversight and guidance.
- Understand and adhere to the Company s risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company s Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
- Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
- Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the Bank s brand.
- Maintain Bank s internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
- Additional Duties as assigned.
NATURE AND SCOPE:
This position will interface with senior leaders and will require excellent communication skills along with a strong knowledge of new and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of those trends for strategic use
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
- Minimum of 7 yrs. professional experience as a Cloud Enterprise Architect (Azure / Infrastructure).
- Bachelor s degree and 9 years of relevant work experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 13 year's higher education and/or relevant work experience
- Experience negotiating, influencing, and achieving alignment with senior technology and business leaders
- 9 or more years of experience in developing and integrating applications using relevant software architecture principles and patters
- Broad technical experience and understanding of multiple disciplines, including Hybrid Cloud architecture approaches, Azure IaaS, PaaS, container strategy, serverless compute, storage, migration approaches, FinOps, and automation on the Cloud
- Experience with automation and orchestration, infrastructure and operations, enterprise integration, application architecture, cybersecurity architecture with respect to Hybrid Cloud and external hosting best practice.
- Experience in driving and delivering innovation within the realm of Cloud
- Experience in utilizing architectural frameworks
- Experience working with enterprise architecture tools
- Experience in architecture modeling to strategically plan capabilities within domains
- Work experience in software engineering, software delivery and solution architecture
IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS PREFERRED:
- Graduate degree in business or technical discipline
- Certification and experience working with Cloud technologies and vendors
- Experience working in an Agile environment
- Certification in enterprise architecture frameworks
- Experience working in the financial services industry
- Experience working in three or more technical roles related to banking technical design and roadmap planning
- Experience in banking, application, data, Cloud and infrastructure, cybersecurity, and integration architecture
- Experience in driving and delivering innovation opportunities, within the realm of banking, to senior leadership
Cloud Enterprise Architect - Contract to Hire - Hybrid w/ travel to Buffalo, NY as required