Solutions Architect

This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest global investment management firms. The company is currently on a digital transformation journey and require a talented individual to take responsibility for a number of end-to-end technology solutions to deliver strategic business outcomes. As a Solution Architect you will be joining a motivated team of professionals working to architect solutions for entire breath of the firm, including Portfolio Managers, Analysts, Quants, Marketing, Compliance and Operations. You will gain exposure to a variety of partners at all levels, from Senior Technology leaders to Senior Business partners. The candidate will be required to put forward roadmaps and designs for an all-encompassing vision for target state technology solutions for the initiatives, and work with several engineering teams spanning multiple technologies to ensure its implementation. The candidate must be able to identify and resolve issues that are creating inefficiencies or hindering progress proactively. Responsibilities: Design Ownership Producing and owning the end-to-end design of the solution spanning multiple software components (evidencing at all points how the design answers the requirements clear traceability) Working with engineering teams to ensure detailed component-level design responds to the end-to-end design Working with the Senior Architects to ensure that data and functional architectures adhere to the high-level architecture principles and support target state vision for the enterprise Working with the IT Infrastructure implementation team to make sure that planned infrastructure adequately supports the software components of the solution Requirements Working closely with Business stakeholders, Product Managers/Owners and Business Analysts to help translate desired business outcomes into robust system requirements, both functional and non-functional Development & Testing: Facilitate and participate in detailed design reviews and ensure that all components of the solution are aligned to the target state vision Working with the testing team to support the definition and implementation of the testing strategy for the initiative Software Delivery Working with component developers to elicit, validate and refine estimates for developing the software components Planning and coordination of deployment activities across multiple technology platforms Overall accountability for delivering technology change is shared with IT project managers Qualifications: 7-10 years experience in Finance - Investment Management sector. Substantial experience in software/application development with progressively increasing responsibilities and long-term engagements with employers Experience working on investment management front office systems including portfolio management systems, OMS & trading platforms Understanding of IBOR & ABOR fundamentals Experience of the Charles River (CRIMS) product and interfaces Track record of designing and delivering solution architecture for data-intensive initiatives spanning multiple technologies, delivered over the course of 2-3 years, and budgeted above $5m Experience of large transformational projects with multi-year system migration planning Experience implementing and integrating 3rd party packages as part of technology solutions Experience with Agile delivery methodologies; working knowledge of the SAFe framework would be a plus Practical understanding and experience of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) Specialist knowledge/skills: Excellent understanding and practical experience of defining, designing and implementing Microservices in an enterprise environment Excellent understanding and practical experience of cloud technologies, including PaaS, container platforms (Docker and Kubernetes), Serverless, etc. Experience with Red Hat Openshift and AWS of significant benefit Knowledge of enterprise messaging technologies with experience of Kafka Knowledge of UX/UI design and technologies In addition, it would be a plus to have exposure to: Big Data technology stacks, such as native AWS and/or Cloudera CDH/CDP Data management and data quality tools Competence/Characteristics: Visual thinker able to communicate effectively with diagrams Good facilitation skills, ability to broker an agreement on a contentious issue Proactive, can learn/can do attitude Team & business focused Experience level: Mid-senior Experience required: 10 Years Job function: Information Technology Total position: 1 Relocation assistance: No Visa : Only US citizens and Greencard holders #J-18808-Ljbffr