Architect - Mastery
JOB TITLE: Architect - Mastery JOB LOCATION: Hybrid Springfield, Boston or NYC WAGE RANGE*: 100 - 137/ hour W2 JOB NUMBER:37031888 REQUIRED EXPERIENCE: 5 years development experience, capable of designing and implementing complex solutions. 8 years of solutions architect or related experience (e.g. tech lead, 8 lead designer) 2 years of experience in sales & distribution related business processes and technologies, including at least one of the following sub-domains: Marketing, Wealth Management, Distribution Management, Incentive Management (compensation, recognition), Broker Dealer Administration, Insurance Distribution. Skilled leading and/or participating in system design and architectural activities including technical requirement writing experience and ability to lead collaboration sessions for important design reviews and decisions. Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work in a team-based environment including employees, vendors, and third-party contractors. Excellent mentoring skills and the desire to contribute to efforts beyond the scope of the day-to-day project work. Proven ability to provide technical leadership and guidance to less experienced team members. Experience in AWS cloud application design, development, and deployment. Experience with event streaming and web service protocols like SOAP, REST, JSON, or Kafka Experience with data development, including database design, modeling, ETL and scheduling. General working knowledge of insurance data, investment data and /or financial data Experience in working with and enabling integrations with vendor / SaaS platforms The Ideal Qualifications AWS Certifications 7 design & development experience including frontend, backend, database, and Integration technologies preferred. Strong knowledge of data modeling and ETL development including development patterns, and best practices Experience with one or more of the following platforms/technologies: Vertica Kong Kafka Salesforce React / NeXTs Content Management Platforms / Search Engines Life, Disability Income and Annuity Order Entry Investment Custodian Platforms Needs Analysis / Financial Planning Software DTCC Fidelity NFS/ IWS SAP CI/CD Dev Ops Kubernetes JOB DESCRIPTION Wealth Mgt Technology Job Category: Systems Analysis/Design/Dev/OPS Job Title: Architect - Mastery Duties: The Sales & Distribution Architecture team is uniquely positioned as a shared service in support of several support & delivery organizations that enable our two primary distribution channels. Your Architect peers lead through accountability, coaching, collaboration, creativity, and knowledge to define the solutions that enable meaningful business outcomes and technical modernization for high priority initiatives. Our team is motivated by the role that we play in influencing both business and technical strategies and the value that our partnership provides to the teams that we engage with to deliver. We are in high demand and are growing as a result. The Impact: The role includes keeping abreast of the industry and applying that knowledge to ensure we are architecting and designing solutions that meet future state business strategies. As a Solutions Architect you'll have an opportunity to partner with other experienced technology resources to deliver solutions that transform our business processes. In this role, as well as all roles within company, you will demonstrate accountability, agility, a dedication to being inclusive, a strong business acumen, and will show courage, even in the most difficult situations. You will exercise your strong communication skills, as well as your passion for learning, leadership traits, resilience, and self-awareness. In this role, you will be expected to: Partner with Enterprise Architecture to define and maintain the target operating model for delivery, including technologies, tools, and patterns. Partner with Enterprise Architecture to further the strategic vision and application roadmaps. Partner with Development Teams to translate architecture to design/code-level execution. Serve as the technical liaison between business partners, industry vendors, and distribution partners, while working very closely with both business and technical stakeholders Identify end-to-end technical solutions based on business needs that utilize a service-based architecture incorporating API's and Events for decoupling Digital and Backend application services. Capture future state technology vision in actionable, context-specific roadmaps. Partner directly with the specific technology subject matter experts and technical leads to ensure architecture standards are adopted and solutions are aligned with enterprise Technology stacks. Architect Solutions are designed as reusable components (API's/ Microservices) that compose an overall solution that's flexible, scalable, performant, and providing excellent user experience. Be accountable for implementation of cross-functional solution architecture of all technologies in the Sales & Distribution technology stack. Understand and proactively assess the current state of the technology and identify gaps and overlaps. Ensure technologies are optimized, recommending investments and rationalization and if necessary, conducts technology assessment and selection. Possess deep industry understanding and a point-of-view of the services provided, and the technologies/products used in the industry to effectively make decisions on product usage and investment at Financial. Typical day-to-day responsibilities include: Strong partnership & collaboration with Enterprise Architecture Creation and/or contributing to governed architecture artifacts, including Solution, Decisions, Strategies and Roadmaps. Hands-on collaboration with Development teams Project Team Meetings, status, planning, requirement reviews, etc. Design & Code Reviews Architecture/ Design Decisions & Technology Evaluations Industry Trends, Research, POC, Tools Test Plan Reviews Production Support Transition Reviews Contribute to our architecture community by attending and participating in Architecture & Design Roundtables, Architecture Review Boards, and Solution Architecture Guild meetings. Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities * While an hourly range is posted for this position, an eventual hourly rate is determined by a comprehensive salary analysis which considers multiple factors including but not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills and qualifications, education and experience as compared to others in the organization doing substantially similar work, if applicable, and market and business considerations. Benefits offered include medical, dental and vision benefits; dependent care flexible spending account; 401(k) plan; voluntary life/short term disability/whole life/term life/accident and critical illness coverage; employee assistance program; sick leave in accordance with regulation. Benefits may be subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions. Benefits offered are in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and subject to change at TCM's discretion.
