Solution/Technical Architect (Finance / Capital Markets Domain) at Iconma

Jersey City, NJ

About the Job

Location: Jersey City, NJ/Hybrid

Description:
Top 3 Skills:

Finance / Capital Markets Domain Knowledge
Solution/Technical Architect background
Broad understanding and experience with a variety of technologies

Responsibilities Include:

Create and maintain domain architecture strategies, blueprint and roadmaps showing the evolution of systems from current to target state to meet strategic business, financial and technology objectives through documentation of systems, architectures, process flows and value-chain models.
Participate in architecture consulting to enable design decisions, lead design sessions where appropriate, manage design tradeoffs between speed to market, financial and strategic impact, and support the successful implementation of initiatives.
Act as a control function to ensure adherence of designs to blueprints, architectural principles and enterprise standards
Support the compliance of designs to all relevant local laws and regulations.
Identify risks to quickly resolve issues and conflicting priorities and influence a positive and effective outcome.
Leverage technical expertise to support vendor selection activities including recommendations of when to make the appropriate build vs. buy decisions.
Support the development of prototypes and proof-of-concepts to validate designs.
Contribute to creation and evolution of architectural patterns, principles and guidelines.
Support the execution of the architecture governance board.
Provide inputs to annual financial planning & other related activities.
Providing a senior communication channel across multiple functional domains.

Required Skills / Experience:

BSc-level degree in computer science or equivalent experience in industry
Experience with enterprise-level technology strategy in an architecture organization
Experience of Financial Services specifically within markets in either Trading or Post Trade candidate will be expected to demonstrate knowledge of the complete trade and contract lifecycle

Required Knowledge and Skills:

Application development knowledge and experience (Enterprise Applications, distributed services, design, analysis)
Certification or extensive experience in industry best practices in architectural methodologies and standards (e.g. UML, BPMN)
Architecture, quality & productivity methodologies (e.g. Six Sigma)
Modern application development and deployment (Automated Testing, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery)
Broad based IT knowledge (hardware, software, middleware, databases, cloud)
Deep Knowledge of Financial Services preferably within Markets
Understand and empathize with the key challenges faced by sponsors and stakeholders
Manage senior stakeholder expectations and build trust relationships
Provide strategic vision based on balanced Risk, Financial, Process, and Resource factors
Interpret business needs and promoting innovative technology solutions
Support governance and oversight processes for managing alignment of change to strategic goals
Translate complex concepts into multiple architectural “views” aimed at varying audiences

As an equal opportunity employer, ICONMA provides an employment environment that supports and encourages the abilities of all persons without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or express, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability status, political affiliation, genetics, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.