Principal Application Architect

Job Description

Associate Director Enterprise Architecture Governance (Principal Application Architect)

Why You'll Love this Job

As an Associate Director of Enterprise Architecture Governance (Principal Application Architect), you will collaborate with IT SMEs, Architecture Review Board (ARB) members, Business Partners, the System Delivery Process (SDP) user community, and stakeholders at all levels of the organization to ensure the continuous improvement of our Enterprise Architecture Governance process, which is critical to our internal and external clients. You will demonstrate in-depth knowledge of DTCC's governance, standards and policies, ARB, and system delivery processes. You will leverage your understanding to identify and target inefficiencies and pain points in our Enterprise Architecture Governance process. Additionally, you'll proactively identify improvements to the Enterprise Architecture Governance process, outline problems, and write proposals for enhancement solutions, while serving as a trusted coach and mentor to team members. You will have the opportunity to demonstrate your multi-tasking abilities in managing multiple tasks/projects across the enterprise with the support of an extremely talented team in this busy and challenging role.

• Build partnerships and facilitate discussions through various channels across the enterprise to establishing and maintaining guidelines, standards, and processes for the development, implementation, and management of an organization's IT architecture.
• Develop and maintain a governance framework that defines the roles, responsibilities, and decision-making processes for IT architecture governance, including the creation/maintenance of a governance board or committee that oversees the IT architecture.
• Envisioning, leading, and guiding the development of overall solution architecture compliance with IT architecture
• Support audit and regulatory needs by identifying and proactively remediating potential findings, mitigating risks, and providing reports that summarize potential impact
• Establishing and maintaining the link between the implementation of the architecture, the architectural strategy and objectives embodied in the enterprise architecture, and the strategic objectives of the business
• Providing a fundamental control mechanism for ensuring the effective implementation of the architecture
• Ensure compliance with internal and external standards and regulatory obligations with increasing reliance on automation
• Create and maintain effective documentation for memorializing architecture principles, decisions, and standards and for our team's processes and procedures
• Be a critical thinker who can proactively identify potential Enterprise Architecture governance process improvements by studying current practices and business functions, gathering information, evaluating output requirements, and designing modifications
• Interpret, evaluate, and interrelate research data and develop integrated business analyses into strategic decision making and act autonomously on decisions
• Understand and communicate operational impact of proposed changes
• Coordinate enhancements and changes that affect many stakeholders such as the PPM Team, JIRA Team, Release Management Team, and Change Management Team, while actively participating in the implementation of approved changes
• Encourage and embrace positive change and influence others to adapt to change by demonstrating the execution of new concepts and ways of working
• Demonstrate effective communication skills with a special emphasis on two-way communication - hearing feedback and articulating reasoning for changes
• Demonstrate reliability and be accountable for independent completion of assigned projects, processes, and programs by taking necessary actions to continuously meet required deadlines and goals

• Bachelor's degree in appropriate field of study
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience using the system delivery life cycle by utilizing agile and waterfall methodologies
• Relevant experience includes architecture governance, project management, scrum mastery, writing requirements, functional specs, wireframing, control testing
• Must have experience working on large scale improvement projects as well as handling day-to-day operational requests
• Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks at any given point, strong relationship building skills & communication skills
• Good understanding of architecture concepts and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Experience with governance processes and Control Frameworks.
• Experience in Information Technology with an understanding of applications and data.
• Collaboration skills and the ability to quickly shift focus between multiple tasks/projects
• Good influencing skills and the ability to facilitate effective meetings with business and technology and manage deliverables and takeaways.
• Strong drive to learn, continuously improve processes

• In-depth knowledge of the System Delivery Process and the Architecture Governance Practice
• Proficiency and Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, SharePoint)
• Knowledge of wireframing, JIRA, Power BI
• Ability to embrace a collaborative approach to requirements development and refinement
• Demonstrable ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence
• Initiative-taking, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands
• Meticulous, analytical, and inquisitive
• Extremely organized with strong time management skills