Principal Application Architect (Architecture Governance)

Job Description

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We're committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

• 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

• 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