Principal Application Architect

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 are 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.

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• 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).

• Translate complex and sometimes ambiguous business and technical requirements into sound, scalable, and secure technical solutions. Understand business needs, IT strategy, and existing assets to identify optimal solution architectures.
• Implementation Guidance & Team Enablement
  
  Assess implementation context and team capabilities to provide actionable architectural guidance. Ensure successful delivery of application architecture through mentoring and technical leadership.
• Strategic Collaboration & Governance
  
  Partner with application owners, subject matter experts, product owners, architects, engineers, and delivery teams to enhance DTCC's Technology Governance, Risk, and Compliance frameworks. Influence strategic direction and define target state platform architectures, capturing outcomes in clear and actionable technical designs.
• Architecture Office Engagement
  
  Collaborate with the Architecture Office to define, publish, and maintain processes for:
  • Compliance with architectural principles, guidelines, and standards.
  • Software development and deployment practices.
  • Evaluation and selection of third-party products.
  • Retirement of obsolete technologies.
• Technology Evaluation & Recommendation
  
  Research and evaluate alternative solutions, recommending the most efficient and cost-effective options for system design and delivery.
• Technical Strategy & Leadership
  
  Provide architectural oversight and guidance on technical strategy. Design end-to-end technology architectures and mentor technical teams to deliver innovative services that enhance customer experience and accelerate delivery.
• Disaster Recovery & Resiliency Planning
  
  Develop and maintain comprehensive disaster recovery strategies and solutions to meet internal and regulatory requirements.
• Technology Trends & Innovation
  
  Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends. Recommend strategic directions and approaches that align with business goals and future-state vision.

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

• Enterprise Capability and IT Service Management: Proven experience in designing enterprise capabilities and services, with a strong foundation in ITSM principles and practices.
• Architectural Documentation: Ability to create a wide range of architectural artifacts, including but not limited to logical and reference architectures, sequence diagrams, and system flow diagrams.
• Analytical Expertise: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess complex systems and propose effective solutions.
• Event-Driven Architecture: Hands-on experience with event-driven systems and technologies such as Apache Kafka, Distributed MQ, and Amazon Kinesis.
• Distributed Systems Architecture: Deep understanding of all layers of distributed architecture, including frontend, backend, data storage, and system integration
• Background experience in Java and Angular
• Cloud Architecture: Extensive architectural and hands-on implementation experience with the AWS cloud platform is required. Familiarity with other cloud environments such as Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is considered a strong plus.
• Data Platforms and Analytics: Experience in data warehousing, data transport, analytics, and reporting using the Snowflake platform and its ecosystem.
• Standardized Application Deployment: Expertise in enterprise-scale application deployment on AWS, with a broad understanding of AWS services and best practices.
• Security and Trusted Computing: Knowledge of secure application design and implementation, including enabling trusted compute environments.
• Architecture Patterns and Standards: Demonstrated ability to define and implement solution, platform, and application architecture patterns and standards. Must be able to communicate complex concepts clearly and concisely, with strong skills in tools such as Microsoft Visio.
• Nice to have experience with Architectural platforms/tools like Hopex, LeanIX, ServiceNow, ArchiMate. Experience with TOGAF or similar architectural framework is a plus.
• Desirable Skills: Experience or familiarity with emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain is a plus.