Architect III - Information Architect

You are ready to revolutionize your career and the world of technology with an iconic company. Now is the time to take the reins on this exciting opportunity.Shape the future as an Information Architect, working primarily with clients across Technology and the Chief Data Office.

As an Architect III at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Investment Bank Information Architecture team you serve as a seasoned member of a team by incorporating leading best practices and collaborating with other architects to develop high-quality architecture solutions for various software applications and platforms. You are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives. You will play a crucial role in delivering, maintaining, and promoting the adoption of standards, components, processes, and tools that support the broader function of Data Management. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with Corporate Investment Bank Technology, Global Technology, and other Lines of Business to develop contemporary and innovative engineering methods.

Job responsibilities

• Create and maintain accurate, complete, and consistent governed Data Models with lineage and metadata to facilitate traceability to other metadata classification such as Data Concepts.
• Collaborate to create, maintain, govern, and use Controlled Vocabularies with Business Partners and the Chief Data Office.
• Execute architecture solutions and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down problems.
• Collaborate to create, maintain, govern, and use Controlled Vocabularies and Data Sourcing Contracts with Business Partners and the Chief Data Office.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring that design constraints are met.
• Gather, analyze, synthesize, and develop visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems.
• Contribute to architecture communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies.
• Engage with Software Development teams to determine their requirements for Model Engineering solutions and build prototypes and pilots to explore enhancements and new ways of working.
• Contribute towards the incremental delivery of the Data Strategy by incrementally moving applications towards strategic data sourcing and standardization of metadata and tooling.
• Add to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

• Formal training or certification on Information Architecture concepts and 3+ years applied experience
• Experience and interest in data and an appreciation of the value it can bring to an organization if properly understood, organized, and governed.
• Experience and exposure to Data Modelling and Architecture tools such as ERwin, Power Designer, and/or Magic Draw or wider use of UML tools or IDEs that integrate modeling tools such as Eclipse.
• Ability to evaluate current technologies to recommend ways to optimize architecture.
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability and proficient in coding in one or more languages.
• Knowledge of some Data Management technologies such as Relational and Columnar Databases, and/or Data Integration (ETL) or API development.
• Knowledge of some Data Formats such as JSON, XML, and binary formats such as Avro or Google Protocol Buffers.
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to understand, translate, review, and playback requirements and collaborate to develop Model Engineering solutions.
• Exposure to working with data sets through tools like SQL, Python, or JavaScript.

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies.
• A willingness to bring an outside perspective to the team, ask questions, and learn from the breadth and depth of experience of the current Information Architecture team.
• A "growth mindset," willing to take on challenges.
• The flexibility to switch between concurrent project assignments.
• Exposure to cloud technologies.
• An ability to envisage and compare potential solutions prior to implementation.