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Solutions Architect

Solutions Architect

ThriveChicago, IL, US
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  • This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest global investment management firms. The company is currently on a digital transformation journey and require a talented individual to take responsibility for a number of end-to-end technology solutions to deliver strategic business outcomes.
  • As a Solution Architect you will be joining a motivated team of professionals working to architect solutions for entire breath of the firm, including Portfolio Managers, Analysts, Quants, Marketing, Compliance and Operations. You will gain exposure to a variety of partners at all levels, from Senior Technology leaders to Senior Business partners.
  • The candidate will be required to put forward roadmaps and designs for an all-encompassing vision for target state technology solutions for the initiatives, and work with several engineering teams spanning multiple technologies to ensure its implementation.
  • The candidate must be able to identify and resolve issues that are creating inefficiencies or hindering progress proactively.

    • Responsibilities : Design Ownership

    • Producing and owning the end-to-end design of the solution spanning multiple software components (evidencing at all points how the design answers the requirements – clear traceability)
    • Working with engineering teams to ensure detailed component-level design responds to the end-to-end design
    • Working with the Senior Architects to ensure that data and functional architectures adhere to the high-level architecture principles and support target state vision for the enterprise
    • Working with the IT Infrastructure implementation team to make sure that planned infrastructure adequately supports the software components of the solution

      • Requirements

    • Working closely with Business stakeholders, Product Managers / Owners and Business Analysts to help translate desired business outcomes into robust system requirements, both functional and non-functional

      • Development & Testing :

    • Facilitate and participate in detailed design reviews and ensure that all components of the solution are aligned to the target state vision
    • Working with the testing team to support the definition and implementation of the testing strategy for the initiative

      • Software Delivery

    • Working with component developers to elicit, validate and refine estimates for developing the software components
    • Planning and coordination of deployment activities across multiple technology platforms
    • Overall accountability for delivering technology change is shared with IT project managers

      • Qualifications :

    • 7-10 years’ experience in Finance - Investment Management sector.
    • Substantial experience in software / application development with progressively increasing responsibilities and long-term engagements with employers
    • Experience working on investment management front office systems including portfolio management systems, OMS & trading platforms
    • Understanding of IBOR & ABOR fundamentals
    • Experience of the Charles River (CRIMS) product and interfaces
    • Track record of designing and delivering solution architecture for data-intensive initiatives spanning multiple technologies, delivered over the course of 2-3 years, and budgeted above $5m
    • Experience of large transformational projects with multi-year system migration planning
    • Experience implementing and integrating 3rd party packages as part of technology solutions
    • Experience with Agile delivery methodologies; working knowledge of the SAFe framework would be a plus
    • Practical understanding and experience of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD)

      • Specialist knowledge / skills :

    • Excellent understanding and practical experience of defining, designing and implementing Microservices in an enterprise environment
    • Excellent understanding and practical experience of cloud technologies, including PaaS, container platforms (Docker and Kubernetes), Serverless, etc. Experience with Red Hat Openshift and AWS of significant benefit
    • Knowledge of enterprise messaging technologies with experience of Kafka
    • Knowledge of UX / UI design and technologies
    • In addition, it would be a plus to have exposure to :

      • Big Data technology stacks, such as native AWS and / or Cloudera CDH / CDP

    • Data management and data quality tools

      • Competence / Characteristics :

    • Visual thinker able to communicate effectively with diagrams
    • Good facilitation skills, ability to broker an agreement on a contentious issue
    • Proactive, ‘can learn’ / ‘can do’ attitude
    • Team & business focused

      • Experience level : Mid-senior

      Experience required : 10 Years

      Job function : Information Technology

      Total position : 1

      Relocation assistance : No

      Visa : Only US citizens and Greencard holders

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