Immediate need for a talented Enterprise Architect. This is a 12+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Jersey City, NJ (Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

Job ID:24-52332

Pay Range: $73 - $78/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain domain architecture strategies, blueprint and roadmaps showing the evolution of systems from current to target state to meet strategic business, financial and technology objectives through documentation of systems, architectures, process flows and value-chain models.
• Participate in architecture consulting to enable design decisions, lead design sessions where appropriate, manage design tradeoffs between speed to market, financial and strategic impact, and support the successful implementation of initiatives.
• Act as a control function to ensure adherence of designs to blueprints, architectural principles and enterprise standards
• Support the compliance of designs to all relevant local laws and regulations.
• Identify risks to quickly resolve issues and conflicting priorities and influence a positive and effective outcome.
• Leverage technical expertise to support vendor selection activities including recommendations of when to make the appropriate build vs. buy decisions.
• Support the development of prototypes and proof-of-concepts to validate designs.
• Contribute to creation and evolution of architectural patterns, principles and guidelines.
• Support the execution of the architecture governance board.
• Provide inputs to annual financial planning & other related activities.
• Providing a senior communication channel across multiple functional domains.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Key Skills:Leadership, Communication and Relationship Skills .
• BSc-level degree in computer science or equivalent experience in industry.
• Experience with enterprise-level technology strategy in an architecture organization.
• Experience of Financial Services specifically within markets in either Trading or Post Trade candidate will be expected to demonstrate knowledge of the complete trade and contract lifecycle.
• Application development knowledge and experience (Enterprise Applications, distributed services, design, analysis).
• Certification or extensive experience in industry best practices in architectural methodologies and standards (e.g. UML, BPMN).
• Architecture, quality & productivity methodologies (e.g. Six Sigma).
• Modern application development and deployment (Automated Testing, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery).
• Broad based IT knowledge (hardware, software, middleware, databases, cloud).
• Deep Knowledge of Financial Services preferably within Markets.
• Leadership, Communication and Relationship Skills .
• Understand and empathize with the key challenges faced by sponsors and stakeholders.
• Manage senior stakeholder expectations and build trust relationships.
• Provide strategic vision based on balanced Risk, Financial, Process, and Resource factors.
• Interpret business needs and promoting innovative technology solutions.
• Support governance and oversight processes for managing alignment of change to strategic goals.
• Translate complex concepts into multiple architectural “views” aimed at varying audiences.
• Work effectively in a matrix organization with teams of architects, developers and business partners with minimal supervision.
• Express ideas verbally and in writing to effectively communicate with and influence teammates, technology partners, business leaders and executives.
• Resolving and influencing the positive outcome of conflicting objectives and priorities.
• Strong, proactive leadership capabilities – inspiring fellowship.
• Ability to stimulate and participate in creative thinking for out-of-the-box solutions.
• Ability to effectively communicate, interact with and influence.
• Work effectively within a fast-paced, cohesive team.
• Willing to learn fast and adapt quickly to change.
• Excellent written (technical) and verbal communication .

Our client is a leading Banking and finance Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

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