Director, Enterprise Architecture
About The Position
As an Director, Enterprise Architecture at Capital One, you will be leading a team of 5 solution architects, working with software and data engineering teams, guiding architecture of associate-facing banking products; owning and facilitating architecture development; establishing destination-backed architecture strategy, reviewing architecture; providing feedback on application designs; providing input on company-wide initiatives; establishing patterns and practices for onboarding emerging technology, embedding in engineering teams to jump start complex projects; and helping raise the talent bar by recruiting and hiring top engineering talent. You will also work with product owners to articulate benefits of proposed solutions; influence the technical roadmap of enterprise platforms; and help business prioritize work. If this sounds exciting, the Enterprise Architect role could be for you! The Director, Enterprise Architecture will drive technology strategy and adoption. In this role, the architect will help define and drive towards an end state that is based on simplicity and the adoption of digital technologies, cloud hosting, and enterprise platforms open source software. The person we’re looking for: Be passionate about technology and architecture discipline. Have depth and breadth of knowledge across multiple software engineering disciplines. Desire to continually learn about new, emerging technologies. Be self-driven, actively look for ways to contribute, and knows how to get things done. Be hands-on with Cloud Native Architectures, in particular architecting enterprise applications on public cloud such as AWS, GCP or Azure. Believe in “you build it, you own it” software development model, that good software development includes good testing, resiliency, monitoring, documentation, and collaboration. Have excellent communication and reasoning skills, including the ability to make a strong case for technology choices. Have ability to build consensus and iteratively improve solutions. Firmly believe in leading by influence and by adding value.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree
- At least 7 years of experience with enterprise architecture, software architecture, and design patterns
- At least 5 years of people management experience
- At least 3 year experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
Nice To Haves
- Master’s Degree
- 10+ years of experience of working with business leaders on the implications of architectural decisions
- 5+ years of experience with complex architectural patterns (SOA), building APIs, microservices, and event streams
- 5+ years experience with DevOps or DevSecOps and building CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Artifactory, Chef, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation templates, GitHub, and Sonar
Responsibilities
- leading a team of 5 solution architects
- working with software and data engineering teams
- guiding architecture of associate-facing banking products
- owning and facilitating architecture development
- establishing destination-backed architecture strategy
- reviewing architecture
- providing feedback on application designs
- providing input on company-wide initiatives
- establishing patterns and practices for onboarding emerging technology
- embedding in engineering teams to jump start complex projects
- helping raise the talent bar by recruiting and hiring top engineering talent
- work with product owners to articulate benefits of proposed solutions
- influence the technical roadmap of enterprise platforms
- help business prioritize work
- drive technology strategy and adoption
- help define and drive towards an end state that is based on simplicity and the adoption of digital technologies, cloud hosting, and enterprise platforms open source software
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
