Enterprise Architect - Wealth Management Technology

Morgan Stanley•New York, NY

2d•$195,000 - $275,000

About The Position

Define, govern & assure compliance of the methods, tools & processes used to develop & operate world-class technological solutions, based on architectural principles. Define & evolve of the longer-term strategic direction of the technology organization Lead and coordinate Enterprise Architecture activities with the business, IT architects/experts, etc. Develop, implement and execute processes for the definition, maintenance and conformance management of Enterprise Architecture. Lead Architecture governance review board, ensuring compliance to industry best practices and firm standards, policies, procedures etc. consolidate governance artefacts and risk reporting to divisional leadership Work with Engineering heads, Development leads, Infrastructure and Product owners in understanding the requirements, evaluating architecture, design consulting, implement solution designs that will scale over time at operational stability, security, reliability, performance efficiency and cost optimization. Lead architecture & design for strategic initiatives, Identify and escalate risks, issues and potential roadblocks in execution plans Build consensus, mediate conflicts, provide advisory services, technical leadership and create an environment which solicits positive contributions from all stakeholders. Provide architectural leadership in the resolution of inter-program and inter-project issues and advice management, business areas on business and information integration strategies. Develop and communicate Architecture Standards, Best practices, Blueprints and provide prescriptive guidance on application and systems design. Create awareness, promote and communicate the Enterprise Architecture within the WM Technology division. Build architecture capability & community within Wealth Management Technology Recruit and manage a small team of highly motivated engineers who can translate the architectural vision to working prototypes, robust frameworks and catalyze engineering squads Overall experience is at least 15+ years. Depth of skills should be proportional to experience. Experience with Solution Design & Architecture, Data Architecture, Security Architecture & Cloud, preferably in a financial services industry context. In-depth experience in Architectural Design & Engineering Standards. Knowledge of data, Architecture and Governance frameworks & tools such as TOGAF, ARCHIMATE and C4 Good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle & toolsets and Product Management methodologies. Understands importance of prioritization and focus on high value levers that drive change at scale across engineering organizations Strong people manager, with excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills. Excellent communicator, experienced coaching & mentoring others. Demonstrated experience working at a senior or executive level in a complex organization delivering specialist and authoritative advice to executive leadership. Experience in hiring and building highly performing architecture teams within large and complex organizations A passion for implementing change & keen attention to detail Experience with multi-threading, asynchronous code, garbage collector tuning, memory profiling, and transaction management Database: Relational and NoSQL database design, schema modelling, indexing, performance tuning Messaging: IBM MQ, JMS or Kafka, hands-on experience in at least one messaging technology SOA: Web APIs, REST, gRPC, Build and operate micro-services at scale, efficient distributed caching Cloud: Orchestrate microservices using Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Cloud Native Telemetry using Grafana, Prometheus and OpenTelemetry Minimum 10+ years' experience as a Technical/Solution Architect designing distributed applications, fault tolerance and recovery, performance engineering, scaling and low latency application design Minimum 5 years' experience on developing Cloud native containerized apps for Azure or Openshift Kubernetes Minimum 5 years' experience leading architecture governance forums and managing stakeholder conflicts High level understanding of cloud concepts for Identity & Access management, OAuth, Network security, Geo redundancy, Data synchronization, Encryption, Hybrid & Multi-tenant cloud architectures, Service SLA monitoring and Cost optimization Exposure on Continuous Integration/Delivery pipelines, Helm Charts, GitOps, Mature DevOps practices like A/B testing, Blue Green/Canary deployments, Trunk based development We do it in a way that's differentiated - and we've done that for 90 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren't just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There's also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work. To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser. Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $195,000 and $275,000 per year at the commencement of employment. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees. It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Requirements

Overall experience is at least 15+ years. Depth of skills should be proportional to experience.
Experience with Solution Design & Architecture, Data Architecture, Security Architecture & Cloud, preferably in a financial services industry context.
In-depth experience in Architectural Design & Engineering Standards.
Knowledge of data, Architecture and Governance frameworks & tools such as TOGAF, ARCHIMATE and C4
Good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle & toolsets and Product Management methodologies.
Understands importance of prioritization and focus on high value levers that drive change at scale across engineering organizations
Strong people manager, with excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
Excellent communicator, experienced coaching & mentoring others.
Demonstrated experience working at a senior or executive level in a complex organization delivering specialist and authoritative advice to executive leadership.
Experience in hiring and building highly performing architecture teams within large and complex organizations
A passion for implementing change & keen attention to detail
Experience with multi-threading, asynchronous code, garbage collector tuning, memory profiling, and transaction management
Database: Relational and NoSQL database design, schema modelling, indexing, performance tuning
Messaging: IBM MQ, JMS or Kafka, hands-on experience in at least one messaging technology
SOA: Web APIs, REST, gRPC, Build and operate micro-services at scale, efficient distributed caching
Cloud: Orchestrate microservices using Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Cloud Native Telemetry using Grafana, Prometheus and OpenTelemetry
Minimum 10+ years' experience as a Technical/Solution Architect designing distributed applications, fault tolerance and recovery, performance engineering, scaling and low latency application design
Minimum 5 years' experience on developing Cloud native containerized apps for Azure or Openshift Kubernetes
Minimum 5 years' experience leading architecture governance forums and managing stakeholder conflicts
High level understanding of cloud concepts for Identity & Access management, OAuth, Network security, Geo redundancy, Data synchronization, Encryption, Hybrid & Multi-tenant cloud architectures, Service SLA monitoring and Cost optimization
Exposure on Continuous Integration/Delivery pipelines, Helm Charts, GitOps, Mature DevOps practices like A/B testing, Blue Green/Canary deployments, Trunk based development

Responsibilities

Define, govern & assure compliance of the methods, tools & processes used to develop & operate world-class technological solutions, based on architectural principles.
Define & evolve of the longer-term strategic direction of the technology organization
Lead and coordinate Enterprise Architecture activities with the business, IT architects/experts, etc.
Develop, implement and execute processes for the definition, maintenance and conformance management of Enterprise Architecture.
Lead Architecture governance review board, ensuring compliance to industry best practices and firm standards, policies, procedures etc. consolidate governance artefacts and risk reporting to divisional leadership
Work with Engineering heads, Development leads, Infrastructure and Product owners in understanding the requirements, evaluating architecture, design consulting, implement solution designs that will scale over time at operational stability, security, reliability, performance efficiency and cost optimization.
Lead architecture & design for strategic initiatives, Identify and escalate risks, issues and potential roadblocks in execution plans
Build consensus, mediate conflicts, provide advisory services, technical leadership and create an environment which solicits positive contributions from all stakeholders.
Provide architectural leadership in the resolution of inter-program and inter-project issues and advice management, business areas on business and information integration strategies.
Develop and communicate Architecture Standards, Best practices, Blueprints and provide prescriptive guidance on application and systems design.
Create awareness, promote and communicate the Enterprise Architecture within the WM Technology division.
Build architecture capability & community within Wealth Management Technology
Recruit and manage a small team of highly motivated engineers who can translate the architectural vision to working prototypes, robust frameworks and catalyze engineering squads