Locations: NE, FL, DE

What does a great Enterprise Architect - Digital Platform do?

An Enterprise Architect - Digital Platform within the Global Issuer organization is laser-focused on go-to-market solution strategy for key industries, complex capture and RFP response activities, and development of new solution integration concepts that position us for large-scale processing environments, including implementation and System Integration pursuits for mobile/web/ digital devices. You will be operating at a strategic level, identifying technology solutions that meet business requirements, defining and describing those solutions and solution requirements, and providing specifications for solutions management and delivery. Put simply, this role is a great fit if you enjoy figuring out the best possible way of bringing together business need and technological solutions.

More detailed responsibilities include:

• Thought leadership in the sales and hand-off to delivery of complex solutions encompassing multiple products and services, involving a clear strategy for product integration
• Influence product development senior management on enterprise-level innovation roadmap strategy
• Assist Product Leaders with business guidance, consultative direction, and knowledge development
• Solution leadership on complex, supporting RFPs requiring collaboration and input from multiple Client divisions
• Develop design specifications, infrastructure diagrams and other system-related information.
• Maintain and/or obtain a detailed level of knowledge on company solutions, products and services.
• Engage extensively with development teams, related enterprise/software architects, business analysts, etc.
• Apply extensive analytical skills to address the needs of corporate strategy, understand technology specifics, understand how different parts of the business operation are connected.
• Good documentation skills and document detailed solutions for the overall domain area with current, interim and target state detailed out.
• Present architecture solutions for architecture board to review and track down any open items.

Basic Qualifications for Consideration:

• 10+ years of experience in large-scale IT system development, design and implementation, involving demonstrated project management, resource management, business analysis and leadership skills.
• Familiar with functions of hardware, software, and network systems
• 3+ years of experience in Front end/ UI architecture and product development with strong consultative and strategic sales support skill sets
• 3+ years of architecting solutions on modern tech stack leveraging microservices, cloud and data using domain driven design techniques.
• Must have modern technology stack experience in Java based microservices preferred with Kafka for event streaming.
• Experience with architecting a unified digital platform across web/ mobile spanning card-based payments, digital banking platforms, core banking and merchant solutions.
• Preferred financial industry experience.
• Preferred mainframe experience.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, emotional intelligence, with the ability to listen, advise, empathize, and explain to varied audiences, at all levels.
• Exceptional analytical skills and the ability to see the connections between layers of business operations
• Bachelor’s degree