
Principal Architect – Consumer Lending Operations
Wells Fargo
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Wilmington • New Jersey • North Carolina • United States
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Salary
💰 $175,000 - $305,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Act as an advisor to leadership to develop or influence applications, network, information security, database, operating systems, or web technologies for highly complex business and technical needs across multiple groups
- Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas or the enterprise, delivering solutions that are long-term, large-scale and require vision, creativity, innovation, advanced analytical and inductive thinking
- Translate advanced technology experience, an in-depth knowledge of the organizations tactical and strategic business objectives, the enterprise technological environment, the organization structure, and strategic technological opportunities and requirements into technical engineering solutions
- Provide vision, direction and expertise to leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions
- Promote a data-driven culture and drive architecture led-innovation
- Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies and recommends innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization
- Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership
- Establish and drive target state architecture for Consumer Operations
- Define the target state architecture vision with forward looking Architecture principals and modern technology
- Based on understanding of current state architecture, define an architecture roadmap to realize target state
- Rationalize applications and domains in Consumer Operations with Enterprise solutions
- Adapt to and influence Consumer Operations Technology and Enterprise technology strategies
- Contribute to Consumer Operations SRE strategy and ensure that architecture patterns and frameworks uphold it
- Drive efforts to ensure resiliency, fault tolerance, and performance of Consumer Operations Technology
- Contribute to NFR requirements and drive strategies to uphold NFR's through automation and frameworks
- Evaluate cost efficiency of the new platforms in how we develop and support software
- Stay abreast of technology innovations and industry best practices and apply to Consumer Operations Technology solutions where valuable
- Collaborate with firm-wide security team on evolving security patterns utilized in Consumer Operations Technology solutions
- Transform the Architecture practice
Requirements
- 7+ years of architecture experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- 7+ years of experience creating strategy
- 7+ years of architectural design and planning experience
- Experience in one or a combination of the following: systems, applications, or architecture planning
- Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to influence across all organizational levels, particularly senior management
- Ability to negotiate, influence, and collaborate to build successful relationships
- Knowledge and understanding of applications technology management role including managing applications development and support for multiple systems and business functions
- Ability to identify key issues, involve affected parties, design solutions, obtain buy-in, and communicate effectively through resolution
- Ability to be proactive, innovative and creative in meeting customer and enterprise needs
- Experience with a customer service mindset and a focus on continuous improvement
- Ability to effectively assess stakeholder, partner, or client needs while consulting, building solutions, and developing processes
- Experience consulting, influencing and partnering with business executives, leadership, human resources partners and peers
- Knowledge and understanding of centralized Operations
- Financial services industry experience
- Experience with OpenShift/GCP/Azure or other cloud computing technologies
- Extensive technical skills and comprehensive knowledge and understanding of an entire line of business or infrastructure sub-domain
Benefits
- Health benefits
- 401(k) Plan
- Paid time off
- Disability benefits
- Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
- Parental leave
- Critical caregiving leave
- Discounts and savings
- Commuter benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Scholarships for dependent children
- Adoption reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
architecture experiencearchitectural designstrategy creationsystems planningapplications planningdata-driven cultureresiliencyfault toleranceperformance optimizationNFR requirements
Soft Skills
verbal communicationwritten communicationinterpersonal skillsinfluencenegotiationcollaborationproactiveinnovativecreative problem solvingcustomer service mindset