Job Title: SaaS Technical Architect (VP)

Location: New York, NY 10005 / Iselin, NJ 08830

Term: Perm/FTE

Salary: $160k-200k/yr (base salary)

Industry: Financial Services

Note: Must have legal authorization to work in the United States. No Corp to Corp (C2C) or Visa sponsorship provided.

Job Overview:

• This position reports to the Head of Application Architecture, who currently oversees 14 Technical Architects across various disciplines. This Technical Architect will be responsible for ongoing and future SaaS integration projects spanning the entire business.
• While there are no management responsibilities, the role involves providing technical assistance to 2 Architects involved in the project.
• Key skills include technical architecture expertise, SaaS project implementation experience, proficiency in creating technical and business requirements, strong collaboration with stakeholders, vendors, partners, and technical teams, as well as excellent communication skills.
• The current environment is cloud-agnostic, making experience with any cloud technology acceptable. Possession of certifications from major cloud providers will be advantageous.
• This is a hybrid position with a preference for at least 2 days onsite, though the candidate can tailor their schedule based on workload and project requirements.
• Open to both NJ and NYC offices, with a higher preference for the NJ office; however, any location is feasible.
• The interview process consists of: 1) an interview with the Head of Application Architecture, 2) a technical panel interview preferably onsite, and 3) an interview with HR.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a lead architect on projects producing High-Level Design documentation describing the overall technical design and demonstrating compliance to specific functional and non-functional requirements and alignment to technology standards, principles, and policies.
• Identify recommended SaaS options in the market and conduct feasibility assessments prior to proceeding with design documents.
• Establish and communicate new design patterns.
• Through collaboration with the business, vendors, and technology provide ongoing Architectural review and management of SaaS services to maintain a technology roadmap.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Expert in the integration of SaaS applications with other applications and IT systems.
• Technical proficiency across cloud platforms, virtualization, networking, security, and SaaS solutions.
• Experience facilitating Cloud & Infrastructure strategy and architecture development detailed planning at the service level.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Cloud-related solution architecture qualification and/or certifications.
• Nice to Have: Solution Architect qualification or certification in Architecture methodology or technology solutions such as TOGAF.

Success Factors (Personal characteristics contributing to an individual’s ability to excel in the position):

• Demonstrate and promote a risk culture appropriate for a critical market infrastructure.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills with excellent stakeholder management capabilities.
• Strong presentation skills, both written and verbal.
• Proactive self-starter with the ability to learn quickly and work independently, adept at managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an attention to detail.