What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Architect position at SEI?
SEI is seeking a Technical Architect. They are responsible for ensuring the use of common SEI architecture patterns and best practices and providing direction to the systems architects and scrum teams. The role involves leveraging cutting-edge cloud and data engineering technologies to drive high-quality and scalable solutions.
What you will do:
- Ensure quality for our customers by validating Performance, Stability, Scalability, and Reliability for all of our scrum initiatives
- Ensure validations are in place for the proper level of instrumentation and monitoring to proactively detect performance and scalability
- Design and Develop automated Performance, Stability, Scalability, and Reliability tests
- Discover thresholds and data impact on delivery Participate in the constant improvement of our Performance Test Automation practices
- Architect and develop custom tools to facilitate and enhance Performance Testing, Testing at the System, Sub-System, and Component level
- Gain a technical and functional understanding of our product architecture and become part of the ongoing improvement of the performance of our enterprise application
- Work proactively with members of an Agile team to find and fix defects in our product architecture
- Analyze defects / test results and be able to deduct the chain of events leading to a failure Communicate critical issues and status updates in a timely manner to Agile teams
- Mentor technical resources on performance best practices
- Deep understanding of Application Performance Monitoring and ability to develop predictive and prescriptive solutions in the big data arena
What we need from you:
- BA/BS in a related technical field; or the equivalent in education and work experience
- A minimum of 7 years of experience in Information Technology
- A minimum of 7 years of Architecture experience in object-oriented design and programming methodologies; Java, JavaScript, SQL.
- Fair experience with Azure Cloud architecture, deployment, and optimization.
- Experience in data pipelines using Snowflake, Airflow, and DBT.
- Experience in working with Bit Bucket, Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jira, and Confluence.
- Proficiency in analysis, design, and build of SQL and PL/SQL packages. Proficiency in source control solutions such as GIT/GitLab and the Git flow process
- Ability to identify performance bottlenecks from issues - complement development team in speedy analysis/root cause of performance issues is preferred.
- Ability to lead performance optimization efforts with a strong command of complex performance issues and the ability to direct component owners is a plus
- Oracle Database performance tuning expertise
- Data Analytics and Data Visualization services
- Knowledge of Performance trouble shooting (heap dump & thread dump analysis) is preferred.
- Experience effectively interacting with large development and delivery teams and application development managers who are providing full lifecycle application support in complex, heterogeneous environments
- Strong understanding of SAFe
- Displays Servant Leadership Skills
What we would like from you:
- Experience in wealth management, investment processing, domestic and international Equity and / or Fixed Income workflows and analytics
- Experience with any of the following: CPM, Portfolio Management, Auto Loss Harvesting, Tax Managed Investment, Settlement System, Order Processing, Custody Services, Reconciliation, Corporate Action, Currency Processing
- Experience effectively interacting with large application development and delivery teams and application development managers who are providing full lifecycle application support in complex, heterogeneous environments
- Experience working with senior leadership, ability to work comfortably with a wide range of people and skill sets
- Knowledge of core investment processing / wealth management transaction processing, trade flow, custody & accounting, cash processing, etc.
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment, with a singular commitment to the accomplishment of team results
- Someone who will embody our SEI Values of courage, integrity, collaboration, inclusion, connection and fun. Please see our website for more information. https://www.seic.com/
SEI's competitive advantage:
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including comprehensive care for your physical and mental well-being, a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, a hybrid working environment for most roles, support for working parents and flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.
Benefits include healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription, wellness, EAP, FSA), life and disability insurance (premiums paid for base coverage), 401(k) match, education assistance, commuter benefits, up to 11 paid holidays/year, 21 days PTO/year pro-rated for new hires which increases over time, paid parental leave, back-up childcare arrangements, paid volunteer days, a discounted stock purchase plan, investment options, access to thriving employee networks and more.
We are a technology and asset management company delivering on our promise of building brave futures (SM)-for our clients, our communities, and ourselves. Come build your brave future at SEI.
SEI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and so much more...
After over 50 years in business, SEI remains a leading global provider of investment processing, investment management, and investment operations solutions. Reflecting our experience within financial services and financial technology our offices encompass an open floor plan and numerous art installations designed to encourage innovation and creativity in our workforce. We recognize that our people are our most valuable asset and that a healthy, happy, and motivated workforce is key to our continued growth. At SEI, we're (literally) invested in your success. We offer our employees paid parental leave, back-up childcare arrangements, paid volunteer days, education assistance and access to thriving employee networks.
SEI is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
