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The Senior Enterprise Architect role is intended to align architecture support to a specific application or technology suite and support the application or technology suite through any internal or external impacts. This role will contribute towards defining and driving an application or technology area to the target state architecture. This is an individual contributor role that aligns to one or more application or technology areas within a sub-domain such as Digital Integration Care Center or Core Applications. This role will also work with various IT and business stakeholders and provide leadership on key technology initiatives. Sr Enterprise Architects are expected to cultivate and maintain relationships Manager level leaders within IT in support of their aligned areas. This role will be called upon to onboard and mentor less experienced architectsEssential Job Functions
Enterprise Architecture:Develop and maintaincurrent state and target state architecture for an application or technology area in alignment with the strategy and direction of business or technology capabilities that are impacting the application or technology areaaligned.Accountable for program and project architecture across enterprise wide initiatives typically involvingcustom development across multiple applications and/or significantthird partyassessments integrations and implementations.
ArchitecturePlanning and ProjectSupport:Participate in business and IT planning for an application or technology area. Create architectural documentation to support the target state architecture based on planned initiative(s).Promote alignment across business and technology areas around initiatives and assist with estimation and prioritization.Participate and lead architecture delivery in projects that impact the aligned application or technology area.
Architecture Governance:Ensure that the application or technology area meets both the functional and non-functional requirements. Manage application capacity and performance models. Document and manage technical debt / risk related to the application or technology area.Provide thought leadership within the supported application/technology area in driving various strategies and in solving complex issues.Work closely with the technical teams in ensuring architectural standards are adhered to and any exceptions are documented and managed as technical debts.
Documentation:Produces and maintains a library of reference architecture documentation. This includes but is not limited to: electronic diagrams written requirements roadmaps and guidance. Performs periodic reviews of deployed solutions to ensuresolution health andcompliance toreferencearchitectures and takes appropriate measures to correct deficiencies.
Technical Debt Management: Manage the technical debt that is introduced or mitigated throughprograms and projectsin an application or technology area.
Profession Advancement:Contribute to the Architecture Profession capability by helping to improve Bread Financial architecture practice and reference architectures. Participate in internal and external architecture communities and organizations that help improve Bread Financial architecture profession or specific architecture domains and technology capability.
Human Relations:Ability to diffuse problematic situations and manage through conflict resolution. Utilizes soft skills such as: Selective Agreement Reflective Listening Voice Inflection and Empathy. Ability to take complex concepts and break down into laymens terms or analogies that help with others understanding. Viewed as an enabling partner that provides options or information when saying no to business or IT requests. Seen by leadership and peers as creditable trustworthy and respectful. Utilizes subject matter expertise to guide and coach less experienced team members.
Technical Knowledge and Application: Expectation is to be proficient in at leastthreeapplications preferablyfiveand at leasttwo preferablythreemajortechnology platforms / ecosystems such as Javamobiledevelopmentintegration and API managementCobol Mainframe etc.
Scope of Role: Expectation is to supportbetween25and45business capabilities acrossanapplicationarea or technology area. Complexity of theapplication or technology areaismedium to highrelative to the number of integrations processes etc.
Reports to:Manager/ Senior Manager
Working Conditions/ Physical Requirements:
Normal office environment.
Required to come on site 3-4x a month if located 60 miles from an office location.
Direct Reports: None
Minimum Qualifications:
Fiveor more years in Information Technology
High School Diploma or GED
Preferred Experience:
Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or related field.
TOGAF Certification
Cloud Certifications
Threeor more yearsIT Architecture
Experience with Java Spring Boot Micro services event-streaming APIs React/Angular JavaScript and Micro front-ends
AWS or Azure Cloud experience
Other Duties
This job description is illustrative of the types of duties typically performed by this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of each and every essential function of the job. Because job content may change from time to time the Company reserves the right to add and/or delete essential functions from this job at any time.
Salary Range (unless otherwise noted below):
$120500.00 - $218300.00Full Salary Range for position:
California: $138600.00 - $272900.00Colorado: $120500.00 - $229200.00New York: $132500.00 - $272900.00Washington: $126500.00 - $251100.00Maryland: $126500.00 - $240200.00Washington DC: $138600.00 - $251100.00Illinois: $120500.00 - $240200.00New Jersey: $138600.00 - $251100.00Vermont: $120500.00 - $218300.00The actual base pay within this range may be dependent upon many factors which may include but are not limited to work location education experience and skills.
Bread Financial offers medical prescription drug dental vision and other voluntary benefits (including basic and optional life insurance supplemental medical plans and short and long-term disability) to eligible associates (regular full-time associates scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more) and their spouses/domestic partners and child(ren) under the age of 26. New associate elected coverage begins on date of hire (with the exception of disability coverage which has a 6-month waiting period). Six weeks of 100% paid parental leave for eligible parents is available after a 180-day waiting period. Hired associates can immediately enroll in Bread Financials 401(k) plan.
All associates receive 11 paid holidays. Associates have discretion in managing their time away from work through the Flexible Time Off (FTO) program and may need to notify and receive approval from their manager prior to taking the time off. Associates (except those located in Illinois) receive 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time (PSST) upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year. Illinois associates receive 40 hours of Illinois PSST upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year and 40 hours of Illinois Paid Leave upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year. Illinois Paid Leave must be used before associates in Illinois will be approved to take FTO.
Hired associates will be able to elect the purchase company stock during offering periods in June and December. You will be eligible for an annual incentive bonus based on individual and company performance.
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About Bread Financial
At Bread Financial youll have the opportunity to grow your career give back to your community and be part of our award-winning culture. Weve been consistently recognized as a best place to work nationally and in many markets and were proud to promote an environment where you feel appreciated accepted valued and fulfilledboth personally and professionally. Bread Financial supports the overall wellness of our associates with a diverse suite of benefits and offers boundless opportunities for career development and non-traditional career progression.
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Job Family:
Information TechnologyJob Type:
RegularRequired Experience:
Senior IC
Full-Time