Senior Solutions and Data Architect Asset Management

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Job Summary

The Senior Solutions and Data Architect is a trusted advisor responsible for setting architectural direction and advancing technical excellence across Asset Management. This role is a subject matter expert who leads both data and solution architecture for critical investment vendor platforms and internally built applications ensuring scalable secure and well-governed systems that support research portfolio management trading operations and downstream reporting workflows.

This role partners closely with the business analysts and engineering teams to translate business needs into technical designs and a clear phased roadmap balancing rapid delivery with long-term architectural integrity. Additionally in collaboration with Thrivents corporate IT function this architect establishes architecture patterns and data product standards (metadata lineage quality access controls and regulatory traceability) advises on master data management and entity resolution for critical investment domains and helps enable front-to-back workflow connectivity across investment operations and reporting processes.

This role is also responsible for evaluating and guiding adoption of modern data platforms through proofs of concept and benchmarks shaping architecture decisions across internal and vendor platforms and helping modernize both cloud and legacy environments with resilient secure integration patterns.

The Senior Solutions and Data Architect identifies and validates high-value AI and emerging-technology use cases defines reusable guardrails in partnership with security/risk/compliance/enterprise architecture. Finally the architect is expected to provide hands-on leadership through mentoring coaching and enabling a culture of continuous improvement.

Job Responsibilities and Duties

Data Architecture

• Shapethemoderndata architecture translatingfront-officeinvestment andoperationsneedsinto a clear phased roadmap.
• Own core investment data models and standards (IBOR ABOR PBOR and other related data sets) with consistentcanonicaldefinitions.
• Definepatterns for processing unstructured and semi structured data sets.
• Establish data product standardsaligned with enterprise architectureto ensure data is reliable governedcompliantand fit for analytics risk reportingoperationalandfront-officeinvestment workflows.
• Contributehandsonexpertisetodata governance including metadata lineage data quality and regulatory traceability.
• Evaluate and guideadoptionof modern data platforms (e.g. Snowflake Databricks) usingproof of conceptsand benchmarks to inform design decisions.
• Partner closely withinvestmentdataenablementteam to design solutions review implementations andfacilitatedelivery.
• Developdata security access controls and privacy requirements.
• Establish data observability and reliability practices tomonitorpipeline health quality and SLAs.

Solution Architecture

• Partner with investment and technology teams to translate business needs into scalable solution designs and roadmapsthat support front office operational and reporting workflows.
• Designendtoendarchitectures and integrationpatterns acrossinternal and vendorplatforms ensuring reliable data flow security and resilience.
• Workhandsonwith engineering teams throughout delivery to refine. designsvalidatepatternsremovearchitecturalblockers and ensure solutions work as intendedin production.
• Define and promote architecture patterns and engineering standardsin partnership with corporate IT and enterprise architecture ensuring consistent adoption across teams.
• Provide architectural leadership for large programs platform modernization and vendor/platformevaluations influencing buy build and integration decisions.
• Review and approve solution designs to ensure alignment with enterprise standards security and operating needs.
• Lead cloud and legacy modernization efforts including guidance onmultiregion resilient architectures.
• Contribute code and automation as needed (e.g. services infrastructure templates accelerators).
• Support agile delivery by balancing rapid iteration withlongtermarchitectural integrity.

Modern Technology Exploration

• ValidatehighvalueAI use cases across Asset Managementusing proofs of concept todemonstratevaluefeasibility and governance.
• Define secure reusable AIarchitecturesand guardrails (e.g. agent patterns MCP-style integration access controls auditability) in partnership withenterprise architecturesecurity risk andengineeringteams.
• Continuously assess emerging technologies including engineering productivity tools to drive efficiency accuracy and faster delivery.

Leadership

• Provideleadershipby mentoring coaching anddevelopinganalysts and engineers through a hands-on team-based partnership approach.
• Model Thrivents leadership competencies courage collaboration and commitment bydemonstratingresiliency making thoughtful decisions and holding self and others accountable.
• Support and foster an environment focused on continuous improvement exceptional employee engagement and unwavering commitment to clients. Shapes a culture aligned to Thrivents purpose promise and values ensuring trust and reputation remain strong.
• Model Thrivents leadership competencies Model the Way Rally the Team and Deliver Outcomes.
• Embrace and support an environment in which Thrivent employees and colleagues are focused on continuous improvement exceptional employee engagement and an unwavering commitment to our clients. Support a culture thatrepresentsthe Thrivent purpose promise and values ensuring that Thrivents trust and reputation remain strong with its clients.

Job Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 8 years in architecture and/or senior engineering roles with deep experience in data architecture for complex domains.
• Financial Services experiencewithAsset Management / Capital Markets domain knowledge including familiarity with investment research portfolio trading operations risk and reporting workflows.
• Experience in complex engineering environments taking abstract concepts and ideas and formulating a detailed software engineering plan to deliver.
• Strong background in data modeling (conceptual/logical/physical) integration patterns metadata/lineage and data governance operating models ideally in support of investment workflows.
• Experience designing modern data platforms (Snowflake Databrickslakehousedbt)and working effectively with data engineeringandapplicationengineering teams usingcloud-native deployment practices.
• Hands-on understanding of distributed data processing orchestration and observability concepts (batch and streaming where applicable) including the ability to prototype and troubleshoot pipelines and integrations.
• Ability to communicate architecture clearly to both business and technology audiences; comfortable influencing in ambiguous multi-stakeholder environments.
• Proven leadership experience to train and partner with peersstakeholdersand teams.
• Demonstrated successful problem-solving skills with ability to work through ambiguity.

Preferred:

• Experience with investment platforms front-office technologyand data ecosystems ( StudioFactSetAPI and MCP offering BloombergDL) and associated integration patterns.
• Familiarity with data cataloging/governance platforms and practices (business glossary stewardship workflows automated lineage).
• Exposure to AI/agentic architectures including safe tool use patterns and standardization approaches such as MCP AI experiencestronglypreferred.
• Programming/scripting experience (e.g. Python SQL; Javaa plus) with comfort producing prototypes/reference implementations andparticipatingin code reviews.

Additional Information

• This position requires you to work on-site in Minneapolis MN a minimum of three days a week.

Pay Transparency

Thrivents long-term growth depends on attracting rewarding and retaining people who are committed to helping others thrive with purpose. We accomplish this by offering a wide variety of market competitive compensation programs to attract reward and retain top talent. The applicable salary or hourly wage range for this full-time role is $161072.00 - $217920.00 per year which factors in various geographic regions. The base pay actually offered will be determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to location relevant experience skills and knowledge business needs market demand and other factors Thrivent deems important.

Other

Thrivent is unique in our commitment to helping people to be wise with money and live balanced and generous lives. That extends to our benefits.

The following benefits may be offered: various bonuses (including for example annual or long-term incentives); medical dental and vision insurance; health savings account; flexible spending account; 401k; pension; life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; disability insurance; supplemental protection insurance; 20 days of Paid Time Off each year; Sick and Safe Time; 10 paid company holidays; Volunteer Time Off; paid parental leave; EAP; well-being benefits and other employee benefits. Eligibility for receipt of these benefits is subject to the applicable plan/policy documents. Thrivents plans/policies are subject to change at any time at Thrivents discretion.

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