WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?
The Principal Enterprise Information Architect is responsible for developing enterprise vision and target state architecture for CNB for the data domains within CNB.
As a top level technology expert, leads efforts to deliver the enterprise technology roadmaps based on the enterprise business strategy and target state architecture.
Develops, maintains, and enhances data architectures and acts as a principal consultant within programs and projects.
Influences business and drives IT to maintain adherence to enterprise data standards, principles, and target state architecture.
Collaborates with colleagues across CNB to understand user requirements, evaluate technologies, and recommend solution options that enhance the overall target state landscape.
Leads efforts in defining, enforcing, and evangelizing enterprise and domain level technology standards, principles, and best practices that support CNB’s technology vision.
The Principal EA is a mentor and role model for less experienced architects.
Technology and Innovation Division
As a member of City Nationals Technology & Innovation group, you will drive, develop, and maintain solutions for clients and colleagues.
This is an exciting time of technology advancement and innovation across the bank, particularly within our technology teams.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
- Ensures system and data architectures are utilizing existing design patterns to develop future state technology solutions and data capabilities
- Builds data reference architectures, patterns, and best practices that drive architectural alignment across the enterprise
- Researches, enforces, and drives the adoption of design patterns throughout the enterprise and evangelizes best practices for solution design and development
- Working collaboratively with teams across CNB, leads efforts in identifying, rationalizing, and solidifying solution design requirements and where deficiencies are found, researches and establishes new standards, methodologies, and processes.
- Expert level knowledge and demonstrated ability to lead a large scale, multi-million-dollar Data and Analytics, BI, and MDM architecture programs
- Ability to develop and implement enterprise level Data Architecture strategies and capabilities
- Provide direction on the when using data streaming, ETL, MQ, or batch service design patterns are appropriate
- Drives the preparation and presentation of information architecture strategy through analysis of industry trends and future technology advances.
Mentors less experienced architects.
- Drives the establishment of architecture and development standards formally presenting them through the Architecture Review Council (ARC) and Technology Review Council (TRC).
- Drives software, application, and infrastructure rationalization for the data domain at the enterprise level
- Partners with other CNB areas to manage risk within the organization through establishing reusable frameworks, processes, and methodologies
- Being an ambassador of Enterprise Architecture develops the vision, principles, and goals of the EA organization.
- Develops executive presentations, solutions design documentation, and point of view technology white papers formally presenting them to executives, management, and employees throughout the company.
Mentors less experienced architects.
- Develop strong business relationships with other IT departments and assist less experienced architect with developing business relationships skills.
- Represents the bank by actively participating in outside civic and community affairs, business and industry-related organizations, and other professional activities as appropriate.
- Fosters and maintains good relationships with colleagues to meet expected customer service levels
- Maintains contact with vendors, industry peers, and professional associations to keep informed of existing and evolving industry standards and technologies
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
Must-Have*
- Bachelors’ degree required.
- Minimum of 12 years of experience in working as a data solution architect role in a large enterprise
- Minimum of 12 years of experience in a data integration developer or BI developer role
- 5+ years of experience building data warehouses and data marts/reporting marts on a hybrid or cloud architecture
- 5+ years of experience working with data warehousing concepts, dimensional modeling, Star and snowflake schemas
- 5+ years of experience in on premise and cloud integration and ETL platforms and frameworks (e.g.
Informatica, SAP Data Objects, python, IBM, Dell, Oracle, Mulesoft, Flume, Scoop, etc.)
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in leadership roles either as a direct manager or matrix manager leading technical resources Minimum 2 years cloud implementation experience (Azure and/or AWS)
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a Senior Enterprise Architect or comparable senior management role.
Skills and Knowledge
- Large-scale enterprise implementation experience including architecture and design of modern web, mobile, and integration (cloud/on-premise) platforms
- Ability to interpret functional requirements, perform system analysis, and provide architectural expertise with a focus on Data Architecture
- Prior experience and a deep understanding in developing Data Architecture design patterns
- Experience with evaluating Big Data and Advanced Analytics technologies
- Understanding of Modern Data Warehouse and Data Modeling Concepts
- Experience with various ingestion patterns for large data sets Experience with Open Source and NoSQL technologies (e.g.
Cosmos DB, Couchbase, Cassandra) at an Enterprise level
- Experience in designing big data lake for data integration from enterprise wide applications/systems
- Lambda architecture for ingestion including real-time streaming technologies (Kafka, Spark Streaming)
- Knowledge about data replication, data masking, and performance factors
- Excellent verbal and written communications, interpersonal, and analytical skills is required.
- Experience with Agile development methodology including Scrum, XP, FDD, TDD, and SAFe.
- Enterprise experience with API management toolsets, DevOps, server infrastructure, network infrastructure, caching methodologies, information security, and database technologies
- More than 15 years of experience in business application design, development, installation, and modification in a customer-facing environment.
- TOGAF certification, Zachman framework understanding, and C4 Model knowledge required.
*To be considered for this position you must meet at least these basic qualifications
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.
It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
INCLUSION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT
City National Bank is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other basis protected by law.
ABOUT CITY NATIONAL
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