FINRA · 6 hours ago
Senior Principal Architect
Rockville, MD (Job Posting)
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$154K/yr - $301K/yr
10+ years expFINRA is the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and they are seeking a Senior Principal Architect to provide technical thought leadership and oversee long-term technical vision and strategy. The role involves shepherding complex technical visions, ensuring adherence to architectural principles, and advising senior management on technology initiatives.
FinanceFinancial ServicesNon Profit
Responsibilities
Shepherd the design and adoption of complex technical visions at the line of business/major technology initiative level
Ensure architects and technology delivery leads adhere to architectural principles for technical decision making
Keep abreast of market developments in area of technical expertise, assess their readiness and applicability, evaluate impact/ opportunity on existing implementations and mid-term needs, and recommend migration and implementation plans, as appropriate
Effectively communicate long-term technology strategies and trade-offs both to executive management and delivery teams
Advise senior Technology management on technology purchases and on future initiatives
Serve on any architectural review boards, technical steering committees or similar groups
Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with peers both within and outside of Technology, and maintain them over time
Establish and maintain external relationships with strategic product/service vendors and industry forums (government & private councils, standards bodies, product forums, etc.), as appropriate
Contribute to the establishment, evolution and continued compliance with standard practices and processes
Assist with adherence to technology policies and comply with all security controls
Ensure all work products meets/exceeds FINRA standards and risks are effectively managed
Participate in periodic Disaster Recovery (DR), Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) testing and reporting
Demonstration of FINRA’s values
Collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRA’s mission of investor protection and market integrity
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least ten (10) years of related experience, or equivalent training and/or work experience; Master's degree and past Financial Services industry experience preferred
Minimum of 8 years of demonstrated experience architecting complex technical solutions servicing at least 5 simultaneous projects
Minimum of 5 years of managing technical staff
Ability to think and communicate in terms of outcomes and visions, then go deep into approaches
Experience must include deep technical experience in one of the following areas: strategy, software development, operations, engineering, development services, or information security
Proven change agent who can improve and grow the capability of an organization with a keen eye for hiring technical talent and motivating teams
Extensive knowledge of industry leading technology best practices including familiarity with technology methodologies including at least one of ISO-9000, ITIL, Agile and iterative
Excellent written and verbal technical communication skills including executive management presentation skills
Demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships and leverage those relationships to improve the quality of work products
Must be able to identify, evaluate and recommend processes, tools, technologies and / or products to meet business and budgetary requirements
Should be well organized, thorough, and able to handle competing priorities
Ability to work in a fast paced environment
Preferred
Master's degree and past Financial Services industry experience
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
Basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, spouse/domestic partner and dependent life, and spouse/domestic partner and dependent accidental death and dismemberment, short- and long-term disability, long-term care, business travel accident, disability and legal
Immediate participation and vesting in a 401(k) plan with company match and eligibility for participation in an additional FINRA-funded retirement contribution
Tuition reimbursement
Commuter benefits
Adoption assistance
Backup family care
Surrogacy benefits
Employee assistance
Wellness programs
Generous time-off program of 15 days of paid time off, 5 personal days and 9 sick days
Two volunteer service days
Military leave
Jury duty leave
Bereavement leave
Voting and election official leave for federal, state or local primary and general elections
Care of a family member leave (available after 90 days of employment)
Childbirth and parental leave (available after 90 days of employment)
Nine paid holidays
Company
FINRA
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is an independent regulator for securities firms doing business in the U.S. It is a sub-organization of Thrivent.
1001-5000 employees
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