Solution Architect at Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) in Chicago, Illinois

Job Description:

As a member of the Federal Reserve System, the Chicago Fed serves the public interest by fostering a strong economy and promoting financial stability. We accomplish this with talented and innovative people working within a collaborative and inclusive culture.

Join our Technical Planning and Architecture team and play a key role in accelerating our digital transformation efforts. You will help us modernize our applications and data platforms in pursuit of our mission through the adoption of Cloud services and new technologies. If you have a thirst for continuous improvement, an agile mindset, and a passion for creating and communicating clear and attainable designs, we want to talk.

What You Will Do

As a Solution Architect, you will work with fellow architects and cross-disciplinary teams to plan and execute our cloud transformation journey. You will design target state architectures for new applications and for our existing technology portfolio, and you will help shape our roadmap and provide technical leadership and vision to guide our efforts. You will craft implementation guidance and work as a trusted advisor to our application development, cloud engineering, operations, and information security teams. You will prototype candidate patterns and take an iterative and scientific approach towards finding the best architectural solutions for the problems at hand. The level of work required is advanced and you must be able to work under minimal supervision. This job does not have any direct reports.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain solution/product architectures for specific departments in compliance with applicable enterprise architectures
• Provide oversight on the architecture and design of specific solutions within a line of business
• Participate in assignments concerning development of target conceptual and logical architectures for products and solutions
• Participate in project and architecture reviews to ensure that the design being applied meets policies, principles, standards, and business/technology needs and roadmaps.
• Review and align product choices to ensure that enterprise architecture standards, service quality and availability, and cost efficiency are met.
• Maintain knowledge of new technology trends and uses this knowledge to design new solutions that support and accomplish goals and technology roadmaps.
• Contribute to the definition and analysis of requirements for the enterprise and applying available and new technologies to support strategic our goals.
• Research and recommend changes to foundational/target architectures.
• Evaluate products and technologies and their alternatives for use in proposed solutions.

Your Background, Knowledge, and Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Architecture, Information Systems or other related fields or equivalent work experience
• Seven or more total years of experience in Information Technology disciplines
• Three or more years of experience in solution/systems/data architecture
• Experience with the full lifecycle of designing, building and operating and systems on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Understanding of enterprise and service design patterns and best practices.
• Understanding of API, SOA, or microservice concepts, design patterns and best practices.
• Familiarity with DevOps concepts such as continuous integration, continuous deployment, automated testing, and infrastructure-as-code
• Broad knowledge of information technology systems, with strong understanding of the relationship between business processes, applications, databases, operating systems, processing platforms, storage platforms, security systems and networks
• Ability to clearly and concisely illustrate and communicate concepts in words and diagrams
• Flexibility in designing systems - including using new technologies.
• 7+ years of overall software development experience.
• Experience with visual drawing tools such as Microsoft Visio or OmniGraffle, a plus.
• Experience with Agile Development Methodologies and Practices, such as Scaled Agile Framework, a plus.

What we offer

• Comprehensive benefits package include medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, 401k savings plan, retirement plan, paid time off, transit benefit, onsite gym and subsidized cafeteria

Requirements

• You must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
• As a condition of employment, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago employees must comply with the Bank's ethics rules, which generally prohibit employees, their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children from owning securities, such as stock, of banks or savings associations or their affiliates, such as bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies. If you or your spouse/domestic partner or minor child own such securities, and would not be willing or able to divest them if you accepted an offer of Bank employment, you should raise this issue with the recruiter for this posting, who can provide you contact information for our ethics official if necessary.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.

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