SYSTEM ARCHITECT II TEAM LEAD at Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

When you join the Federal Reserve—the nation's central bank—you’ll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems. We dedicate more than $1 billion to technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we’re building a dynamic and diverse team for our future.

Bring your passion and expertise, and we’ll provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growth—along with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life. In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes tuition assistance, generous paid time off, top-notch health care benefits, child and family care leave, professional development opportunities, a 401(k) match, on, and more. All brought together in a flexible work environment where you can truly find balance.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia is one of the 12 regional Reserve Banks that, together with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the Federal Reserve System. It helps formulate and implement monetary policy, supervises banks and bank and savings and loan holding companies, and provides financial services to depository institutions and the federal government. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia serves eastern and central Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware.

You will have leaderships and people management skills, understanding of Agile principles and development methodologies, and experience with Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint Online, PowerBI, and the M365 ecosystem, plus an understanding of business processes. You will work with and lead development teams and work with business analysts to facilitate cloud migrations, automate manual tasks to improve efficiency, and support best practices and user adoption. You will report directly the Officer of IT Services.

What You Will Do:

• Lead a team of technology professionals (developers); interviews, recommends, hires, trains, and appraises performance of subordinates; recommend salary actions; reviews work of staff.


• Propose architecture solutions based on business and technology considerations.


• Map processes, capabilities and business object models to application types and solutions in application landscape for assigned area.


• Cloud migration planning and implementation (M365, Azure, AWS)
  


• Promote re-use and shared services to reduce complexity of the technology portfolio.


• Produce technical documentation of systems and architectures.


• Ensure compliance of solutions to architectural standards.


• Be a subject matter expert on technologies and trends in your domain of expertise.


• Collaborate with other Federal Reserve System solution architects and Application Development Leadership team workgroups, and attend important solution architecture-related conferences, seminars, and events.


• Stay up to date with the latest Power Platform and M365 features (SharePoint Online) and technologies, and industry trends to propose solutions and improvements (Azure, AWS). 
  


• Collaborate with teams to integrate solutions with other enterprise systems.


• Perform architectural evaluations and develop prototypes using different software tools to determine the feasibility and cost effectiveness of alternative approaches to development efforts.


• Mentor subordinates to meet both their career goals and the organizations goals.


• Recognize the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Subordinates:  

• Yes, Technical Staff.  You may have both direct and indirect reports.

What You Have:

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience.


• Education may be substituted for additional years of experience.

​Preferred: 

• Experience as a Power Platform architect/developer and SharePoint Online subject matter expert, with hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions. 


• Microsoft Power Platform certifications such as Power Platform Fundamentals, App Maker Associate, Functional Consultant Associate, Developer Associate, Solution Architect Expert, and Power BI Data Analyst Associate.

Knowledge:

• Demonstrated technical leader with an understanding of product our goals, business processes and solutions architecture.


• Knowledge of Power Platform and the M365 ecosystem (SharePoint Online, PowerBI) platform features, capabilities, and best practices. 
  


• Experience in application and solution development with emphasis on cloud and enterprise platform solutions (Azure and AWS).
  


• Demonstrate successful site and solution development using SharePoint Online, Power Platform, and M365.
  


• Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to comprehend complex business processes and identify opportunities for improvement. 


• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with all levels.


• Work with customers and collaborate with team members.


• Be a team player; ‘we’ vs ‘me’ mentality.

The salary grade for this position is: Grade 17.

We offer a great benefits package that features:

• Medical (4 options), Prescription, Dental (3 options), and Vision Insurance with no waiting period




• 401k/Thrift Plan with generous employer match




• Employer-funded Pension Plan




• Paid Vacation/Sick Time & Holidays




• Monthly $100 Commuter Allowance




• Flexible Spending Accounts and Healthcare Spending Accounts




• Flexible Work Schedule available in most departments




• Life Insurance and Long Term Disability Insurance




• Tuition Reimbursement (undergraduate and graduate)




• Parental Leave




• Free onsite 24/7 Fitness Center including training classes, Peloton bikes and locker room / shower facilities




• Onsite Cafeteria & Coffee Shop




• Additional Convenience Benefits, Discounts and More…

Additional Information:

• The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia believes that diversity, equity and inclusion among our employees is essential to our success as an organization, and we want to recruit, develop and retain the most accomplished people from a diverse candidate pool. To support a workplace culture of belonging, we offer eight employee resource groups (ERGs) and a 100 percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Corporate Equality Index. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.




• We have eight employee resource groups (ERGs) to support a diverse workforce. Abilities (supporting disabilities and allies), African Heritage, Asian-Pacific, Freedom (supporting LQBTQ+ and allies), Talent Forward (supporting career growth), Women United, Working Families and Veterans. ERGs are open to all employees.




• We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job responsibilities, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.




• All Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia 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 officer if necessary. You should review the Bank's Employee Code of Conduct to ensure compliance with conflict of interest rules and personal investment restrictions.




• Background investigations and drug testing are required for all new hires as a condition of employment, after the job offer is made. Candidates for positions deemed as "safety sensitive" will also be screened for the presence of marijuana. Employment may not begin until the Bank accepts the results of the background investigation.




• All employees will be subject to FBI fingerprint / criminal background and Patriot Act/ Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) watch list checks at least once every five years.




• This position requires access to confidential supervisory information and/or FOMC information, which is limited to "Protected Individuals" as defined in the U.S. federal immigration law. Protected Individuals include, but are not limited to, U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents who either are not yet eligible to apply for naturalization or who have applied for naturalization within the requisite timeframe. Candidates who are permanent residents must sign a declaration of intent to become a U.S. citizen when eligible to do so and pursue a path to citizenship. Candidates who are not U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents may be eligible for the information access required for this position if they sign a declaration of intent to become a permanent resident and a U.S. citizen and meet other eligibility requirements. In addition, all candidates must undergo an applicable background check and comply with all applicable information handling rules.




• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature, level of work and the requirements of this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities associated with this position or the personnel so classified. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of this position, management reserves the right to revise this or any job description at its discretion at any time.




• This is not a 100% remote opportunity. You will be available to work on-site in at least a hybrid capacity.




• Learn more about the Philly Fed and its culture. Learn more about working for the Philly Fed.

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Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Information Technology

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.

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