Principal Architect– Systems Architecture

The Principal Architect– Systems Architecture provides architectural vision and leadership through strategic and tactical enterprise Systems architecture planning, development, oversight, and evaluation.

   
Responsible for establishing and driving a process to develop a sustainable and cost-effective enterprise-wide systems architecture strategies (server/desktop hardware/OS, primary and secondary storage, network, data centers, etc.) that would efficiently and effectively supports business, information and application architectures.

 
Responsible for establishing a logically consistent set of principles that guide the engineering of an organization?s information systems and technology infrastructure

 
Responsible for establishing and maintaining current and future state models of the enterprise?s infrastructure and technology platforms that are required to deliver project solutions and that enable rapid engineering, solution development and testing, business continuity, disaster recovery, and technical innovation.

 
Responsible for coordination, facilitation, and communication of all enterprise systems architecture initiatives.

 
Influences implementation of the enterprise architecture endorsed principles, standards and products through project based solutions and systems rationalization effort.

 

 

The Principal Architect reports directly to the Chief Enterprise Architect and supervises the organization?s enterprise systems architecture staff.

 

 

 

Skills and Credentials: 

 
Requires a Bachelor?s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field; Master?s or PhD is preferred.
At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in Computer Systems related fields, including the roles of systems solution architects and/or enterprise architects. Experience in establishing an enterprise technical or systems architecture practice, especially in the financial industry (Cash management, Custody/Investor services, Trust and Agency Services, Credits, Deposits, Asset Management, Investments, Wealth Management, etc.) strongly preferred. 
Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation
Strong leadership skills.
Excellent analytical and technical skills.
Excellent written and oral communications skills.
Excellent planning and organizational skills.
Exposure to multiple, diverse technical configurations, technologies, and processing environments
Strong understanding of architectures, processes and products involving networks (LAN, WAN, Wireless), communication protocols, database management (Oracle, Sybase, DB2, IMS), servers (mid-range to mainframes), Operating Systems (Unix,  Linux, VMS, Z/OS, MS Windows),  Desktops, Hand-held devices, Security, Configuration Management, Storage, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, etc
Basic knowledge of financial models and budgeting and the ability to estimate financial impact of systems/technology architecture alternatives.
Understanding of the political climate of the enterprise and how to navigate the politics.
Ability to understand the long-term (?big picture?) and short-term perspectives of situation
Ability to apply multiple technical solutions to business problems.
Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new infrastructure technologies and tools across various geographies.

 

 

Characteristics:

 
Works well with others
Is a respected leader
Is charismatic
Is influential in the organization
Is agnostic toward technology vendor and product choices; more interested in results than in personal choices
Is unflappable in the face of opposition to ?architectural ideals?
Has a reputation of integrity
Drives short-term action consistent with long-term motivation