Principal Application Architect

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We're committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact you will have in this role:

Responsible for creating, communicating, and facilitating alignment to enterprise-wide application architecture, technology strategy and standards, architecture and design principals, guidelines, and common solutions.

Responsible for advancing application architecture in support of DTCC's business and IT strategy and developing roadmaps and blueprints to ensure architecture goals are met in both tactical and strategic frames.

Collaborating with Clients & Partners - To collect and assess the requirements and provide optimal strategically aligned solutions.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Solution Architecture & Business Alignment
  Translate complex and sometimes ambiguous business and technical requirements into sound, scalable, and secure technical solutions. Understand business needs, IT strategy, and existing assets to identify optimal solution architectures.
• Implementation Guidance & Team Enablement
  Assess implementation context and team capabilities to provide actionable architectural guidance. Ensure successful delivery of application architecture through mentoring and technical leadership.
• Strategic Collaboration & Governance
  Partner with application owners, subject matter experts, product owners, architects, engineers, and delivery teams to enhance DTCC's Technology Governance, Risk, and Compliance frameworks. Influence strategic direction and define target state platform architectures, capturing outcomes in clear and actionable technical designs.
• Architecture Office Engagement
  Collaborate with the Architecture Office to define, publish, and maintain processes for:
  • Compliance with architectural principles, guidelines, and standards.
  • Software development and deployment practices.
  • Evaluation and selection of third-party products.
  • Retirement of obsolete technologies.
• Technology Evaluation & Recommendation
  Research and evaluate alternative solutions, recommending the most efficient and cost-effective options for system design and delivery.
• Technical Strategy & Leadership
  Provide architectural oversight and guidance on technical strategy. Design end-to-end technology architectures and mentor technical teams to deliver innovative services that enhance customer experience and accelerate delivery.
• Disaster Recovery & Resiliency Planning
  Develop and maintain comprehensive disaster recovery strategies and solutions to meet internal and regulatory requirements.
• Technology Trends & Innovation
  Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends. Recommend strategic directions and approaches that align with business goals and future-state vision.

**NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferred with Masters or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 8 years of related experience

Talents Needed for Success:

The individual should be proficient in the following areas:

• Enterprise Capability and IT Service Management: Proven experience in designing enterprise capabilities and services, with a strong foundation in ITSM principles and practices.
• Architectural Documentation: Ability to create a wide range of architectural artifacts, including but not limited to logical and reference architectures, sequence diagrams, and system flow diagrams.
• Analytical Expertise: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess complex systems and propose effective solutions.
• Event-Driven Architecture: Hands-on experience with event-driven systems and technologies such as Apache Kafka, Distributed MQ, and Amazon Kinesis.
• Distributed Systems Architecture: Deep understanding of all layers of distributed architecture, including frontend, backend, data storage, and system integration.
• Cloud Architecture: Extensive architectural and hands-on implementation experience with the AWS cloud platform is required. Familiarity with other cloud environments such as Azure and Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) is considered a strong plus.
• Data Platforms and Analytics: Experience in data warehousing, data transport, analytics, and reporting using the Snowflake platform and its ecosystem.
• Standardized Application Deployment: Expertise in enterprise-scale application deployment on AWS, with a broad understanding of AWS services and best practices.
• Security and Trusted Computing: Knowledge of secure application design and implementation, including enabling trusted compute environments.
• Architecture Patterns and Standards: Demonstrated ability to define and implement solution, platform, and application architecture patterns and standards. Must be able to communicate complex concepts clearly and concisely, with strong skills in tools such as Microsoft Visio.
• Nice to have experience with Architectural platforms/tools like Hopex, LeanIX, ServiceNow, ArchiMate. Experience with TOGAF or similar architectural framework is a plus.
• Desirable Skills: Experience or familiarity with emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain is a plus.

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

About Us

With over 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes, bringing enhanced resilience and soundness to existing financial markets while advancing the digital asset ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC's subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at U.S. $3.7 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories valued at U.S. $99 trillion. DTCC's Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more than 25 billion messages annually. To learn more, please visit us at or connect with us on LinkedIn , X , YouTube , Facebook and Instagram .

DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you'll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It's the chance to make a difference at a company that's truly one of a kind.

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About the Team

Serves as a dedicated technology resource for advancing DTCC's business opportunities and providing industry thought leadership for leveraging new technology. The goal of this new department is to partner internally with IT, our business and regulatory divisions and externally with clients, regulators, and fintech vendors, to help build new platforms and business models to advance DTCC's mission to support the financial markets.