Enterprise Architect / Distinguished Engineer Security, Governance, Risk

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Full Time

Skills

Application Development
enterprise-wide architecture
financial institution
financial
Python
C#
Golang
Cloud

Job Details

Title: Enterprise Architect / Distinguished Engineer Security, Governance, Risk
Location: Hybrid Midtown NYC (Local candidates only)
Type: Full-Time
Mode of Interview (MOI): Video
Travel: Up to 50%
Reports To: Chief Architect

About the Role

We are seeking a highly senior Enterprise Architect / Distinguished Engineer with 15+ years of hands-on engineering experience across multiple technical domains including application development, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, and data.

This role is risk-driven, focusing on identifying and remediating architectural risk vectors in collaboration with InfoSec, Risk, and Control teams, while ensuring regulatory and audit readiness is embedded from inception.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead complex enterprise-wide architecture and technical design across platforms (cloud-native, distributed, event-driven).
  • Drive risk-driven engineering, identifying and remediating architectural risk vectors with InfoSec, Risk, and Control partners.
  • Partner with CTO, CISO, Risk, and Architecture leadership to influence direction and ensure compliance from day one.
  • Shape and champion secure-by-design practices and frameworks enterprise-wide.
  • Embed engineering standards, observability, and resilience into service delivery.
  • Represent Architecture in governance, design review boards, and strategy sessions.
  • Influence technical policies and accelerate modernization initiatives.

Required Qualifications

  • 15+ years of hands-on engineering experience across multiple technical domains.
  • Proven leadership as a Distinguished Engineer, Enterprise Architect, Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, or Fellow in a Fortune 500 or large-scale financial institution (> $100B assets).
  • Deep expertise in regulatory frameworks: OCC, FFIEC, SOX, GLBA.
  • Familiarity with frameworks such as NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, COBIT, TOGAF, SABSA.
  • Expert coding skills in Python, C#, Golang.
  • Cloud experience with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform.
  • Demonstrated ability to partner with regulators and senior technology/risk executives.
  • Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in large, regulated financial environments.
  • Published whitepapers, patents, or contributions to open-source projects.
  • Strong presentation skills to simplify technical complexity for C-suite audiences.
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