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Our organization, Cross Enterprise Services (CES), builds and maintains common technology solutions and utilities in a simple and consistent way that are applicable to all lines of business at the firm. These platforms are mission critical, and integral to providing world-class service to our external and internal clients. As the Chief Architect for CES, you will provide senior level architecture and technology leadership across a complex portfolio of applications, platforms, and modernization initiatives.
Job Responsibility:
Provide senior level architecture and technology leadership across a complex portfolio of applications, platforms, and modernization initiatives
Shape, communicate, and drive the long-term architectural vision for the CES domains that provide cross-enterprise platforms (serves all lines of businesses and channels) while ensuring alignment to Schwab’s broader technology strategy
Lead enterprise level architectural initiatives, guide modernization efforts, and ensure that all technology decisions support business outcomes, risk expectations, and operational excellence
Work closely with senior business and technology leaders, offering strategic insight on technological trends, competitive differentiators, and opportunities to innovate
Influence decision making beyond organizational boundaries, mentor developing engineers, and create a culture of pragmatic, scalable, and well governed architecture across the CES organization
Requirements:
Proven ability to lead complex, large enterprise, architectural initiatives across multiple teams, domains, or business areas
Ability to perform solution architecture for highly complex programs involving multiple systems, emerging technologies, or substantial investment
Proven track record of designing and delivering enterprise-scale systems that handle high volume, high availability, and mission-critical workloads across multiple lines of business
Demonstrated accountability for ensuring modernization strategies and blueprints are executed as designed
Experience providing feedback and ongoing guidance to fine-tune systems and implementations based on real-world scenarios
Experience analyzing current vs. target state capability gaps and formulating domain level technology strategies
Ability to establish and maintain technology blueprints, roadmaps, and a three-year technology strategy
Demonstrated ability to build and lead a community of practice across architects and technical leaders, fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and collective ownership of architectural standards
Experience creating forums and mechanisms that promote teamwork, continuous improvement, and innovation across distributed or matrixed technical teams
Experience providing technical leadership across portfolios, strategic programs, and functional domains
Strong understanding of technology governance, risk tolerances, exception processes, and compliance requirements
Skilled at mediating and escalating design disagreements to drive aligned outcomes
Expertise in cloud modernization, Java, .Net, Kafka and NoSQL technical environments
Ability to build and maintain strong business relationships and act as the first point of architectural guidance for the domain
Strong executive presence, including the ability and experience to build and deliver presentations, materials, and communication to executive level leadership
Leadership courage to respectfully challenge decisions when necessary and fully commit once decisions are made
What we offer:
401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions