Director, Architecture

Job Description:

Director of Architecture

Location: Galway

The Role 

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Architect to join Asset Management Technology’s Architecture group supporting Model Management within the Strategic Advisors business. The candidate should possess a deep technical background in developing and deploying web services, web applications, messaging and streaming producer/consumer services, and designing and implementing highly scalable, low-latency complex systems. 

• Collaborate with teams to develop and maintain a scalable, secure, and high-performing architecture for Asset Management systems aligned with business strategy. 

• Drive innovation and adoption of emerging technologies to improve system architecture and capabilities. 

• Conduct hands-on POCs and provide proven migration paths for product teams to advance our roadmap 

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to developers, promoting good practices and maintaining code quality standards. 

• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, and deployment. 

• Work closely with IT product owners and business users to understand their needs and translate business requirements into technical solutions. 

• Proactively communicate architectural vision, decisions, and impacts to product stakeholders. 

• Maintain comprehensive, up-to-date architecture documentation and share knowledge across IT and business teams. 

The Expertise and Skills You Bring 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. 

• Depth of knowledge in architecture and an ability to translate business objectives into technology solutions. Experience in a wide array of architecture patterns including architecting highly performant systems, event-driven architectures, APIs, data architecture and security architectures.  

• Deep experience in architecting, designing & building highly scalable, low-latency applications  

• Organizational savvy and maturity, ability to work effectively across different organizational units and business groups. 

• Demonstrated ability in defining new and/or evolving existing strategies, aligning with enterprise direction, collaborating with, and influencing technology partners to adopt and implement accordingly. 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical partners. 

• Passion and curiosity to work with others to foster ideas and produce creative solutions to intricate problems while making smart choices balancing design and delivery. 

• Passion for staying current on technology trends to shift direction and get results. 

• Demonstrated desire and skill to turn concept and theory into pragmatic implementations by performing end-to-end hands-on proofs of concept, providing concrete solutions and clear migration plans to enable adoption. 

• Experience of developing applications with Java & SpringBoot  

• Experience with working with API’s  (Both API Development & API Consumption)   

• Experience in designing, developing, and deploying applications on AWS. Experience with a broad range of AWS services, including compute, containers, databases, analytics, and security.  

• Hands-on experience with containers (Docker) and Kubernetes 

• Well-grounded knowledge of engineering and continuous delivery practices 

The Team 

You will be a member of the Asset Management Architecture team that provides the architecture direction, decisions and solutions for Asset Management. Throughout the implementation of the proposed solutions, you will work closely with the product and engineering teams for the Technology Foundations and other technology teams. You will collaborate with others in Asset Management innovative solutions and strategies.  

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