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LGIMA - Solutions Architect - Chicago Illinois

Company: Beyondsof
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posted On: 01/17/2025

Solutions ArchitectExperience level: Mid-senior
Experience required: 10 Years
Education level: Bachelor's degree
Job function: Information Technology
Industry: Financial Services
Relocation assistance: No
Visa : Only US citizens and Greencard holdersJob Description:

  • This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest global investment management firms. LGIMA and affiliate are currently on a digital transformation journey and require a talented individual to take responsibility for a number of end-to-end technology solutions to deliver strategic business outcomes.
  • As a Solution Architect you will be joining a motivated team of professionals working to architect solutions for entire breath of the firm, including Portfolio Managers, Analysts, Quants, Marketing, Compliance and Operations. You will gain exposure to a variety of partners at all levels, from Senior Technology leaders to Senior Business partners.
  • The candidate will be required to put forward roadmaps and designs for an all-encompassing vision for target state technology solutions for the initiatives, and work with several engineering teams spanning multiple technologies to ensure its implementation.
  • The candidate must be able to identify and resolve issues that are creating inefficiencies or hindering progress proactively.Responsibilities:Design Ownership
    • Producing and owning the end-to-end design of the solution spanning multiple software components (evidencing at all points how the design answers the requirements - clear traceability)
    • Working with engineering teams to ensure detailed component-level design responds to the end-to-end design
    • Working with the Senior Architects to ensure that data and functional architectures adhere to the high-level architecture principles and support target state vision for the enterprise
    • Working with the IT Infrastructure implementation team to make sure that planned infrastructure adequately supports the software components of the solutionRequirements
      • Working closely with Business stakeholders, Product Managers/Owners and Business Analysts to help translate desired business outcomes into robust system requirements, both functional and non-functionalDevelopment & Testing:
        • Facilitate and participate in detailed design reviews and ensure that all components of the solution are aligned to the target state vision
        • Working with the testing team to support the definition and implementation of the testing strategy for the initiativeSoftware Delivery
          • Working with component developers to elicit, validate and refine estimates for developing the software components
          • Planning and coordination of deployment activities across multiple technology platforms
          • Overall accountability for delivering technology change is shared with IT project managersQualifications:
            • 7-10 years' experience in Finance - Investment Management sector.
            • Substantial experience in software/application development with progressively increasing responsibilities and long-term engagements with employers
            • Experience working on investment management front office systems including portfolio management systems, OMS & trading platforms
            • Understanding of IBOR & ABOR fundamentals
            • Experience of the Charles River (CRIMS) product and interfaces
            • Track record of designing and delivering solution architecture for data-intensive initiatives spanning multiple technologies, delivered over the course of 2-3 years, and budgeted above $5m
            • Experience of large transformational projects with multi-year system migration planning
            • Experience implementing and integrating 3rd party packages as part of technology solutions
            • Experience with Agile delivery methodologies; working knowledge of the SAFe framework would be a plus
            • Practical understanding and experience of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD)Specialist knowledge/skills:
              • Excellent understanding and practical experience of defining, designing and implementing Microservices in an enterprise environment
              • Excellent understanding and practical experience of cloud technologies, including PaaS, container platforms (Docker and Kubernetes), Serverless, etc. Experience with Red Hat Openshift and AWS of significant benefit
              • Knowledge of enterprise messaging technologies with experience of Kafka
              • Knowledge of UX/UI design and technologies
              • In addition, it would be a plus to have exposure to:
                • Big Data technology stacks, such as native AWS and/or Cloudera CDH/CDP
                • Data management and data quality toolsCompetence/Characteristics:
                  • Self-starter
                  • Visual thinker able to communicate effectively with diagrams
                  • Good facilitation skills, ability to broker an agreement on a contentious issue
                  • Proactive, 'can learn'/'can do' attitude
                  • Team & business focused
                  • Good attention to detail
                  • Intellectual honesty
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