Arizona Staffing
Senior Solutions Architect - Enterprise Architecture
Arizona Staffing, Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85003
Team Amex Technology Opportunity
At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express. As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers' digital lives. Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. American Express offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex. Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise Architecture is an organization within the Chief Technology Office at American Express and it is a key enabler of the company's technology strategy. The four pillars of Enterprise Architecture include: Architecture as Code: this pillar owns and operates foundational technologies that are leveraged by engineering teams across the enterprise. Architecture as Design: this pillar includes the solution and technical design for transformation programs and business critical projects which need architectural guidance and support. Governance: this pillar is responsible for defining technical standards, and developing innovative tools that automate controls to ensure compliance. Colleague Enablement: this pillar is focused on colleague development, recognition, training, and enterprise outreach. Responsibilities
The responsibilities include: Ensuring technology platform solutions are aligned with the corresponding platform blueprint and company platform roadmaps. Focusing on cross-platform integration to use and optimize platform capabilities. Ensuring the engineered environment meets the specification in terms of business requirements, application design and infrastructure requirements. Performing hands-on solution architecture design work and actively participating in design and code reviews. Providing input and functional direction to the technology platform's API strategy and implementation roadmap. Working with business and data architects to align and incorporate their input into platform solutions. Responsible for coaching and mentoring engineering resources on solution architecture. Identifying technical solutions and business process improvements in support of the business and IT strategic direction. Finding opportunities to embrace innovative technologies. Interacting with business partners and product engineering teams to share and direct architecture practices that may affect business solution delivery. Providing architectural governance, reviewing projects to ensure alignment to architectural and technical strategy. Advising product delivery resources on the best time to engage dependent teams. Ensuring accurate asset information is documented and recorded in the appropriate repositories. Qualifications
The qualifications include: 4-5 years of hands-on programming experience meaningful to the assigned technology platform in a professional environment. Advanced hands-on experience with application solution architecture design and end-to-end software development of complex distributed systems. Prior experience in multiple IT disciplines with a confirmed understanding of architectural concepts. Extensive experience using a systems analysis and design methodology that is applicable to an agile product environment. Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems or related field required; advanced degree preferred. Prior hands-on experience with one or more core technology stack components within the assigned portfolio. Advanced to authoritative level knowledge and understanding of solution architecture, complex application systems design and platform integration via modern approaches. Proven understanding of relevant supporting architecture domains. Ability to perform system design reviews to ensure selection of appropriate technology. Channel-specific solution architecture skills as required by the assigned platform. Domain expertise in bill payment and money movement platforms and APIs. Successful solution architecture implementations that impact significant mobile and web engineering initiatives. Advanced skills with open source components, frameworks and complex systems integration. Full understanding of service oriented architecture design principles, execution patterns and performance optimization techniques. Ability to participate in the prevention, diagnosis, and resolution of system outages. Experienced level understanding of relevant SDLC methodologies, practices and compliance policies. Deep business capability domain knowledge relative to the assigned portfolio. Able to acquire results with an emphasis on reducing cycle time and growing the speed to market of new products. Excellent interpersonal skills (verbal and written), as well as effective consultative and influential leadership skills. Well versed in current industry best practices regarding solution delivery disciplines. Strong business insight with the ability to identify key issues and their impact in a broad business context. Compensation
The annual range for this position is $120,000.00 to $210,000.00. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors. We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally: Competitive base salaries Bonus incentives 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan Free financial coaching and financial well-being support Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 20 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program Career development and training opportunities For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site. American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. Job Details
Technology Primary Location: US-Arizona-Phoenix Schedule: Full-time Req ID: 25011953
At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express. As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers' digital lives. Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. American Express offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex. Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise Architecture is an organization within the Chief Technology Office at American Express and it is a key enabler of the company's technology strategy. The four pillars of Enterprise Architecture include: Architecture as Code: this pillar owns and operates foundational technologies that are leveraged by engineering teams across the enterprise. Architecture as Design: this pillar includes the solution and technical design for transformation programs and business critical projects which need architectural guidance and support. Governance: this pillar is responsible for defining technical standards, and developing innovative tools that automate controls to ensure compliance. Colleague Enablement: this pillar is focused on colleague development, recognition, training, and enterprise outreach. Responsibilities
The responsibilities include: Ensuring technology platform solutions are aligned with the corresponding platform blueprint and company platform roadmaps. Focusing on cross-platform integration to use and optimize platform capabilities. Ensuring the engineered environment meets the specification in terms of business requirements, application design and infrastructure requirements. Performing hands-on solution architecture design work and actively participating in design and code reviews. Providing input and functional direction to the technology platform's API strategy and implementation roadmap. Working with business and data architects to align and incorporate their input into platform solutions. Responsible for coaching and mentoring engineering resources on solution architecture. Identifying technical solutions and business process improvements in support of the business and IT strategic direction. Finding opportunities to embrace innovative technologies. Interacting with business partners and product engineering teams to share and direct architecture practices that may affect business solution delivery. Providing architectural governance, reviewing projects to ensure alignment to architectural and technical strategy. Advising product delivery resources on the best time to engage dependent teams. Ensuring accurate asset information is documented and recorded in the appropriate repositories. Qualifications
The qualifications include: 4-5 years of hands-on programming experience meaningful to the assigned technology platform in a professional environment. Advanced hands-on experience with application solution architecture design and end-to-end software development of complex distributed systems. Prior experience in multiple IT disciplines with a confirmed understanding of architectural concepts. Extensive experience using a systems analysis and design methodology that is applicable to an agile product environment. Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems or related field required; advanced degree preferred. Prior hands-on experience with one or more core technology stack components within the assigned portfolio. Advanced to authoritative level knowledge and understanding of solution architecture, complex application systems design and platform integration via modern approaches. Proven understanding of relevant supporting architecture domains. Ability to perform system design reviews to ensure selection of appropriate technology. Channel-specific solution architecture skills as required by the assigned platform. Domain expertise in bill payment and money movement platforms and APIs. Successful solution architecture implementations that impact significant mobile and web engineering initiatives. Advanced skills with open source components, frameworks and complex systems integration. Full understanding of service oriented architecture design principles, execution patterns and performance optimization techniques. Ability to participate in the prevention, diagnosis, and resolution of system outages. Experienced level understanding of relevant SDLC methodologies, practices and compliance policies. Deep business capability domain knowledge relative to the assigned portfolio. Able to acquire results with an emphasis on reducing cycle time and growing the speed to market of new products. Excellent interpersonal skills (verbal and written), as well as effective consultative and influential leadership skills. Well versed in current industry best practices regarding solution delivery disciplines. Strong business insight with the ability to identify key issues and their impact in a broad business context. Compensation
The annual range for this position is $120,000.00 to $210,000.00. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors. We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally: Competitive base salaries Bonus incentives 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan Free financial coaching and financial well-being support Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 20 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program Career development and training opportunities For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site. American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. Job Details
Technology Primary Location: US-Arizona-Phoenix Schedule: Full-time Req ID: 25011953