ETS Enterprise Portfolio Architect

Navy Federal Credit Union - Winchester, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Winchester, VA

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

The Enterprise Portfolio Architect at Navy Federal Credit Union will provide comprehensive leadership in Enterprise Architecture (EA) across various domains, including Fraud & Security, Consumer & Business Lending, Real Estate Servicing, and Credit Cards. This role is pivotal in enhancing operational and technology experiences, utilizing industry standards and frameworks, and facilitating potential cloud adoption and transformation journeys. The architect will lead architecture design sessions, document current and target-state architectures, and make informed recommendations for future-state direction based on best practices and practical considerations aligned with Navy Federal's business needs. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented technical professional who will contribute to building the technical strategy and applying sound security and operational best practices for solutions hosted in the cloud or on-premise, leveraging the latest industry trends. In this role, the architect will develop robust and secure target architectures, ensuring that integration points of end-user technology services and related services are consistent, scalable, and flexible. They will create architectural documentation and artifacts for business and technology projects, lead technology vendor evaluation processes, and maintain various product portfolio architecture views by gathering information from stakeholders. The architect will provide guidance and support to business and IT stakeholders to achieve strategic visions, enforce enterprise architecture standards, and facilitate architectural governance based on business and IT strategies. Collaboration on architecture reviews, identifying and mitigating risks, and providing forward-thinking technical expertise in emerging technologies are also key responsibilities. The architect will build and maintain relationships with team members, management, key stakeholders, and external contacts, while performing other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Develop robust and secure target architectures ensuring the integration points of end-user technology services and other related services are consistent, scalable, and flexible.
• Develop architectural documentation and/or artifacts for use in business and technology projects, knowledge transfer, decision support, and product evaluation.
• Lead technology vendor evaluation processes inclusive of activities associated with RFI, RFP, ultimately leading to a specific vendor product selection.
• Create and maintain various product portfolio architecture views by gathering information from stakeholders around strategic planning, pain points, dependencies, and other business roadmaps.
• Provide guidance and support to business and IT stakeholders to accomplish strategic visions.
• Develop and apply architectural reference patterns that guide the selection, development, implementation and use of information technology.
• Enforce enterprise architecture standards and facilitate architectural governance based on business and information technology strategies.
• Collaborate on architecture reviews to assess the integrity and quality of proposed technical solutions.
• Identify and provide recommendations for the acceptance or mitigation of any issues and risks associated with requirements, proposed solutions, architectural designs, implementation plans and timelines.
• Provide forward-thinking technical expertise and thought leadership in current and emerging technologies, development practices, market trends and best practices.
• Anticipate and plan for internal and/or external business challenges (i.e., Regulatory, Compliance), with the ability to recommend process, product, or service enhancements.
• Build and maintain relationships with team members, management, key stakeholders and/or external contacts (e.g., vendors, etc.).
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Experience of architecting and delivering solutions across multiple enterprise architecture domains (technology, application, information, and infrastructure).
• Demonstrated Architectural experience of designing and advising on enterprise-wide infrastructure technologies supported in a multitude of deployment locations and ecosystems including PaaS, SaaS, IaaS, storage, networks, etc.
• Demonstrated experience with cloud computing, hosting, and managed services constructs to effectively architect and transition on-premise solutions to the cloud.
• Experience with standardizing processes, documentation, tooling, and leading different architecture services.
• Experience in systems design and architecture for large scale platforms or suite of applications driving modernization strategies into execution (Mainframe to Microservices).
• Cloud Computing experience with any service provider like Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Demonstrated experience translating business needs and requirements into comprehensive, useful, and clear architecture designs (i.e., logical architecture, system interaction) and artifacts.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating review and validation of architecture designs by technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Demonstrated experience interpreting and executing on architecture designs into IT solutions and roadmaps to achieve specific business outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience in performing various forms of analysis including systems analysis, business process analysis and/or Fit/Gap analysis.
• Proficient using analytical and problem-solving skills to troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges and identify patterns of software quality and reusability.
• Proficient using creative and innovative thinking skills to create original concepts and approaches for various projects and stakeholders.
• Proficient verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team within a matrixed environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Digital transformation experience with focus on platform redesign, workflow automation and optimization combined with architectural expertise of leading, designing and advising, supporting end-to-end business processes, procedures, and value streams.
• Familiarity with incorporating security architecture best practices while creating application designs.
• Microsoft Azure and/or AWS Solution Architect certification(s).
• Relevant Business and IT Architecture Certifications such as TOGAF, SAFE, COBIT, ITIL, etc.
• Demonstrated experience with The Open Group Architecture (TOGAF) 9.x or relevant architecture framework.
• Familiarity or experience with EA tools similar to Sparx Systems Architect, Orbus Infinity, LeanIX, etc.
• Specific experience with Agile, SCRUM, DevOps based programs preferred.
• Familiarity with banking and financial industry standards and practices.
• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance-related mandates such as CCPA and GDPR.
• Familiarity with Navy Federal functions, philosophy, operations, and organizational objectives.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement
• Work-life balance initiatives
• Diversity and inclusion programs
• Health and wellness programs
• Retirement savings plan options
• Paid time off and holidays