Technical Architect

Edward Jones • Saint Louis, MO

470d • $113,810 - $193,785

About The Position

Edward Jones is seeking a Technical Architect to lead Financial Planning technology initiatives for its Canadian business unit. This role involves supporting the design, development, and integration of the Conquest Planning SaaS solution with various technology platforms, impacting over 600 Canadian branch teams. The Technical Architect will serve as a technology thought leader, ensuring adherence to solution architecture best practices and driving efficiencies to support future business growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of technology experience.
• 5+ years of architectural experience.
• Expert in multiple technology domains.
• Enterprise-wide architectural experience, participating in end-to-end solution design.
• Deep understanding of High Availability and Disaster Recovery.
• Strong technical leadership, collaboration, and documentation skills.
• Ability to translate business ideas into technical strategies.
• Awareness of guiding principles, architectural patterns, and roadmaps.
• Ability to create artifacts such as Business Cases and Complex Diagrams.
• Comfortable presenting ideas to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Maintains awareness of emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Conceptual understanding of business, security, and data architectures.
• Ability to articulate cost/benefit analysis.
• Ability to influence all levels in a matrixed organization.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships across departments and vendors.
• Strong mentoring skills.

Nice To Haves

• Prior wealth management or financial services experience.
• Experience working on the Microsoft Azure platform or integrating cloud-based SaaS systems using API management platforms.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical leader for the Canadian Business Unit.
• Undertake complex IT projects involving multiple disciplines that impact various business units and branches.
• Drive technology standards, patterns, and blueprints.
• Correlate non-functional requirements to technology patterns to ensure SLAs are met.
• Contribute to and influence the Canada Technology roadmap based on the Firm roadmap and Canadian Business Unit strategy.
• Research industry trends and lead the assessment of new technologies.
• Participate in Architecture Working Groups to ensure architectural alignment.
• Evaluate and recommend opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Canadian technology systems.
• Present ideas to senior technical resources and leaders.
• Monitor the competitive landscape for innovative solutions that may provide value to the Firm.
• Collaborate with solution architects and product/engineering managers.
• Lead teams through product roadmap rationalization exercises.
• Guide and mentor teams on architecture, design, and integration of business software across multiple platforms.
• Drive adaptation of architectural patterns, design policies, code quality, and performance across products.

Benefits

• Medical and prescription drug coverage
• Dental and vision insurance
• Voluntary benefits (accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness)
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life and AD&D coverage at no cost
• 401k retirement plan
• Health savings account and flexible spending account
• Ten paid holidays
• 15 days of vacation for new associates
• Sick time and personal days
• Paid day for volunteerism
• Eligibility for bonuses and profit sharing
• Employee Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 10,001+ employees