Technical Architect

$113,810 - $193,785/Yr

Edward Jones - Tempe, AZ

Full-time - Senior

Tempe, AZ

10,001+ employees

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

About the position

The Technical Architect at Edward Jones will lead the Financial Planning technology initiatives for the Canadian business unit. This role involves designing, developing, and integrating the Conquest Planning SaaS solution with various technology platforms, supporting over 600 Canadian branch teams. The architect will serve as a technology thought leader, ensuring adherence to solution architecture best practices and enabling future business growth through scalable and efficient technology solutions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical leader for the Canadian Business Unit, managing complex IT projects that impact multiple 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 and awareness.
• 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, product, and engineering managers.
• Lead product roadmap rationalization exercises incorporating new vendor-based technologies.
• Guide and mentor teams on architecture, design, and integration of business software across multiple platforms.

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 with 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.
• Knowledge of emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Conceptual understanding of business, security, and data architectures.
• Ability to articulate cost/benefit analysis of decisions.
• Ability to influence 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 with Microsoft Azure or integrating cloud-based SaaS systems using API management platforms.

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
• 401k retirement plan
• Health savings account
• Flexible spending account
• Paid holidays (10)
• Vacation days (15)
• Sick time and personal days
• Paid day for volunteerism
• Eligibility for bonuses and profit sharing
• Employee Assistance Program