Expert Enterprise Architect

  • Discover Financial Services
  • Riverwoods, IL
  • time-alarm-solid 03-02-2024

Job Description

We are looking for an Expert Enterprise Architect to join our team at Discover Financial Services. As a Technical Architect at Discover, you will play a key role in developing technology strategies and future state architectures that drive industry-differentiating solutions. You will be responsible for combining deep technical domain understanding with organizational concerns such as business acumen, security, compliance, and product delivery. Additionally, you will serve as a technical thought leader across product areas, creating architectural artifacts and demonstrating expert knowledge in multiple technical areas.

Responsibilities

  • Develop technology strategies and future state architectures.
  • Actively manage and escalate risk and customer-impacting issues.
  • Serve as a technical thought leader and create architectural artifacts.
  • Lead technical strategy for the enterprise.
  • Demonstrate expert knowledge of multiple technical areas.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in Software Development, Software Engineering, or Technical Architecture.
  • Internal applicants must have a technical proficiency rating of expert on the Dreyfus architecture scale.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Enterprise Architecture methods (e.g. TOGAF).
  • Experience using Enterprise Architecture modeling tools (e.g. LeanIX, Ardoq).
  • Experience in the financial industry.
  • Experience with modern architectures, digital, and cloud solutions.
  • Experience leading large architecture program initiatives.

External applicants will undergo a technical interview. Apply now and be part of our innovative team.