IS Technical Specialist (Application Architect)

About the role

The IS Technical Specialist (Application Architect) will design and maintain the Customer MDM Application Roadmap, develop and deliver Architecture Products, align application architecture with Enterprise Architecture and regulatory standards, provide high-level estimates for solution efforts and integration complexity, serve as a technical authority on customer data architecture, guide development teams on API design, event-driven architecture, and integration patterns for customer data across banking systems, collaborate with other architects to ensure cross-application data consistency and master data governance, communicate effectively with business stakeholders, leadership, and technical teams, document and organize technical components, maintain and promote standard templates for architectural documentation and customer data flows, lead and coordinate technical teams to resolve blockers related to customer data integration and quality, and provide mentorship and direction to developers and analysts working on MDM-related initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain the Customer MDM Application Roadmap, including goals, patterns, and technologies.
• Develop and deliver Architecture Products such as Solution Approaches, Recommendations, and Technical Roadmaps tailored to banking data needs.
• Align application architecture with Enterprise Architecture and regulatory standards (e.g., KYC, AML, GDPR).
• Provide high-level estimates for solution efforts and integration complexity.
• Serve as a technical authority on customer data architecture, including logical and physical data modeling, SQL optimization, and data stewardship practices.
• Guide development teams on API design, event-driven architecture, and integration patterns for customer data across banking systems.
• Collaborate with other architects to ensure cross-application data consistency and master data governance.
• Communicate effectively with business stakeholders, leadership, and technical teams, translating complex data architecture into actionable insights.
• Document and organize technical components including Tech Debt, Scorecards, Component Catalogs, System Contexts, and App-to-App Integrations.
• Maintain and promote standard templates for architectural documentation and customer data flows.
• Lead and coordinate technical teams to resolve blockers related to customer data integration and quality.
• Provide mentorship and direction to developers and analysts working on MDM-related initiatives.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to ensure data accuracy, lineage, and accessibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7 years of JAVA programming experience.
• 3 years of experience as technical lead in API design, event-driven systems, and data frameworks.
• 3 years of experience of logical and physical data modeling, SQL optimization, data practices, cross-application data consistency and data governance, resolving blockers related to data integration and quality, and facilitating cross-functional collaboration to ensure data accuracy, lineage, and accessibility.
• 3 years of experience in designing and maintaining Data Management Application Roadmap, including goals, patterns, and technologies, within the banking or financial services industry.

Qualifications

• Exempt Status: Exempt (Not eligible for overtime pay)
• Workplace Type: Office

Benefits

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