Enterprise Architect (Financial Crime & Fraud Prevention) - ZipRecruiter : Job Details

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionJob Title: Enterprise Architect (Financial Crime & Fraud Prevention)Location: Buffalo,NYHire Type: Contingent Hourly: $48.37 - $80.62/hourWork Model: HybridContact Email: [email protected] C2C, C2H or Visa Sponsorship Available.Nature & Scope:Positional OverviewWe are seeking a visionary Enterprise Architect to lead the design, implementation, and integration of Cloud infrastructure within our financial organization. This role will play a pivotal role in shaping the organization's technology strategy, landscape, and roadmap. This position requires a deep understanding of banking compliance and U.S. Federal regulations, as well as expertise in designing and implementing solutions that align with operational and security standards.Role & Responsibility:Tasks That Will Lead To Your Success

• Strategic Planning: Define and evolve enterprise architecture strategies and roadmaps that align business priorities, regulatory requirements, and long-term technology vision.
• High-Level Design: Develop high-level architectural models and frameworks that support secure, scalable, and resilient solutions across complex financial ecosystems.
• Detailed Solutions Architecture: Translate strategic objectives into actionable solution architectures that provide clear direction to delivery and engineering teams.
• Regulatory & Risk Alignment: Ensure architectural solutions comply with financial industry regulations, internal risk frameworks, and data privacy standards, supporting auditability and operational integrity.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with business leaders, product owners, and technology teams to ensure architectural alignment across client services, digital platforms, and core banking systems.
• Implementation Leadership: Provide architectural oversight and governance throughout the solution delivery lifecycle, ensuring adherence to enterprise standards and successful on-time execution of high-impact initiatives.
• Trusted Advisor: Build strong relationships with management, providing expert advice and insights to support decision-making.
• Communication: Communicate complex architectural concepts clearly and persuasively to both technical and non-technical audiences, fostering alignment and informed decision-making.
• Vendor & Partner Engagement: Collaborate with external technology providers and service partners to ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for performance, cost-effectiveness, and agility in a highly regulated environment.

Skills & Experience:Qualifications That Will Help You Thrive

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to align technology architecture with business strategy, identifying opportunities to drive value, efficiency, and innovation across complex financial services ecosystems.
• Business Acumen: Deep understanding of financial services, focused on Financial Crime & Fraud Prevention area (CDD, Case management, Screening, Payments, Monitoring, Fraud Prevention and Detection & Remediation), with the ability to translate those needs into effective architectural solutions.
• Enterprise Architecture Expertise: Proficiency in developing and applying enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) to guide technology planning, governance, and execution.
• Solution Design: Skilled in designing end-to-end solutions that are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards, while addressing both current and future-state business capabilities.
• Technology Integration: Experience integrating diverse systems, platforms, and data sources to create cohesive, interoperable solutions that support seamless client experiences and operational efficiency.
• Risk and Compliance Awareness: Strong grasp of regulatory and risk considerations in financial services, with the ability to architect solutions that meet compliance, audit, and data governance requirements.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Proven ability to collaborate with senior business and technology leaders, facilitating alignment, managing expectations, and influencing strategic decisions.
• Communication and Visualization: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex architectural concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences through clear documentation, presentations, and visual models.
• Change Leadership: Ability to lead through ambiguity, drive consensus, and support organizational change as part of large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Critical Thinking Skills: A creative and analytical approach to diagnosing and resolving technical challenges.
• Continuous Learning: A passion for staying updated on financial services related technologies and their rapidly evolving tools, features, and best practices.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Education: Bachelors in computer science, IT, engineering, or related field
• 7+ years in cloud architecture, with 3+ years focused on Azure hybrid environments.
• Knowledge of institutional banking products and services including capital markets, investment management, structured finance, and M&A.
• Experience in driving and delivering innovation within the realm of financial services.
• Working knowledge of architecture diagramming practices, architectural frameworks, and/or enterprise architecture tools
• Work experience in software engineering, software delivery and/or solution architecture including developing and integrating applications using relevant software architecture principles and patterns