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Architecture Sr Lead Analyst - SVP (Hybrid)

Job Req ID 24794353 Location(s) Tampa, Florida Job Type Hybrid Job Category Technology
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About Citi:

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and, in our clients’, best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.

Citi’s Functions Technology is responsible for delivering Technology solutions to Citi's Functions organizations.  Functions Technology mission is to optimize Citi's Technology environment by delivering world class applications, driving standardization of the production environment, reducing complexity, optimizing management of systems supporting global functions such as Compliance, Controls, Internal Audit and Risk, and introducing innovative technologies that provide new business capabilities, reduce the technology total cost of ownership, and create a competitive advantage for Citi.

About the Job:

The Architecture Senior Lead Analyst is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. Requires basic commercial awareness. There are typically multiple people within the business that provide the same level of subject matter expertise. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Significant impact on the area through complex deliverables. Provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. Work impacts an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family.

The ideal candidate will have experience in both managing and actively participating in improvement of the internal offerings including evaluation of new technologies for physical security. 

They will take a proactive role in assessing the current technology environment and proposing, designing, and implementing innovative, industry leading, solutions that support our strategic objectives.



Responsibilities:

  • Identify new platform capabilities in coordination with multiple teams across the organization, including security, infrastructure & other engineering teams.
  • Actively participate in the architectural design, implementation, and management of new technologies to achieve these capabilities.
  • Be directly involved in the evaluation, conceptualization, and testing of these technologies through the conduct of hands-on proof of concept exercises.
  • Produce solutions which overcome the challenges of working in large scale environments with a need for high performance & security.
  • Work with platform users to understand their issues & requirements, then translate them to platform wide improvements.
  • Develop, maintain, and utilize technical documentation and architectural diagrams.
  • Apply Citi policies and follow all governance requirements for onboarding third party vendors and SaaS applications. 
  • Executes the architectural vision for all IT systems through major, complex IT architecture projects; ensures that architecture conforms to enterprise blueprints.
  • Develops technology road maps, while keeping up-to-date with emerging technologies, and recommends business directions based on these technologies.
  • Provides technical leadership and is responsible for developing components of, or the overall systems design.
  • Impacts the architecture function by influencing decisions through advice, counsel or facilitating services.
  • Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
  • Guides, influences, and persuades others with developed communication and diplomacy skills.
  • Performs other job duties and functions as assigned


Qualifications:

  • 10+ years relevant experience
  • 3+ years of prior experience specifically with solution architecture or architect role
  • Knowledge of BareMetal Kubernetes/OpenShift deployments.
  • Experience with modern platform-as-a-service operating models
  • Proven experience in managing assessment and PoC of strategic technologies.
  • In depth understanding of system infrastructure, including networking, firewalls, storage offerings etc.
  • Strong communication skills, with the capability to advise on engineering topics at both a technical & executive level.
  • Self-starter with ability to take the initiative and master new tasks quickly
  • Methodical, attention to detail
  • API design/development including underlying technologies, Domain-Driven Design, and micro-services development
  • An understanding of, and ideally experience with, cloud hosting providers and containerization technologies (OpenShift)
  • Integration middleware technologies (TIBCO Business Works/EMS, MQ, zOS Connect, Solace, Kafka) and message protocols/formats (JMS, SOAP, JSON, XML)
  • Security concepts and technologies related to authentication (MFA, risk-based authentication, biometrics, SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect), authorization, encryption, data protection, threat prevention, and S-SDLC best practices including one-time-password (OTP), SSL, PKI, DDoS remediation, anti-malware detection, and application scanning
  • Business intelligence, analytics, and machine learning technologies including SAS, R, Teradata, Hadoop, data science and visualization tools
  • Contribute to engineering excellence initiatives by identifying and applying tooling and processes as appropriate
  • Contribute to data, infrastructure, and cloud architecture initiatives
  • Review system, solution, application, infrastructure and data architectures, document findings, make recommendations and support implementation
  • Review new and existing third-party products and tools for fitness for purpose based on functional and non-functional requirements, and technology strategy
  • Make product and tool recommendations based on functional and non-functional requirements, and technology strategy
  • Scan the market for appropriate technology products and tools and SaaS services based on requirements
  • Execute proofs of concept to validate product and tool selections
  • Formal training in application architecture methodologies, standards, and patterns
  • Architecture experience in Citi or other related banking industry role is a plus


Education:

  • Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Masters degree

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Architecture

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

Tampa Florida United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$141,440.00 - $212,160.00


In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Dec 18, 2024

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Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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