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We have onsite locations in: Sioux Falls, SD, Scottsdale, AZ, Troy, MI, Franklin, TN, Dallas, TX
At Pathward, we take tremendous pride in our purpose to create financial inclusion for all.We area financial empowerment company that works with innovators to increase financial availability, choice, and opportunity for all. We strive to remove barriers that traditional institutions put in the way of financial access, and promote economic mobility by providing responsible, secure, high quality financial products.
We are a team of problem solvers and innovators who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger and well-positioned for success. We celebrate, and embrace, our team members through our*HUMBLE*HUNGRY*SMARTapproach, and we believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve.
About the Role:
Owns architectural responsibilities in defining and supporting the implementation of modern Infrastructure platforms, methodologies, programs, processes, standards, organization structure, metrics and approaches in support and growth of our business.
What You Will Do:
- Drives the architectural effectiveness of business capability-related initiatives within the organization.
- Owns maintenance of the current state architecture while envisioning future state architecture aligned with product objectives. Develops technology roadmaps to smoothly transition from the current state to the desired future state.
- Architects solutions that address specific business capabilities and non-functional requirements.
- Designs solutions to advance and optimize the enterprise infrastructure.
- Evaluates technology, market trends and industry plus identifies prospective impact on business.
- Promotes architecture process and results to organization inclusive of business leaders and enterprise information technology.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure architectural best practices and standards.
- Collaborates closely with senior business and technology leaders, including product management, business, engineering, and operations.
- Aligns business and technology strategy, ensuring seamless communication across multiple levels within the organization
- Develops architecture roadmap on basis of IT strategies and business requirements.
- Defines and establishes technical strategies, standards, and guidelines in collaboration with other architects.
- Creates logical architecture diagrams to support large, complex, and cross-capability area initiatives.
- Other duties as assigned.
What You Will Need:
- Bachelor's degree in information systems or equivalent education and work experience. Master's degree preferred.
- Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a bachelor's or equivalent.
- 12+ years of varied experience implementing all aspects of solution architecture. Exposure to application development, integration, information management, infrastructure, and information security domains.
- 10+ years of complex enterprise experience leading architecture efforts. Subject matter expertise across varying technology and business disciplines.
- 10+ years of architecture scalable, secure, highly available, and fault tolerant technical solutions.
- 6+ years of practical experience strategizing and implementing business solutions and platforms using AWS and Azure.
- 5+ years of banking or financial services and products domain experience. Comparable domain experience will also be considered.
- Proven success in planning, influencing, and leading architecture initiatives across IT and business organizations and teams.
- Prior experience transitioning from traditional on-premises solutions to AWS.
- Mentoring and coaching.
- Ability to lead.
- Ability to collaborate.
- Ability to influence stakeholders.
- Excellent verbal and written communication.
The responsibilities listed above are not all inclusive and may be changed at any time.
Salary range: $119,402.29 - $220,517.17
The salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for a new hire in this role. Individual pay within the range will be determined by multiple factors which can include but are not limited to a candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary for your location during the hiring process. Ranges may be modified in the future.
This role is also eligible for an annual performance-based incentive opportunity. Pathward offers a comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees, including health insurance, 401(k) retirement benefits, life insurance, disability benefits, paid time off, and more.
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Don't have everything listed under qualifications? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single condition. At Pathward, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive culture of belonging, so if you're excited about this role but your experiences don't match exactly to everything in the posting we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other Pathward roles.
Who we are:
Our commitment to inclusion is woven into our DNA. We believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, status as a covered veteran, or any other class protected by federal, state and local laws.
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Applications will be accepted for a minimum of 3 days after posting, and there is no predetermined date by which applications should be submitted.
We are a team of problem solvers and innovators who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger and well-positioned for success. Our commitment to inclusion is woven into our DNA. We believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.