Application Architect (Hybrid) at Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) in St. Louis, Missouri

Job Description:

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

The St Louis Fed is one of 12 Reserve Banks serving all or parts of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas with branches in Little Rock, Louisville, and Memphis. The St. Louis Fed’s most critical functions include promoting stable prices and economic growth, fostering a sound financial system, providing payment services to financial institutions, supporting the U.S. Treasury's financial operations, and advancing economic education, community development and fair access to credit. The Bank strives to maintain an engaging and exciting work environment that is both inviting and collegial.

We are seeking an application architect for our IGT program to set vision, strategy, design, values, and priorities that enable us to achieve our mission. Architect will play a crucial leadership role and must demonstrate a strategic, action-oriented mindset focused on intellectual curiosity, agility, accountability, security, collaboration, and the ability to drive innovation through experimentation. They also serve as a mentor to our engineers providing guidance through new and complex experiences in a collaborative environment.

As an application architect, you will have accountability for technology choices, security, and design solutions across the program. You will be a technical leader responsible for researching, analyzing, proposing, and architecting requirements-based products and solutions that align with the business, engineering and technology needs by acting as a trusted partner. You will collaborate with engineering, security, and other architects to develop technology and information architectures, solution designs, strategies, and roadmaps for the program.

Responsibilities:

• Document and maintain architecture documents - technical, network and application.


• Create technical designs for software applications that include architecture patterns, frameworks, and data models. 


• Collaborate with Product Owners, project managers, and end-users to understand business objectives and translate them into technical specifications. 


• Ensure that architectural components optimally address business requirements.


• Document application development processes, procedures, and standards and monitor software quality


• Develop technology roadmaps that align with the organization's business goals and technology strategy. 


• Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, platforms, and tools for application development. 


• Integrate security measures into the application architecture to ensure compliance with industry standards. 


• Collaborate with Architecture Office and Lead / Participate in technical and infrastructure requirements, engineering initiatives.


• Define architecture risk mitigation plans.


• Monitor emerging technologies and Integrate trends in application architecture by evaluating applicability toward current and future efforts.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science with a specialization in software engineering, application development, or similar.


• A minimum of 5-year experience as an application architect, preferably in a related industry.


• Experience working with AWS cloud technology.


• Highly proficient in programming languages and common frameworks, such as Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Spring, Angular.


• Extensive experience in aligning application development with business needs.


• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.


• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills.


• Superb organizational and time management skills.


• Great collaboration and communication skills.


• Understanding of AWS Cloud Native offerings is a plus.


• US Citizen or Permanent Resident

Total Rewards

Bring your passion and expertise, and we'll provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growth—along with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life.

Salary: $121,500-158,000

In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that all brought together in a flexible work environment where you can truly find balance:

• Generous paid time off


• Tuition & Training assistance/reimbursement


• 401(k) match & Annuity/Pension fund


• Top-notch health care benefits


• Child and family care leave


• Professional development opportunities


• And more...

At the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, we believe the Federal Reserve most effectively serves the American public by building a more diverse and inclusive economy. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion, at all levels of the organization, has been one of our core values for many years and remains strong as we continue enhancing our efforts. Learn more about Bank’s culture.

The Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Information Technology

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

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