Data Architect at Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) in Chicago, Illinois

Job Description:

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Come and join the Architecture team for the Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) organization as a Data System Architect, helping advance our portfolio to support the next generation of payments technology. FRFS provides critical payment and informational services to thousands of financial institutions across the United States, and our solutions are designed to be secure and resilient to support approximately $4 trillion/ day in payments transactions.

This Data Architect role is focused on architecting, and guiding the implementation of, a suite of data and information services that are used internally and by our external customers. As part of their responsibility, this person will work with product managers and the lead Data Platform Architect to establish the architecture and design for those services. Further, this role will collaborate with other architects and specialists across infrastructure, security services, and applications. The Data Architect will be developing data services for data intake, storage, and distribution. Our data systems reside across a hybrid environment, e.g. on premises and cloud, with the latter being the primary destination, so preference is for someone with experience with managing data in a cloud environment.

The Data Architect is a technical leader responsible for researching, analyzing, proposing and architecting services that align with the business and technology requirements. The Data Architect collaborates with business stakeholders, technology providers, and other architects to develop technology and information architectures, strategies, and roadmaps. The level of work required is advanced and staff must be able to work under minimal supervision. This job does not have any direct reports.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains system architectures for specific business areas in compliance with applicable enterprise architectures


• Provides oversight on the architecture and design of specific systems within a line of business


• Participates in assignments concerning development of target conceptual and logical architectures for products and solutions


• Participates in reviews to evaluate and ensure that the architecture meets policies, principles, standards, and business/technology needs and roadmaps.


• Reviews and aligns system choices to ensure that enterprise architecture standards, service quality and availability, and cost efficiency are met.


• Maintains knowledge of emerging technology trends and utilizes this knowledge to design innovative solutions that support and drive business objectives and technology roadmaps.


• Contributes to the definition and analysis of requirements for the system and applying available and emerging technologies to support tactical and strategic business objectives.


• Researches and recommends changes to foundational/target architectures.


• Evaluates products and technologies and their alternatives for use in individual systems.


• Maintains a strong understanding of the enterprise's IT systems and architectures.


• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or other related fields or equivalent work experience.


• Five or more years of experience in systems development and architecture.

Knowledge and Skills

• Broad knowledge of Information Technology Systems, with strong understanding of the relationship between business processes, applications, databases, operating systems, processing platforms, storage platforms, security systems and networks.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, to efficiently and concisely illustrate and communicate concepts in words and diagrams.


• Ability to abstract core elements or components of solution or business need and propose common/re-usable services.


• Ability to learn quickly and apply new knowledge in a fast-paced, business and technical environment.


• Understanding of enterprise and service design patterns and best practices.


• Understanding of data management patterns and best practices.


• Demonstrated working knowledge of computer science concepts including data structures, encryption and networking.


• Flexibility in designing systems - including leveraging new or emerging technologies.


• 5+ years of overall software development experience, with at least 3 years experience specifically with data management systems and solutions.


• Strong knowledge and experience working with relational and non-relational (aka “NoSQL”) databases.


• Strong knowledge and experience working with data movement and data quality enforcement.


• Strong knowledge and experience working with Business Intelligence, reporting, and analytics tools.


• Basic business analysis skills such as being able to create technical specifications from imprecise business requirements.


• Preferred prior cloud experience, particularly in an enterprise setting.


• Prior experience designing fault tolerant or self-healing data systems, highly scalable products or systems, and multi-tenant products and systems.


• Experience with visual drawing tools such as Microsoft Visio or OmniGraffle, a plus.


• Experience with Agile Development Methodologies and Practices, such as Scaled Agile Framework, a plus.


• Experience with Continuous Delivery/Continuous deployment, a plus.


• Prior experience with banking/financial services/government systems, a plus.

What we offer:

• Comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, 401k savings plan, retirement plan, paid time off, transit benefit, onsite gym and subsidized cafeteria


• A continuous learning environment with opportunities to gain new skills and grow your career

Additional Requirements:

• This is a hybrid position requiring a minimum of two days per week in office.


• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.


• Candidates that live near one of our Reserve Bank locations will be provided some work from home flexibility. Rules for hybrid work arrangements differs from Bank to Bank and should be discussed during the interview process.


• This position has additional screening requirements due to the information accessed while performing the job. These additional screenings would be initiated at the time of offer acceptance and can take approximately two months to be completed. The screening covers areas such as education/employment verification, criminal history, credit history, and reaches out to your references and people that know you well.


• As a condition of employment, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago employees must comply with the Bank’s ethics rules, which generally prohibit employees, their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children from owning securities, such as stock, of banks or savings associations or their affiliates, such as bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies. If you or your spouse/domestic partner or minor child own such securities and would not be willing or able to divest them if you accepted an offer of Bank employment, you should raise this issue with the recruiter for this posting, who can provide you contact information for our ethics official if necessary.

The expected starting salary range for this position is between $145,000 and $171,000 annually in addition to annual performance-based discretionary bonuses. Final salary and offer are determined by the applicant’s relevant experience, skills, internal equity, and geographic and other market data.  

The Chicago Fed offers benefits to support overall health and financial security. Learn more about our benefits here: https://www.chicagofed.org/careers/thebenefits

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.

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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