Ameriprise Financial
Sr Architect
Minneapolis, Minnesota · Senior · Part-time
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About the role
- Expertise will be applied to highly complex and/or broad scale projects in a general area or focused in a specific technical area (e.g. Data, Solutions or Technology Architecture).
- Architecture and Governance of Serverless Computing, Container Orchestration and App/Web Servers
Responsibilities
- Design of Repeatable Patterns
- Developing and Managing Architecture Standards
- Develop current to future state architecture road maps.
- Establish, maintain and apply architecture standards, disciplines and principles.
- May or may not lead people.
- Use appropriate design techniques and methodologies to translate project requirements into detailed designs, consistent with platform strategy and road map.
- Design external system interface architecture that includes appropriate application of techniques and standards.
- Maintain deep expertise in architectural modeling, frameworks, emerging technologies, and best practices.
- Mentor and develop less experienced technical staff.
- Recommend new procedures and processes to drive desired results on diverse projects.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree (4-years) in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field
- 5-7+ years of relevent work experience required.
- Broad experience across architecture practices (data, infrastructure, applications and security) with depth of experience in at least one area.
- Knowledge of Enterprise-wide architecture and ability to 'see the big picture' and how it affects current and future technologies.
- Familiarity with modern data platforms and toolsets, for example Snowflake.
Nice to have
- Financial Services industry specific knowledge that includes working knowledge of industry data standards and architectures.
- AWS integration solutions such as Batch, Glue, Data Pipeline, Kinesis, SNS, SQS, etc.
- Understand of Mainframe/COBOL systems.
- Visa Sponsorship
- Applicants must have a valid work authorization that does not now, or in the future, require visa sponsorship for employment in the United States (e.g., H-1B, F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, TN).
- In-Office Collaboration
- Working together, in-person, is foundational to how we achieve results.
- Our employees work in the office at least four (4) days per week, with flexibility to work from home one (1) day per week.
Skills
- Infrastructure Architecture for Public Cloud and Traditional Data Centers
- Deep experience in public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure and GCP
- Exposure to multiple, diverse technical configurations, technologies, and process improvements.
- Demonstrated capability in implementing AI and ML technologies.
Compensation
- The estimated base salary for this role is $122,400 - $168,000 a year.
- We have a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy.
- Your initial total compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographical work location.
- In addition, most of our roles are eligible for variable pay in the form of bonus, commissions, and/or long-term incentives depending on the role.
Company info
- About Our Company
- We're a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024.
- Our team of 22,000 people across 19 countries, serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients.
- We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer.
- Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses - Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities.
- Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.
Equal opportunity
- Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer.
- If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, speak to your recruiter to discuss how we can support you.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Applicants must have a valid work authorization that does not now, or in the future, require visa sponsorship for employment in the United States (e.g., H-1B, F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, TN).
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