Master Enterprise Architect - Cloud & Infrastructure

FUNCTION:

Documents, visualizes, and articulates the value chains, technical health, and current/target states of one or more domains in collaboration with technology leadership. Develops roadmaps alongside product owners and technology teams - incorporating industry trends, best practices, and personal insights while connecting them with the broader Enterprise Technology landscape ensuring alignment to technology strategies, standards, and policies.

This Enterprise Architect position will support the Cloud and Infrastructure technology divisions in support of our infrastructure modernization efforts for a twenty-first century bank. This role presents an opportunity to establish deep partnerships, transform entire ecosystems, and ultimately drive substantial outcomes. If you are a visionary Enterprise Architect with a passion for driving technological transformation within the Financial Services industry, we invite you to join our team and contribute to our continued success. Apply today to become a key player in shaping our organization's future.

Position Responsibilities:

• Leverage expertise in technical and business strategy to collaborate with Technology domain leadership to support strategic decision making.
• Identify, analyze, review, and evaluate ideas and opportunities to support the product roadmap with technologies for the targeted domain
• Participate in the EA Governance processes including preparation for, and delivery of, architecture reviews, artifact oversight reviews, and process compliance.
• Create, regularly update, and continuously leverage EA artifacts such as roadmaps, value chains, and tech health reporting.
• Provide thought leadership and build strong stakeholder partnerships to articulate current state, target state, and domain roadmaps
• Provide architectural oversight within the domain / function across architecture areas – application, data, cloud and infrastructure, cybersecurity, and integration
• Research, understand and apply existing, new and emerging technologies and trends to determine their potential impact on technology domains.
• Conduct analysis and identify opportunities and approaches for solving domain problems that may include new products, new platforms, or system enhancements
• Participate in the evaluation and selection of new enterprise software products and platforms.
• Provide advisory services to domain leadership to improve technology planning, delivery, operational efficiency, cost management, and app rationalization.
• Create and maintain reference materials for use by the technical delivery team to ensure consistent and compliant solutions for enterprise level architecture patterns.
• Participate in the planning and design of strategic initiatives that require architecture guidance.
• Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
• Understand and adhere to M&T’s risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls in accordance with the company’s risk appetite; …