Hands-on Solutions Architect - Investment Management
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Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Hands-on IT Solutions Architect for a contract-to-hire (or potentially FTE Direct) position with one of our premier Investment Management Firms in mid-town Manhattan, NYC. The selected candidate will be required to work in the NYC office on a hybrid schedule (2-3 days a week onsite vs remote) and the firm requires covid vaccinations. This individual should have a background working on financial/trading/investment oriented systems and business side knowledge of Credit/Fixed Income Products is highly desirable. This individual MUST be hands-on from a technical standpoint - this is not a position for a purely functional architect. Role and Responsibilities:
- Establish the enterprise architecture standards and build the SDLC and other best practices for the team.
- Build and develop hands-on as needed across the functional areas of trading, investment lifecycle, pipeline management, & Data and Analytics.
- Design and scope the technology roadmap and migration plan with software engineers in the US and offshore locations
- At times, contribute to the development efforts.
- Establish an effective program delivery, manage risks and dependencies, and coordinate cross-project activities toward achieving objectives
- Lead co-located or virtual teams covering multiple locations, skill sets and cultures.
- Hands-on role: working at times as a technical systems analyst/engineer
- Manage budget and resource plan for the program in assigned areas and manage accurate and timely reporting and presentation of program status on Governance Bodies
- 10+ years of IT Industry experience with 5+ years as a Solutions Architect
- Experience in Wealth/Asset Management/Investment Management
- Some knowledge of Credit products and derivatives such as Structured Products, Consumer/Residential Loans, Credit Secondaries, Research, corporate bonds, CLOs', and Credit derivatives (e.g., Swaps, Options, Credit Default Swaps (CDS))
- Hands-on development experience with the following systems: trading, investment lifecycle, pipeline management, and data and analytics.
- Skilled and familiar in Trading Applications (e.g., Everest, Think folio), Deal Pipeline applications (e.g., DealCloud), Data and Analytics (e.g., Azure Data Services, Tableau, Data engineering capabilities)
- Working knowledge on Azure Cloud
- Led or been a part of team responsible for delivery of end-to-end Architecture
- Possess the ability and enthusiasm to develop software components
- Firsthand experience in driving technical workshops with a goal to identify most feasible solutions
- Ability to deliver compelling, up to the point, architecturally relevant system blueprints and solution designs
- Demonstrated analytical ability in identifying optimal solutions
- Previous Consulting or Strategy related experience Motivated personality, strong interest in digitization and analytics
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Clarity PPM, Sharepoint
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