Director, Technology Architecture, Design & Delivery

2 hours ago
Full-time
Executive
DevOps and Infrastructure
FOCUS PARTNERS

FOCUS PARTNERS

FOCUS PARTNERS provides consulting services in business strategy, financial advisory, and mergers & acquisitions, helping clients achieve strategic goals and maximize value.

Professional Services
1-10
Founded 2005

Description

  • Lead the Technology Architecture function within Infrastructure & Operations (I&O).
  • Partner with I&O Service Owners to translate roadmaps and operational priorities into architecture designs and delivery plans.
  • Provide early architectural guidance during intake to reduce rework and accelerate delivery.
  • Coordinate cross-domain architecture alignment across cloud, systems, network, identity, infrastructure protection, security/risk, and application teams.
  • Partner with Technology Integration on M&A consolidation and integration-driven initiatives.
  • Partner with Cybersecurity Engineering & Risk Management to embed security-by-design requirements into architecture standards and ARB decisions.
  • Partner with the Technology PMO to support launch readiness, governance, and reporting for approved initiatives.
  • Own and operate the Architecture Review Board (ARB) as a collaborative governance forum.
  • Define and maintain architecture standards, reusable patterns, reference designs, and a centralized repository of decisions and artifacts.
  • Govern architecture exceptions, compliance expectations, remediation actions, and technology architecture policies.
  • Provide guidance on partner and technology selection based on standards, security/risk, resiliency, and supportability.
  • Ensure architecture governance is aligned across the delivery lifecycle from intake through operational readiness.
  • Produce and maintain design packages, architecture risk logs, and final design sign-off for material changes.
  • Ensure disaster recovery and resiliency patterns are reviewed and aligned through ARB governance.

Requirements

  • Senior-level experience in technology architecture across infrastructure, cloud, network, identity, and integration domains.
  • Experience producing scalable and supportable designs.
  • Experience building and operating an architecture governance forum such as an Architecture Review Board (ARB).
  • Demonstrated ability to define and enforce technology standards, patterns, diagrams, and repository practices.
  • Proven ability to assess and guide partner and technology selection based on standards alignment, security/risk, resiliency, and operational support readiness.
  • Experience partnering with Technology Integration and Cybersecurity Engineering & Risk Management on consolidated, secure outcomes.
  • Ability to partner with the Technology PMO and maintain project tracking and status visibility in Asana.
  • Experience aligning architecture work to delivery governance practices, including intake, review, implementation, and operational readiness.
  • Experience with security, compliance, resiliency, and disaster recovery considerations in architecture decisions.
  • Experience in financial services is not stated but may be relevant given the firm context.

Benefits

  • Annualized base salary range of $125,000 to $175,000.
  • Annual cash bonus opportunity.
  • Comprehensive benefits package.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Life insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.

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