Lead Data Architect, Custody Securities Services

Job Description

As Lead Information Architect, you will be part of a federated team responsible for designing, assessing, and assisting in the overall functional and data architecture underpinning the platforms that are being built out as part of a strategic reengineering effort supporting the Securities Services businesses within the JPMorgan Chase Commercial & Investment Bank.

The Strategic Reengineering effort is a high profile, mission critical program with many concurrent streams of work with aggressive timelines. The Information Architect will work within several streams at the same time and will be expected to help accelerate development and improve the overall quality of these deliverables.

Required skills will include Business Expertise spanning Buy-side and Sell-side perspectives on Securities & Derivatives Products and Functional & Information Architecture experience with enterprise-scale platforms supporting Wholesale Trading businesses. This experience is essential to a successful business delivery that is also expected to help reduce operating costs, mitigate risk, and improve the performance profile of the business solution.

Job Responsibilities:

• Engaging with Business Operations, Product Management and Technology groups to ensure that business requirements are properly articulated and understood. While not involved in every aspect of design and delivery it is expected that the Information Architect helps teams overcome hurdles through direct engagement and from remaining aware of what is going on across the program through less direct mechanisms.
• Full conformance with firm-wide, Commercial & Investment Bank and sub-LOBs Architecture Patterns and Standards
• Work to realize continuous improvement on the solutions being built out.
• Extremely strong communication skills to work across different areas of the company evangelizing the benefits and importance of Functional & Information Architecture

Required Qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Bachelors with 8+ years relevant experience Or Masters with 6+ years relevant experience.
• Hands-on Object-Oriented software development in enterprise-sized applications utilizing languages such as Java, Python, C++; data formats like XML and JSON; Database Management Technology Standards, such as SQL
• Hands on Information Architecture in enterprise-sized applications with a strong working knowledge of Data Modelling and Meta-modelling (preferably with UML) or the use of alternative Data Modelling tools such as ERwin, Power Designer and Magic Draw
• Very strong knowledge of the Financial Services Domain with an emphasis on Custody Services. Other preferred knowledge of Institutional Businesses include Trading Middle Office, Prime Brokerage, and Fund Accounting across Securities and Derivatives Products
• Knowledge of various Data Architecture options including ODS, Data Lake, Data Catalogue (DCAT), Data Warehousing, OLTP and OLAP, the treatment of Data as a Technology Asset and the regulatory view of the same. Knowledge of core Information Architecture capabilities, including Master and Reference Data Management, Data Quality (DQ), Metadata Management, Data Taxonomy, Data Integration, Data Migration and Data Modelling
• Strong knowledge of Data Management technologies such as Oracle, Cassandra and Public Cloud offerings in this space
• Ability to collaborate with business teams to understand, translate, review and playback requirements into Functional and Information Architectures. Requires effective communication and facilitation with Business & Technology stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions that represent progress towards a target state of best engineering practice, simplification, and standardization.

• Experience working within a lean/agile development framework, continuous integration, continuous delivery.

About Us

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

About the Team

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.