Enterprise Application Architect - Mizuho Americas Services LLC

Join the Mizuho team as an Enterprise Application Architect! 

In this role you will establish an end-to-end vision of the overall application design and provide technology leadership to the application architecture in terms of focus, technical direction, and breadth of coverage of relevant technologies.

Responsibilities

Strategize -

• Develop application architecture strategy in alignment with the Business goals
• Manages an application architecture governance process: develops, communicates and ensures adherence to architecture processes, principles, policies and standards for the enterprise
• Review business drivers and strategies, understands the implications to the application architecture, and identifies/mitigates risks to solutions
• Champion and communicate the application architecture to the business leaders and contracting teams; associating the implication of the architecture to objectives/drivers/goals
• Accountable for the implementation of application architecture roadmap

Innovate -

• Collect research on the competition in terms of best practices, business processes and procedures
• Identify emerging technologies that can enable the overall business architecture
• Contribute to the development of proof of concepts or prototypes
• Partners with associates to build a comprehensive reference architecture, examine existing frameworks and prepare for the future

            Architect

• Define development guidelines and standards to be utilized in application development and integration
• Analyze the current IT ecosystem application architecture to identify weaknesses and develop opportunities for improvements
• Define transition steps and strategy from the current to the future application architecture
• Define the conceptual and detailed architecture for the development of applications and oversee the evolution of that architecture as the platform is deployed across the entire organization
• Develop methods to integrate systems that interact and extend across organizational and functional lines
• Develop and maintain IT ecosystem application architecture models, processes and documentation

Deliver -

• Identifies system requirements for large, complex ecosystem-wide applications
• Reviews requirements across multiple applications and develops application models that span applications and domains
• Oversee or lead the evaluation and selection process for application packages

Skills 

• Knowledge and experience in Application modeling
• Understanding of IT Strategy, development lifecycle and alternative delivery methods
• Demonstrates thorough understanding of the key technologies which form the infrastructure necessary to effectively support existing and future business requirements
• Effective leadership skills including negotiation, persuasion, salesmanship, teaching, managing, conflict resolution, bridge building and being politically astute
• Analytical skills like technical translator, abstraction, pattern recognition, logical and holistic thinking
• Solution modeling & system integration and SOA experience
• Breadth of knowledge across all aspects of infrastructure design, delivery, operations and evolution

Deliverables

• Target Application Architecture
• General Application Architecture standards, principles and guidelines
• Target integration architecture and guidelines
• Application architecture roadmap

The expected base salary ranges from $190k-$300k. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications and licenses obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.

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Other requirements

Mizuho has in place a hybrid working program, with varying opportunities for remote work depending on the nature of the role, needs of your department, as well as local laws and regulatory obligations. Roles in some of our departments have greater in-office requirements that will be communicated to you as part of the recruitment process.   

Company Overview

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is the 15th largest bank in the world as measured by total assets of ~$2 trillion. Mizuho's 60,000 employees worldwide offer comprehensive financial services to clients in 35 countries and 800 offices throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia. Mizuho Americas is a leading provider of corporate and investment banking services to clients in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Through its acquisition of Greenhill​, Mizuho provides M&A, restructuring and private capital advisory capabilities across Americas, Europe and Asia. Mizuho Americas employs approximately 3,500 professionals, and its capabilities span corporate and investment banking, capital markets, equity and fixed income sales & trading, derivatives, FX, custody and research. Visit www.mizuhoamericas.com.​​

Mizuho Americas offers a competitive total rewards package.

We are an EEO/AA Employer - M/F/Disability/Veteran.

We participate in the E-Verify program.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and reserve the right to require pre- and post-hire drug testing as permitted by applicable law.

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