Technical Architect Staff
Company: USAA - United Services Automobile Association
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: January 27, 2023
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Job Description:
Purpose of JobLet's do something that really matters.At USAA, we
have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of
millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all of
our employees served in our nation's military, but we all share in
the mission to give back to those who did. We're working as one to
build a great experience and make a real impact for our members.We
believe in our core values of honesty, integrity, loyalty and
service. They're what guides everything we do - from how we treat
our members to how we treat each other. Come be a part of what
makes us so special!The OpportunityWe are seeking a dedicated
Technical Architect - Staff for our San Antonio, Plano, or Phoenix
Office. This person may also work remotely in the continental U.S.
with occasional business travel. This individual will be
responsible for architecting and designing scalable, extensible,
and forward-looking databases in order to support USAA's data
strategy. This person should be an expert in data architecture with
a strong understanding of designing distributed and cloud data
systems. This person will be providing technical leadership to the
data engineering teams on an as-needed basis. This person will play
a critical role in establishing architectural standards, patterns,
and practices across data architecture discipline.Job
RequirementsWhat you'll do:Identifies and manages existing and
emerging risks that stem from business activities and the job
role.Ensures risks associated with business activities are
effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled. - -
-Follows written risk and compliance policies, standards, and
procedures for business activities.Collaborates with business and
IT stakeholders to understand strategy, requirements, measures,
risks and controls for a business function or IT domain.Utilizes
expertise and research to create technology decisions with relevant
architecture artifacts and proactively apply architecture thinking
to conceive evolutionary strategies and roadmaps that can
accelerate current capabilities for a business function or
technology domain. - -Cultivates productive and trusted
relationships with business and IT stakeholders, as well as
engineering resources, to provide leadership and guidance to
influence and shape priority, cost transparency and execution of
architecture solutions and domain direction.Assess domain
applications in collaboration with business and application owners
to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats and
risks. - Advise business owners of proposed courses of
action.Defines and documents architecture standards for a
technology domain to ensure architectural compliance of technology
solutions. Use risk assessment methodologies to draft/evaluate and
approve/reject waivers to architecture standards.Participates in
activities that support the USAA technology ecosystem such as
workstream planning, solution design reviews, code reviews, test
case definition, and assistance in troubleshooting of Availability
Command Center incidents to resolve complex production issues
related to a technology domain.Provides professional and technical
mentorship for new architects, engineers and IT community
colleagues in an open, respectful, flexible and empathetic manner.
- Seeks out mentoring opportunities specifically to create team
redundancy and backfill ability.Executes architecture practices and
processes by properly creating and maintaining architecture domain
documentation, ensuring timely completion of deliverables and
suggesting enhancements.Establishes external relationships with
contacts on industry organizations and government boards and
vendors in the marketplace related to a business function or
technology domain. -Establishes a plan to gain external eminence by
pursuing professional and industry technical certifications,
presenting at conferences, publishing technical papers,
contributing to open source, authoring patents, etc..What you
have:Bachelor's Degree; OR 4 years of related experience (in
addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be
substituted in lieu of degree.10 years of experience in the
Information Technology, with at least 5 years in Data Engineering.2
years in a technical leadership role within IT.Experience in
technology application development and/or infrastructure and
operational implementation.Deep knowledge in a minimum of one
technology domain (from an application, infrastructure, operations,
scalability, availability, performance, people, process, and
tooling perspective).Demonstrated experience -in explaining complex
technology decisions to both technical and nontechnical audiences
at all levels in the organization.Demonstrated experience
effectively communicating and developing high trust relationships
with frontline and second level management and
stakeholders.Understanding and application of technical
architecture standards, principles, and policies and knowledge of
applicable regulations and risk management practices.What sets you
apart:Knowledge of various data architecture patterns including
OLTP, data warehousing, and distributed data systems.Strong
hands-on experience on RDBMS and NoSQL technologies.Knowledge of
cloud data solutions offerings.Knowledge of data governance, data
quality, and data security.Knowledge of Snowflake.Understanding of
data resiliency patterns across geographic locations.The above
description reflects the details considered necessary to describe
the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a
detailed description of all the work requirements that may be
performed in the job.What we offer:Compensation: USAA has an
effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges
to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary
range based on your experience and market data of the position. The
actual salary for this role may vary by location. The salary range
for this position is: $132,500 - $253,220.Employees may be eligible
for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual
performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of
Directors.Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class
benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional
wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and
vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits,
adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus
16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs.
Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education
assists employees with their professional goals.For more details on
our outstanding benefits, please visit our benefits page on
USAAjobs.com.Relocation assistance is not available for this
position.USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, disability, or status as a protected
veteran.SummaryLocation: San Antonio Home Office I; Phoenix Campus
(Main); Plano LegacyType: Full time
Keywords: USAA - United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio , Technical Architect Staff, Other , San Antonio, Texas
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