Senior Technical Lead, Architecture – Enterprise Risk Delivery | McLean, VA or Plano, TX

Location: McLean, Virginia or Plano/Dallas, Texas

Work Arrangement: Primarily onsite, with up to six remote weeks per year subject to manager approval

Employment Type: Full-time

Visa Sponsorship: Not available

Relocation Assistance: Available for exceptional candidates

Compensation: $210,000–$230,000 base salary plus annual bonus; approximately $250,000–$280,000 OTE depending on experience

Overview

A leading financial-services organization is seeking a Senior Technical Lead, Architecture – Enterprise Risk Delivery to provide architectural leadership across a portfolio of enterprise-risk technology initiatives.

This Director-level individual-contributor role will design and govern enterprise-scale technology solutions supporting Financial Risk, Non-Financial Risk, Financial Crimes and Compliance. The successful candidate will partner with engineering, data, product, security and business stakeholders to drive enterprise modernization, cloud transformation and Generative AI adoption.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Solution Architecture

• Design secure, scalable enterprise solution architectures.

• Define architectural blueprints and implementation roadmaps.

• Establish architecture standards, design patterns and best practices.

• Ensure long-term scalability, maintainability and resilience.

• Lead architecture reviews and complex technical decisions.

• Balance innovation, delivery speed and technical debt.

Enterprise Risk Technology

• Deliver technology solutions supporting financial risk, non-financial risk, financial crimes and regulatory compliance.

• Enable enterprise data integration and risk analytics.

• Support regulatory obligations through modern technology platforms.

• Align risk solutions with enterprise architecture, security and data standards.

Cloud and Modern Engineering

• Architect cloud-native enterprise solutions.

• Drive modernization across distributed systems.

• Lead API-first and microservices-based architecture strategies.

• Design integration patterns and micro-frontend solutions.

• Apply twelve-factor application-design principles.

• Support enterprise AI, Generative AI and AI-enabled solution initiatives.

• Guide use of AWS, Azure or GCP, Kubernetes, Kafka and modern engineering platforms.

• Promote CI/CD, DevOps, Agile delivery and enterprise platform engineering.

Technical Leadership and Collaboration

• Provide technical leadership across engineering, architecture and product teams.

• Mentor engineers and influence technical direction without formal line-management authority.

• Translate complex business requirements into practical technical solutions.

• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, security, data and engineering organizations.

• Influence executives through clear technical communication.

• Evaluate emerging technologies against strategic goals.

• Drive enterprise transformation while remaining hands-on with architectural decisions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline.

• At least 10 years of hands-on software-engineering experience.

• At least eight years in architecture or senior technical leadership.

• Extensive experience leading large-scale enterprise architecture initiatives.

• Enterprise solution architecture, cloud architecture, microservices, API architecture and integration expertise.

• Experience designing cloud-native architectures using AWS, Azure or GCP.

• Strong experience with Kubernetes, Kafka, Java, Python and modern distributed systems.

• Experience with Angular, micro frontends and twelve-factor application design.

• Knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, Agile delivery and enterprise platform engineering.

• Experience implementing or architecting Generative AI or AI-enabled solutions.

• Experience within a highly regulated industry such as financial services, banking, mortgage or healthcare.

• Strong architecture-governance, executive-communication and cross-functional leadership skills.

• Ability to work primarily onsite in McLean, Virginia or Plano/Dallas, Texas.

• Current authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree.

• Mortgage or housing-finance experience.

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent cloud certification.

• Enterprise digital-transformation leadership.

• Enterprise data-platform and analytics experience.

• Regulatory-technology experience.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an experienced enterprise architect with deep cloud and modern-software expertise. They will have led architecture strategy across complex enterprise environments, delivered within regulated industries and influenced executive stakeholders while remaining close to technical decision-making.

They will combine AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, Java, Python, APIs, microservices, DevOps and GenAI knowledge with sound architecture governance and the ability to turn complex risk and compliance challenges into scalable enterprise solutions.

Equal Opportunity

The organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants without discrimination based on any status protected under applicable federal, state or local law.

Senior Technical Lead, Enterprise Risk Architecture – McLean, VA

Senior Technical Lead, Architecture – Enterprise Risk Delivery

📍 Location: McLean, VA
🏢 Work Arrangement: Primarily Onsite (Up to 6 Remote Weeks Per Year with Manager Approval)
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
🚫 Visa Sponsorship: Not Available
🚚 Relocation Assistance: Available for Exceptional Candidates
💰 Compensation: $210,000 – $230,000 Base Salary + Annual Bonus

Overview

A leading financial services organization is seeking a Senior Technical Lead, Architecture – Enterprise Risk Delivery to provide architectural leadership across a portfolio of enterprise risk technology initiatives.

This Director-level individual contributor role is responsible for designing and governing enterprise-scale technology solutions supporting Financial Risk, Non-Financial Risk, Financial Crimes, and Compliance functions. The successful candidate will lead solution architecture across complex business domains while partnering closely with engineering, data, product, security, and business stakeholders to drive enterprise modernization initiatives, including cloud transformation and GenAI adoption.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Solution Architecture

• Design enterprise-scale, secure, and scalable solution architectures.

• Define architectural blueprints and implementation roadmaps.

• Establish architecture standards, design patterns, and best practices.

• Ensure long-term scalability, maintainability, and resilience of enterprise platforms.

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical leadership across engineering, architecture, and product teams.

• Mentor engineering teams and influence technical direction.

• Conduct architecture reviews and provide guidance on complex technical decisions.

• Balance innovation, delivery speed, and technical debt.

Enterprise Risk Technology

• Deliver technology solutions supporting:

• Financial Risk

• Non-Financial Risk

• Financial Crimes

• Regulatory Compliance

• Enable enterprise data integration and risk analytics.

• Support regulatory compliance through modern technology solutions.

Cloud & Modern Engineering

• Architect cloud-native enterprise solutions.

• Drive modernization initiatives across distributed systems.

• Lead API-first, microservices-based architecture strategies.

• Support enterprise AI and Generative AI initiatives.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner with business leaders to translate requirements into technical solutions.

• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, security, data, and engineering organizations.

• Influence executive stakeholders through clear technical communication.

• Evaluate emerging technologies aligned with strategic business goals.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Master's Degree preferred.

Experience

✔ 10+ years of software engineering experience.

✔ 8+ years in architecture or senior technical leadership.

✔ 15+ years of overall technology experience preferred.

✔ Experience leading large-scale enterprise architecture initiatives.

✔ Experience within highly regulated industries such as:

• Financial Services

• Banking

• Mortgage

• Healthcare

Technical Expertise

Enterprise Architecture

• Solution Architecture

• Enterprise Architecture

• Microservices Architecture

• API Design & Integration

• Integration Patterns

• Micro Frontends

• Twelve-Factor Application Design

Cloud Platforms

• AWS (Preferred)

• Microsoft Azure

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Modern Technologies

• Kubernetes

• Kafka

• Java

• Python

• Angular

DevOps & Engineering

• CI/CD

• DevOps Practices

• Agile Methodologies

• Enterprise Platform Engineering

Artificial Intelligence

• Generative AI (GenAI)

• AI Solution Design

• Enterprise AI Integration

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within the mortgage or housing finance industry.

• Cloud Architecture certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent).

• Experience leading enterprise digital transformation initiatives.

• Background in enterprise data platforms and analytics.

• Experience supporting regulatory technology solutions.

Must-Have Skills

Architecture

• Enterprise Solution Architecture

• Cloud Architecture

• Microservices

• API Architecture

• Enterprise Integration

Cloud & Infrastructure

• AWS (Preferred)

• Azure or GCP

• Kubernetes

• Kafka

Development

• Java

• Python

• Angular

Leadership

• Technical Leadership

• Enterprise Strategy

• Executive Communication

• Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Architecture Governance

Modern Engineering

• CI/CD

• DevOps

• Agile Delivery

• AI / GenAI

Screening Questions

1. Do you have at least 10 years of hands-on software engineering experience?

2. Do you have 8 or more years of experience in solution architecture or technical leadership?

3. Have you designed enterprise-scale cloud-native architectures using AWS, Azure, or GCP?

4. Do you have experience with Kubernetes, Kafka, Java, Python, and modern distributed systems?

5. Have you designed microservices, APIs, integration patterns, and cloud-native enterprise platforms?

6. Do you have experience implementing or architecting Generative AI or AI-enabled solutions?

7. Have you worked within highly regulated industries such as financial services, banking, mortgage, or healthcare?

8. Have you led enterprise transformation or modernization initiatives?

9. Do you hold any cloud architecture certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent)?

10. Are you comfortable working onsite in McLean, VA with limited remote flexibility?

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will:

• Be an experienced enterprise architect with deep technical expertise.

• Have successfully led architecture strategy across complex enterprise environments.

• Possess extensive cloud architecture experience, particularly with AWS.

• Demonstrate expertise in modern software engineering, APIs, and microservices.

• Have experience delivering technology within highly regulated industries.

• Be comfortable influencing executives and senior business stakeholders.

• Mentor engineering teams while remaining hands-on with architectural decision-making.

• Drive innovation through cloud modernization, DevOps, and AI technologies.

Candidate Snapshot

Requirement

Details

Experience

15+ Years Overall Technology Experience

Leadership

Director-Level Individual Contributor

Architecture

Enterprise Solution Architecture

Cloud

AWS (Preferred), Azure, GCP

Technologies

Kubernetes, Kafka, Java, Python, Angular

Engineering

Microservices, APIs, DevOps, CI/CD

Industry

Financial Services / Highly Regulated Environment

AI

GenAI & Enterprise AI Solutions

Location

McLean, VA

Work Arrangement

Primarily Onsite (Up to 6 Remote Weeks Per Year)

Compensation

$210K – $230K + Bonus

Relocation

Available for Exceptional Candidates

What Makes Someone Successful in This Role?

• Deep expertise in enterprise architecture and cloud-native solution design.

• Strong leadership while operating as a hands-on technical contributor.

• Ability to translate complex business challenges into scalable technical solutions.

• Experience driving enterprise modernization and digital transformation.

• Strong understanding of risk, compliance, and secure architecture within regulated industries.

• Exceptional communication skills with both executive leadership and engineering teams.

• Passion for mentoring engineers, driving innovation, and adopting emerging technologies such as Generative AI.

Solutions Architecture Senior Technical Lead - McLean, VA - Hybrid Working (Mon & Fri remote) - FT, Permanent - $180,000 - $210,000 + Benefits and Bonus

Solutions Architecture, Senior Technical Lead
McLean, VA – Hybrid (Tues, Weds, Thurs Onsite)
Full-Time, Permanent
$167,000 - $220,000 + Benefits & Bonus
Overall Earnings in the region of $250,000

Position Overview:

Are you a transformation champion? Are you passionate about technology transformations? Are you looking for a career that allows you to work with the latest and greatest technologies? Do you have demonstrable record of enabling enterprise change through architectural leadership?

The client’s Multifamily Business Unit is seeking a portfolio lead to provide leadership and oversight associated with the Solutions Architecture for Business Applications! You will lead a number of highly visible initiatives to support Multifamily Business and Engineering teams! You will help your team through transformation into Agile Architecture and will align with the Modern Delivery methodology within the business.

Our Impact:

• Introduce the overall technical vision for a particular solution by defining and establishing the solution architecture

• Define High Level Solution Intent, target state architectures and their roadmaps for portfolio products by collaborating with Business Architects, CPOs, POs, CDL and other business and IT partners to ensure alignment in visions, goals and objectives

• Define and create reference architectures and architecture/design patterns to ensure consistent implementation of the architecture roadmaps

• Own and drive development and maintenance of detailed solution intent, product architecture for a responsible ARTs (information, application, technology, security and deployment view points) that addresses functional and non-functional requirements and ensures alignment in implementation

• Plan and Develop Architectural Runway in support of new business Features and Capabilities

• Identify solution alternatives and/or new technologies to meet new business needs or tackle existing business concerns, such as customer experience, operational efficiency, performance and cost effectiveness

• Participate in pre-deployment, deployment and post-deployment activities to ensure successful deployment

• Participate in incident resolution process to help trouble-shooting, identify issue resolution and impact assessments

• Build Reference Application/Implementation for reusability and accelerated adoption of new architectural standards/patterns

• Develop/Maintain Application Design pattern catalog

Your Impact:

• Collaborate with Business Architects, Chief Product Owner, Product Owner, Agile Coach to ensure Solution and Technical Architecture creation for a given requirement/feature/initiative

• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and Risk & Security groups to ensure new and existing solutions are aligned with enterprise standards

• Partner with business and IT customers to drive product research, RFP/vendor interview from technical perspective and POCs activities for COTS solution in a buy decision and is responsible for communicating business cases for TAWG/ARB approvals

• Work with development leads on design brainstorming and design review to ensure alignment with architecture, patterns and standards

• Work with ART members to resolve implementation issues from business or technical requirements, design, code, testing, to technology/platform

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience required; Advanced degree preferred

• 10+ years of experience in Solutions Architecture and Business Application development

• Extensive experience in Solution Architecture patterns such as micro-front ends, microservices, 12 factor applications etc.

• Prior Software development background

• 5+ years of relevant task management experience

• Hands-on and architectural experience with modern Cloud Native architectures is required, as well as, demonstrable record of leading architects through organizational transformations

• 3+ years of relevant large-scale enterprise transformation experience as relates to architecture preferred

• Prior experience in the primary or secondary mortgage industry is desirable

• Deep knowledge of various enterprise level Platforms widely used in the industry preferred

Keys To Success in the Role:

• Highly motivated and energetic self-starter with solid organizational and time management skills; demonstrable experience operating at high standards of quality and accuracy within a fast paced changing environment

• Superb communication, leadership and relationship management skills, that enable partnering with and influencing key team members in an open, collaborative environment at all levels in an organization

• Technical and Architectural leadership with knowledge of both legacy and modern cloud based distributed systems

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to succinctly present sophisticated subject matter, specifically translating technology problems/solutions to business team members

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