Principal Value Stream Architect

  • Full-Time
  • Riverwoods, IL
  • Discover
  • Posted 3 years ago – Accepting applications
Job Description
Discover. A brighter future.
With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover. Job Description
This is a technical position within the Application Release Train (ART). This individual fills the critical role of Value Stream Architect that drives technology roadmap and capability advancement in alignment with business requirements. In addition, this individual mentors and guides other technical staff members on adoption of new tools (e.g CI/CD), new methodology (e.g. Test Driven Development) & new technology platform (e.g., Cloud Foundry, Public Cloud).

Responsibilities:
Defines the target architecture for the Value Stream, taking into account scalability, simplicity, and supporting business growth as defined within the Value Stream.
Provides architectural governance and helps create a technical roadmap for the Value Stream.
Collaborates with the Value Stream and Enterprise Architects to define future state Value Stream architecture in context of the broader enterprise architecture
Establishes relationships with Business and BT Value Stream participants in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs and influence strategic initiatives
Serves as a technical coach and mentor for junior team members of the Value Stream. Act as Product Owner for technical initiatives/features that drive technical capabilities.
Provide insights and guidance to Product Management group on initiative and feature complexity and impact assessment

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree in Information Technology or related
2+ years Software Development or related
2+ years Building and implementing model-driven, business solutions and applications or related
In Lieu of education, 6+ years Software Development or related

Preferred Qualifications:
Masters degree in Information Technology
8+ years Building and implementing model-driven, business solutions and applications or related
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