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Seeking a Solutions Architect for a Financial Services Firm in the Des Moines Area!!

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled Architect to align with business stakeholders, understand business processes and requirements, and translate these into effective IT solutions. The ideal candidate will organize solution design activities, design solutions within architectural boundaries, and capture the solution direction in the Product Solution Architecture (PSA).

Responsibilities

+ Align with business stakeholders to understand and translate business processes and requirements into IT solutions.

+ Organize solution design activities and involve the appropriate stakeholders.

+ Design solutions based on business requirements while ensuring they fit within architectural boundaries.

+ Capture the solution direction in the Product Solution Architecture (PSA).

+ Arrange approval for architecture artifacts with business stakeholders, lead architect, architects of other domains, and delivery teams.

+ Provide support, overview, and guidance in the specific business domain regarding successful adoption of changes and new technology.

+ Work closely with the lead architect to co-create architecture roadmaps and plans aligned with the business strategy.

+ Execute architecture roadmaps by maintaining and coordinating the architecture backlog of the business domain.

+ Maintain the architecture repository.

+ Provide architectural guidance to Agile engineers.

+ Monitor the implementation of solutions to ensure alignment with PSAs.

+ Proactively suggest improvements to the IT landscape within the business domain.

+ Stay updated on new insights, architecture practices, technology, and developments in the IT and financial services markets.

Essential Skills

+ Project management experience.

+ Architecture expertise.

+ Proficiency in scrum and agile methodologies.

+ Experience with Pega technologies.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

+ Certified in TOGAF.

+ Certified in Archimate.

+ Strong technology background.

+ Sound understanding of architecture concepts.

+ Familiarity with commercial lending and leasing.

+ Experience in project management methodologies.

+ Experience in software development methodologies.

Work Environment

The work environment is dynamic and involves close collaboration with business stakeholders and IT teams. The role requires staying abreast of new developments in IT and financial services, and working within an agile framework. The position offers opportunities to influence the IT landscape and participate in the strategic direction of the business domain.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Johnston, IA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $120000.00 - $150000.00/yr.

Health, Dental, Vision, 401k

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Johnston,IA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Dec 21, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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