Enterprise Architect or Lead Engineer​/Security​/Governance​/Banking

Role:
Enterprise Architect or Lead Engineer/Security/Governance/Banking –

Location:

Hybrid in Midtown, NYC (Local) Skill Matrix

• Total IT experience:
• Years working with:
  Enterprise Architect or senior Engineer/Info Sec
• Years working with:
  Identify and remediate architectural risk vectors in collaboration with Info Sec, Risk, and Control partners
• Years working with:
  Programming languages (Python, C#, Golang)
• Years working with:
  Regulatory frameworks (OCC, FFIEC, SOX, GLBA)
• Years working with:
  Frameworks such as NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, COBIT, TOGAF, and SABSA.
• Years working with:
  Cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Years working with:
  Banking or financial Services

This is an Information Security Governance position focused on Identify and remediate architectural risk vectors in collaboration with Info Sec, Risk, and Control partners; ensure regulatory and audit readiness(OCC, FFIEC, SOX, GLBA)

**** CANDIDATES MUST COME FROM MEGA BANKS OR OTHER FORTUNE 500 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

**** We need A very senior (15+ years) Architect, Fellow or Engineer with extensive experience in Banking Risk-Driven Engineering:
Identify and remediate architectural risk vectors in collaboration with Info Sec, Risk, and Control partners; ensure regulatory and audit readiness is embedded into technical patterns from inception. Candidates must have 15+ Years of deep, hands-on engineering experience across multiple technical domains (e.g., application development, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, data) as well as extensive experience with regulatory frameworks (OCC, FFIEC, SOX, GLBA) and the ability to design systems and architectures that comply from day one.

They must have familiarity with frameworks such as NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, COBIT, TOGAF, and SABSA. Expert level coding ability in modern programming languages (Python, C#, Golang) and expert level abilities within cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.

***** THIS IS A VERY HIGH-PROFILE POSITION AND CANDIDATES NEED TO COME OUT OF FORTUME 500 BANKING OR FINANCIAL SERVICES WITH MORE THAN $100B in assets AND Proven leadership as a Distinguished Engineer, ARCHITECT, Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, or Fellow in a Fortune 500 or large-scale financial institution.

We are seeking a Distinguished Engineer to serve as a cross-organizational force multiplier, working under the guidance of the Chief Architect to drive transformational technology outcomes across the enterprise. This is the senior-most individual contributor role reserved for a proven technology leader capable of solving complex problems at scale, deeply influencing technical direction, and aligning engineering execution with enterprise risk, regulatory compliance, and business value creation.

• Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Office
• Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Office
• First Line Head of Risk and Controls
• Head of Solutions Delivery
• Enterprise Architecture

This role will be critical in shaping the bank's future-state architecture, championing a secure-by-design philosophy, and acting as a bridge between technical innovation and risk-mitigated execution. This role is a mission-critical opportunity to lead with influence, precision, and innovation at the intersection of architecture, risk, and execution.

• Architectural Leadership:
  Lead complex enterprise-wide architecture design and validation for strategic platforms (cloud-native, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, etc.) with an eye toward resiliency, scalability, and auditability.
• Risk-Driven Engineering:
  Identify and remediate architectural risk vectors in collaboration with Info Sec, Risk, and Control partners; ensure regulatory and audit readiness is embedded into technical patterns from inception.
• Cross-Domain Influence:
  Serve as a trusted advisor and partner across the CTO, CISO, Risk, Delivery, and Architecture teams. Evangelize technical excellence, drive reuse, and reduce duplication and entropy across programs.
• Acceleration & Evangelism:
  Identify architectural bottlenecks and design accelerators that deliver measurable uplift in time-to-market, developer productivity, and…