Technical Architect

Description

Job Title: Technical Architect

Duration: 12-18 months

Location: Jersey City, NJ

Required Pay Scale: $70-73/hr W2

• Due to client requirements this role is only open to USC or GC candidates*
• W2 ONLY, NO C2C*

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect to join the Enterprise Risk and Finance Technology (ERFT) horizontal team, supporting ongoing enterprise technology initiatives. This individual will be responsible for independently researching complex technical topics, evaluating application and technology landscapes, developing architecture recommendations, and helping drive technology decisions across a large enterprise environment.

Project Details:

• Independently manage architecture assignments from initial research and analysis through recommendations and implementation guidance.
• Evaluate enterprise application and technology landscapes to identify opportunities, risks, gaps, dependencies, and areas for improvement.
• Develop target-state architecture recommendations, technology standards, roadmaps, and architectural guidance.
• Research current and emerging technologies and assess their capabilities, strategic fit, risks, and potential enterprise adoption.
• Review proposed architectures and technology solutions to identify gaps, risks, exceptions, and potential improvements.
• Translate enterprise technology strategy into practical architecture recommendations and adoption guidance.
• Collaborate with application owners, developers, engineers, architects, infrastructure teams, and senior stakeholders.
• Develop architecture diagrams, technical documentation, decision materials, executive presentations, and progress reports.
• Analyze complex technical information and communicate findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Coordinate across teams to resolve technical questions, align stakeholders, drive decisions, and ensure assigned actions reach completion.
• Support enterprise technology lifecycle initiatives, modernization efforts, and platform adoption.

Must Haves

• 7+ years of experience in Technical Architecture, Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Technology Strategy, Senior Engineering, or a comparable technical role.

• Experience working within a large, complex enterprise technology environment.

• Broad understanding of enterprise application architecture, with technical depth across multiple areas of modern technology.

• Ability to independently research unfamiliar technologies, evaluate alternatives, and develop well-supported technical recommendations.

• Understanding of modern application architectures, including APIs, microservices, databases, infrastructure, and cloud platforms.

• Familiarity with technologies and concepts such as:

• Kubernetes, Docker, and OCI containers

• Linux environments

• Terraform and Helm

• Git and CI/CD platforms

• Java, Python, or .NET application environments

• REST APIs and microservices

• Kafka and enterprise messaging

• Relational databases

• Cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud

• Ability to understand proposed technical changes, assess their impact, and explain the underlying technical requirements and rationale.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify gaps, risks, dependencies, and inconsistencies across multiple sources of information.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and present technical concepts to senior management.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

• Experience creating architecture diagrams, technical documentation, and executive-ready presentations.

• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and drive deliverables to completion without direct authority.

Desired Skills

• Previous experience working within the banking or financial services industry.
• Experience with enterprise technology lifecycle management, application modernization, portfolio rationalization, or large-scale platform adoption.
• Advanced expertise in one or more areas such as cloud infrastructure, containerization, distributed data platforms, databases, APIs, integration, or DevOps.
• Familiarity with technology risk and controls, open-source governance, architecture review boards, and exception-management processes.
• Experience with enterprise collaboration, architecture, reporting, and workflow tools such as SharePoint, Confluence, Power BI, Power Apps, or Power Automate.

About Matlen Silver

Experience Matters. Let your experience be driven by our experience. For more than 40 years, Matlen Silver has delivered solutions for complex talent and technology needs to Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders. Led by hard work, honesty, and a trusted team of experts, we can say that Matlen Silver technology has created a solutions experience and legacy of success that is the difference in the way the world works.

Matlen Silver is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, the presence of a non-job-related medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.

If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application or at any point in the hiring process, please contact us at email and/or phone at: [email protected] // 908-393-8600

At The Matlen Silver Group, Inc., W2 employees are eligible for the following benefits:

• Health, vision, and dental insurance (single and family coverage)
• 401(k) plan (employee contributions only)