Senior Applications Architect

Role Overview Senior Applications Architect – Global Software Engineering Hybrid work model: 2 days in office, 3 days remote. Responsibilities Collaborate with senior engineering leaders, engineers and contract professionals on application requirements and development plans across the entire lifecycle. Provide strategic guidance on technology capabilities, emerging innovations and product roadmap alignment. Design and review architecture diagrams, design concepts, and Kafka-based integrated solutions (Confluent Cloud/Platform). Support execution and integration activities with third‑party vendors, including environment setup, configuration, data migration and system validation. Create scalable architectures integrating cloud, on‑prem and hybrid environments, and manage database structure for large‑scale applications. Document technical designs and conduct code reviews to maintain quality, performance and security standards. Support onboarding of applications to Broadridge’s Integrated Platform and drive integration of new cloud-based structures using Confluent Platform components (Kafka brokers, Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, ksqlDB, REST Proxy). Lead deployments and configurations of new software builds on on‑prem and cloud environments and automate provisioning, deployment and maintenance tasks with Terraform, Chef, Ansible, Jenkins or similar CI/CD tools. Perform application integration, API design and system migration, managing multi‑cloud or SaaS environments. Collaborate with Quality Engineering to implement monitoring, alerting and observability frameworks using Splunk, Datadog, Prometheus or similar tools. Proactively troubleshoot Kafka clusters, diagnose performance issues and conduct root‑cause analysis for complex distributed environments. Ensure end‑to‑end automated testing of solutions using enterprise tools for smoke and regression tests. Lead technical design sessions and review architecture/code with multiple teams. Drive technical implementation, code quality and support overall development team productivity. Represent engineering in meetings with Product, Quality and Infrastructure teams to provide technical leadership and remove impediments. Estimate projects and recommend scope/schedule changes based on capacity and unforeseen challenges. Offer guidance on application solutions, data design, testing, troubleshooting, software development tools, governance and quality assurance. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field (Master’s preferred). 12+ years operating within an enterprise technology structure, with extensive .NET and AWS Cloud development experience. Strong understanding of modern technologies such as Angular, React, Java, PostgreSQL, Kafka and REST APIs. 10+ years relevant IT experience in financial/fin‑tech institutions with leadership experience. 5+ years creating logical and physical data models, defining database schemas (SQL, NoSQL, Graph/Neo4j). Functional skills in application development life cycle/agile, architecture, system design, dev‑ops, deployment automation and source control (GitLab, Jenkins, JFrog). Proven track record of supporting technology integration and transformation initiatives. Compensation Salary range: $165,000 – $175,000USD, with bonus eligibility. Benefits Comprehensive benefits package available. For full details, visit the benefits portal. Equal Employment Opportunity Broadridge provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, or other protected characteristics. #J-18808-Ljbffr