VP, Cloud Application Architect

Job Description:

Role Summary/Purpose 

Millions of cardholders. Billions of transactions. Cutting edge products and capabilities that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth. Who designs and creates the platforms to run all those applications? - You, if you join our Tech & Ops team as a Cloud Application Architect. 

As a Cloud architect for Application migration is responsible for overseeing target cloud architecture, designing, implementation planning, to ensure it aligns with business goals, scalable, secure, and cost-effective while selecting the most suitable cloud services from providers to meet the organization's needs; collaborate with Application teams to implement and maintain cloud-based applications and services, optimizing performance and aligning to organizational guidelines and policies. 

Using the latest state of art technology, tools and practices, you’ll collaborate with an ever-evolving company that respects both the work you do and the life you lead. 

It’s the ideal time to come aboard — we’re focused on the future, continuing to evolve as a company and help define the financial technology industry. With so much opportunity available, this is where you can make your mark.  

Our Way of Working

We’re proud to offer you choice and flexibility. At Synchrony, our way of working allows you to have the option to work from home, near one of our Hubs or come into one of our offices. Occasionally you may be required to commute to our nearest office for in person engagement activities such as business or team meetings, training and culture events.

You’re the one we’re looking for if you:  

• Are comfortable tackling new challenges and ways of working 

• Are ready to move from traditional methods to agile ones 

• Are committed to helping us build technology product(s) that can scale and perform at high speed 

• Have tactical experience building out and engineering 

• Are ready to define your career path 

• Can prove yourself quickly and decisively 

We’ll depend on you to:  

• Lead and architect solutions that meet SYF business requirements to deliver business value by enabling rapid innovation through modern software development and delivery. 

• Support development of Cloud migration strategy and vision that delivers value to SYF customers 

• Leads creation and development of target architectural patterns(s) including representing to review boards for assessment 

• Lead creation, review and maintain detailed technical documentation for cloud architecture, deployment processes, and best practices. 

• Support development of product backlog that enables development to support the overall strategic roadmap and value proposition 

• Support, maintain and oversee Cloud migration roadmap to ensure alignment with line of businesses (LOBs), products, internal partners, and stakeholders 

• Perform Technology Alternate Assessment, create Proof-of-Concept (as necessary)  

• Provide guidance and direction to project teams to ensure compliance with the standards and best practices. 

• Collaborate with internal technical resources and third-party vendors to resolve issues and to understand the causes behind the issues and provide sol