Functional Architect (Pulte Mortgage)

JOB SUMMARY

The Enterprise Architecture group at Pulte Financial Services (an affiliate of PulteGroup) is seeking an experienced Functional Architect to construct, communicate, and implement the functional framework for new and enhanced mortgage software applications. This position will focus on projects in the areas of Loan Origination, Capital Markets, and Post-Closing. It is hands-on and collaborative, and requires interacting with product management, product owners, architects, business analysts, end users, and agile delivery teams. Projects may include extending our customer experience and web applications, extending current systems, migrating current systems to a new architecture, business process automation, and third-party integration.

The ideal candidate will have a strong business focus and the ability to translate those needs into system impacts, business and functional requirements, data models, business rules, and conceptual system designs. The role requires excellent analytical skills and a solid understanding of software development and data.

PRIMARY RESPONABILITIES

• Develop deep expertise in the software applications and data supporting Loan Origination, Capital Markets, and Post-Closing.

• Have a solid understanding of the principal enterprise applications at Pulte Financial Services. Understand the architecture, functions, integrations, and data of primary applications. 

• Accelerate projects through translating functional needs into a comprehensive system solution:

  • Understand/Define the business needs and future vision

  • Assist with defining the current and future state business process models

  • Assist product managers in defining scope and describe features

  • Evaluate solution alternatives

  • Conceptualize the future state solution using sound analysis and architecture techniques which includes business process modeling, functional mapping and decomposition, state transition modeling, event modeling, sequence flow modeling, logical data modeling, etc.

• Work jointly with business operations groups, architecture, product managers, product owners, and agile development teams to identify opportunities to align technology strategy with business strategy.

• Work collaboratively across agile software development teams to define system boundaries, integrations, events, and data structures. Ensure that all applications conform to and integrate with the enterprise architecture.

• Promote the effective use of the information management systems and functional architecture best practices or standards throughout the Company.

• Provide a strong functional and technical understanding of products with the ability to discuss and explore solution options to meet our users’ business needs.

MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Without Direct Reports

• Delegates work according to employee’s abilities and skills.

• Provides input to employee’s performance evaluations.

• Assists in the identification of internal and external training opportunities.

• Provides continuous coaching with regard to functional and leadership standards (technical skills and behaviors).

SCOPE

• Decision Impact: Individual

• Department Responsibility: None

• Budgetary Responsibility: None

• Direct Reports: None

• Indirect Reports: None

REQUIRED EDUCATION

• Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent.

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related is preferred.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 6 years' experience in information technology with software development delivery, including roles as a hands-on technical product owner, programmer analyst, or architect.

• Minimum of 2 years' experience with mortgage software applications.

• Analytical mindset and demonstrated ability to deeply understand business drivers and functional requirements, envision the system capabilities needed to fulfill them, and define the future state solution.

• Understanding of service-oriented architectures, business process, data modeling, software integration/APIs, design patterns, and web technologies. This is needed for successful interaction with the development teams.

• Strong written communication skills: ability to create content for review and discussion with enterprise architects, product managers, business SMEs, and executives.

• Strong oral communication skills: ability to create and deliver presentations to a variety of technical