Software Architect

Why Great Gray?

At Great Gray Trust Company, we strive to set the bar for the retirement services industry. Our goal is to deliver advanced retirement solutions that combine our core fiduciary services with robust investment options, innovative technology, and dedicated client service. We focus on making choices clearer, transitions smoother, and the client experience more delightful. Complacency isn't in our vocabulary. Every day, we look for opportunities to better serve our clients, be an excellent business partner, and earn the trust of those who rely on us.

Company Background

Great Gray Trust Company is the leading independent provider of trustee and administrative services to Collective Investment Trusts ( CITs ), with over $175 billion in CIT assets, across more than 700 funds. We proudly work with 75 subadvisors, including leading firms such as Alliance Bernstein, American Funds, BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, MetLife, Neuberger Berman, PGIM, PIMCO and Raymond James.

CITs are more than just an investment vehicle. They represent a forward-thinking approach to retirement planning. These tax-exempt, pooled investment vehicles are offered to employer-sponsored retirement plans, like 401Ks. CITs are comparable to mutual funds, but, because they are tailored for the institutional retirement market, they can offer distinct advantages, including efficient administration and cost-effectiveness. CITs have a history dating back over 90 years; but they have gained favor over the past decade, driven by innovations, and Great Gray has been at the forefront.

Great Gray has consistently delivered year-over-year growth at an above market rate and is investing in the continued development of its core CIT business as well as complementary administrative services and technology solutions for the retirement market.

Madison Dearborn Partners ( MDP ) purchased Great Gray from Wilmington Trust in April 2023. As a result, Great Gray is an independent company owned by funds affiliated with MDP.

Investor Background

MDP is a leading private equity investment firm based in Chicago. Since MDP's formation in 1992, the firm has raised aggregate capital of over $28 billion and has completed over 150 platform investments. MDP invests across five dedicated industry verticals, including basic industries; business and government software and services; financial and transaction services; health care; and telecom, media, and technology services.

The Role

We are looking for a seasoned technologist for our Software Engineering organization. As a member of the software team, you will help drive our strategy on a variety of topics related to Azure public cloud adoption, designing customer facing solutions, and driving operational success. The Software Architect serves as a technical coach across multiple teams to ensure we create modern, scalable, and reliable solutions.

Software Architects are Lean-Agile leaders who work across the organization, partnering with engineers, other architects, product management, and leadership to help drive architectural alignment in support of Great Gray s mission. They are focused on both near-term support on tactical challenges, and evaluations in support of building architectural runway for the technical roadmap.

Location

The preference is to have this position based in Las Vegas, NV. Great Gray currently supports a hybrid work model with 4 days onsite and 1 day remote.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate technology opportunities supported by proof-of-concept exercises to make impactful business decisions related to Great Gray s solutions and security their edge cases, failure modes, and lifecycles
• Partner with engineering teams, product managers and the community of architects to identify patterns and platform enablers across the organization
• Develop architectures that meet the needs of our business initiatives and help inform/influence the platform evolution roadmaps
• Drive alignment on the organization s long-range plans and support the migration between architecture
• Engage with the internal development community to guide, inform, and influence the architectural alignment of our cloud technology platform
• Effectively communicate our infrastructure strategy, benefits of technology and platform capabilities to business partners, stakeholders, and senior management
• Participate in and contribute to architecture design reviews
• Promote a culture of feedback loops, trust, and partnership with our internal community
• Document data processes, workflows, and system configurations to ensure knowledge transfer and maintain system integrity
• Lead technical workshops and training sessions to elevate the cloud competency of internal teams, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation
• Stay up to date on emerging cloud technologies and trends, evaluating their applicability to our business needs and leading the exploration of new solutions that could enhance our financial services offerings

Qualifications & Experience

Education and Experience Required:

• Advanced knowledge of Azure services, with 1+ years experience architecting/ operating solutions built on Azure
• Can write high-quality code in a programming language (e.g. C#, Angular) that addresses real-world engineering problems
• A sense of urgency, and a strong bias for action
• Bachelor s degree in computer information systems, Computer Science, or related field of study
• 5+ years of software engineering experience in production environments, with distributed applications
• 2+ years of experience architecting/developing/maintaining cloud solutions in virtualized environments
• Deep understanding of cloud native design, and containerized technologies
• Azure certifications a plus

Education and Experience Preferred:

• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform to manage infrastructure-as code
• Strong communication skills and a natural inclination to collaborate
• Knowledge of one or more project management technologies (i.e. Jira)
• Experience leading strong personalities by influence
• Experience with web-based tools for collaboration and communication
• Exhibits sound judgement and can make wise decisions despite ambiguity, identifies root causes, and gets beyond treating symptoms
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity.
• Entrepreneurial mindset to bring best practice ideas to team.
• Exhibits our Great Gray attributes: Results-Driven, Innovative, Resilient and Decisive.

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