Enterprise Architecture Lead Analyst

About Citi: Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services. Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We’ll enable growth and progress together.

The Enterprise Architecture Lead Analyst is a senior technology professional responsible for designing, governing, and implementing enterprise architecture solutions that support Citi's business strategy and technology objectives. This role partners with engineering, infrastructure, security, data, and business teams to translate complex business requirements into scalable, resilient, secure, and efficient technology solutions. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong architecture expertise, influence technology direction across multiple initiatives, and drive adoption of enterprise standards, architectural best practices, and emerging technologies.

Executes the architectural vision for all IT systems through major, complex IT architecture projects; ensures that architecture conforms to enterprise blueprints. Develops technology road maps, while keeping up-to-date with emerging technologies, and recommends business directions based on these technologies. Provides technical leadership and is responsible for developing components of, or the overall systems design. Translates complex business problems into sound technical solutions. Applies hardware engineering and software design theories and principles in researching, designing, and developing product hardware and software interfaces. Provides integrated systems planning and recommends innovative technologies that will enhance the current system. Recommends appropriate desktop, computer platform, and communication links required to support IT goals and strategy. Exhibits good knowledge of how own specialism contributes to the business and good understanding of competitors products and services. Acts as an advisor or mentor to junior team members. Requires sophisticated analytical thought to resolve issues in a variety of complex situations. Impacts the architecture function by influencing decisions through advice, counsel or facilitating services. Guides, influences and persuades others with developed communication and diplomacy skills. Performs other job duties and functions as assigned Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made,