Enterprise Architect, Aladdin Engineering, Director

Blackrock

Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$215,000–$275,000 / yr
Posted
6 days ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $217k
This role $245k
$151k most similar roles pay here $288k

This role pays more than 74% of similar roles. Most pay $184,574–$249,812 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $245k versus about $217k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Blackrock

BlackRock is the world''s largest asset management firm, providing investment management, risk management, and advisory services to institutional and retail clients through its Aladdin technology platform. Industry: Asset Management & Financial Services

Blackrock currently has 88 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $148,000–$192,500 across 84 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Enterprise Architect, Aladdin Engineering, Director

As Director of Enterprise Architecture within the Aladdin Engineering group at BlackRock, you will lead strategic architecture initiatives across front-, middle-, and back-office domains, ensuring alignment with business strategies and regulatory requirements. You will collaborate with senior leaders to modernize platforms while maintaining security and compliance, focusing on areas such as investment management, data analytics, client services, and core operational systems. Key responsibilities include defining enterprise data architecture, establishing technology standards, driving cloud modernization, and implementing AI governance frameworks. The role requires expertise in financial services, a deep understanding of asset management domains, and hands-on experience with technologies like AWS, Azure, GCP, Java, Python, and NoSQL databases.

What you'll do

  • Define and maintain architecture vision, principles, and target-state across investment platforms.
  • Enable advanced analytics, risk modeling, and performance attribution through data architecture.
  • Establish architecture standards and approved patterns for cloud, data, integration, security.
  • Lead cloud and hybrid architecture strategy while balancing innovation with regulatory constraints.
  • Provide architectural leadership for front-to-back platform modernization and data transformation.
  • Ensure compliance with global regulations and embed resilience in design for disaster recovery.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture within financial services.
  • Deep understanding of asset management domains including investments, risk, operations, and distribution.
  • Proven ability to work in regulated, high-availability environments.
  • Strong communication skills for complex concepts with senior stakeholders.
  • Experience with cloud architecture in regulated settings (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Hands-on coding experience in Java, Python, JavaScript, C/C++.
  • TOGAF certification or equivalent cloud certifications preferred.

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