Lead Archer Architect

The Lead Archer Architect will own architectural direction and technical decision-making for the RSA Archer platform within the GRC Archer Team. Operating at Associate Director maturity as an individual contributor, this role will translate complex governance, risk, regulatory, and compliance requirements into secure, scalable, maintainable solutions. The architect will guide Archer application design, workflows, access controls, reporting, integrations, data flows, platform performance, releases, and production readiness. The role partners across Risk and Compliance, Security, Engineering, architecture, operations, and vendors to evaluate trade-offs, resolve ambiguity, and drive documented decisions. The strongest candidates combine substantial hands-on RSA Archer architecture experience with enterprise integration judgment, risk awareness, clear communication, and a record of leading complex outcomes without relying on formal people-management authority.

Architecture judgment that balances GRC outcomes, security, performance, maintainability, and technical debt.

Influence across senior business, technology, security, and vendor stakeholders.

Structured problem solving under delivery pressure and incomplete information.

Clear architecture documentation, standards, and decision records.

Ownership of platform health, release readiness, and sustainable support.

Lead target-state architecture and technical roadmaps for RSA Archer capabilities, integrations, platform health, and lifecycle management.

Translate GRC and regulatory requirements into sustainable Archer applications, workflows, access models, reports, and dashboards.

Design and govern data feeds and REST API integrations with Snowflake, Navex, ProcessUnity, identity services, and other enterprise systems.

Establish architecture decision records, configuration standards, testing expectations, release controls, and production-readiness criteria.

Evaluate security, performance, resilience, maintainability, and technical-debt trade-offs for significant platform decisions.

Lead technical delivery across cross-functional teams and vendors, resolving ambiguity, dependencies, and competing priorities.

Own platform-health and technical-risk reduction strategies covering upgrades, incidents, performance, testing, and support readiness.

Drive knowledge transfer, runbook quality, and operating practices that reduce dependency on individual experts.

Substantial hands-on experience architecting and configuring RSA Archer solutions in enterprise environments.

Demonstrated design experience with Archer applications, workflows, access controls, dashboards, reports, data feeds, and REST APIs.

Ability to design secure, scalable, maintainable GRC integrations and data flows across enterprise systems.

Experience governing platform upgrades, releases, testing, performance, production readiness, and technical-risk remediation.

Working proficiency in architecture-aware development using one or more of Python, Java, or .NET for integration or automation scenarios.

Demonstrated leadership of complex technical outcomes through influence, judgment, and cross-functional alignment.

Ability to translate governance, risk, compliance, security, and business needs into clear technical decisions.

Strong written and verbal communication, including architecture documentation and senior-stakeholder recommendations.

Experience integrating Archer with Snowflake, Navex, or ProcessUnity.

Experience modernizing or stabilizing GRC platforms in regulated financial-services environments.

Experience with ServiceNow IRM or MetricStream alongside substantial RSA Archer architecture experience.

Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related technical field.