Ardoq Developer - Vice President

Role Summary & Role Description

Role Summary

The VP - Ardoq Developer is responsible for engineering, governing, and evolving the Ardoq enterprise architecture platform to enable transparency, decision making, and regulatory confidence across State Street’s technology landscape.

This role blends hands on Ardoq configuration and data modeling expertise with platform strategy, stakeholder influence, and governance enablement, ensuring architecture data is trusted, reusable, and embedded into enterprise processes such as architecture review, portfolio rationalization, risk, and transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Ardoq Platform Ownership & Architecture Modeling

• Own the design, configuration, and continuous evolution of the Ardoq platform, including components, references, metadata, views, and calculations.
• Develop and maintain enterprise scale architecture data models (applications, platforms, technologies, interfaces, data domains, business capabilities).
• Ensure Ardoq reflects current and target state architecture and supports traceability across strategy, delivery, and risk. Integration & Automation
• Design and implement integrations between Ardoq and enterprise systems (e.g., CMDBs, application inventories, DevOps tools, EA repositories).
• Automate ingestion, normalization, and validation of architecture data to reduce manual maintenance and improve data quality.
• Enable API driven and event driven updates where appropriate. Governance, Risk & Regulatory Enablement
• Embed Ardoq into architecture governance processes (e.g., technology reviews, standards compliance, application onboarding).
• Enable audit ready and regulator supporting views that demonstrate architectural oversight, dependencies, and risk impacts.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Risk, and Technology leadership to ensure Ardoq supports FFIEC aligned and internal control expectations. Advanced Visualization & Decision Support
• Design executive ready dashboards and visualizations linking business capabilities, platforms, costs, and risks.
• Enable scenario analysis and impact assessments (e.g., cloud migrations, technology decommissioning, dependency risk).
• Support leadership decision making with clear, trusted architecture insights. Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
• Act as a platform and subject matter leader for Ardoq across the enterprise.
• Partner with domain architects, platform teams, and delivery organizations to drive adoption and data accountability.
• Influence without authority, aligning federated teams to common modeling standards and practices. Platform Maturity & Continuous Improvement
• Define and drive the Ardoq roadmap, including new use cases, data domains, and automation.
• Establish modeling standards, guardrails, and reusable patterns.
• Stay current with Ardoq capabilities and evaluate new features for enterprise adoption. Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, platform engineering, or architecture tooling roles.
• Strong hands on experience with Ardoq configuration, data modeling, and integrations.
• Experience operating in large, complex, regulated enterprises.
• Proven ability to translate architecture data into executive level insights. Preferred Qualifications
• Financial services or similarly regulated industry experience.
• Experience integrating Ardoq with CMDBs, application inventories, or SDLC tooling.
• Familiarity with EA frameworks (e.g., TOGAF informed practices).
• Experience supporting technology governance, risk, or audit initiatives.
• Strong scripting or automation experience (where applicable to Ardoq integrations). Key Competencies
• Enterprise systems thinking
• Architecture data modeling & analytics
• Platform ownership & governance
• Executive communication & visualization
• Influence across federated teams VP Level Expectations
• Owns the enterprise wide Ardoq capability, not just tool configuration.
• Enables decision velocity with confidence, balancing transparency and control.
• Anticipates governance, regulatory, and leadership needs.
• Raises overall enterprise architecture maturity through data, automation, and insight.

Core/Must have skills

Ardoq Configuration

Enterprise Architecture Modeling

Ardoq Integrations & APIs, CI/CD Pipelines, EA Repositories

Architecture Governance & Risk Management

Data Visualization & Executive Reporting

Good to have skills

Financial Services Domain Knowledge

TOGAF / Enterprise Architecture Frameworks

Automation & Scripting (Python, PowerShell, APIs)

Work Schedule

Officer Working (4 days at office)

Schedule - 2 pm to 11 pm IST

Location - Bangalore or Hyderabad only (Relocation benefits included if outstation candidate)

Keywords (If any)

#Ardoq #EnterpriseArchitecture #ArchitectureModeling #ArchitectureGovernance #ArchitectureRepository #ApplicationPortfolioManagement #TechnologyPortfolioManagement #BusinessCapabilityMapping #DataModeling #PlatformOwnership #CMDB #ServiceNow #APIIntegration #DevOps #SDLC #ApplicationInventory #TechnologyRisk #RegulatoryCompliance #AuditReadiness #FFIEC #EAFrameworks #TOGAF #ArchitectureAnalytics #ExecutiveDashboards #DataGovernance #Automation #EnterpriseIntegration #CloudTransformation #DependencyMapping #ImpactAnalysis

Why this role is important to us

Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients. We’re driving the company’s digital transformation and expanding business capabilities using industry best practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation.

We offer a collaborative environment where technology skills and innovation are valued in a global organization. We’re looking for top technical talent to join our team and deliver creative technology solutions that help us become an end-to-end, next-generation financial services company.

Join us if you want to grow your technical skills, solve real problems and make your mark on our industry.

About State Street

What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation, we’re making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we’ve been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.

Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary by location, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans, among other perks. You’ll have access to flexible Work Programs to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.

Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees’ diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift programs and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.

State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

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About State Street

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.

We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.

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