Software Architect

Title: Software Architect

Job Summary:

The Software Architect is first and foremost, a problem solver. In addition, the Software Architect is

expected to make intuitive, high-level decisions for enterprise software design and development.

The roles job is determining everything for enterprise design choices and matching them to the

business requirements. Software Architect see the big picture and create architectural approaches

for software design and implementation to guide the development team, to provide a framework

for the development of a software or system that will result in a high-quality solution.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Shaping the technical vision for the software project, system or platform, including architecture,

design and development.

• Collaborates with project stakeholders to gather project requirements to develop or improve

company products, systems, or technical processes or solutions.

• Researching and evaluating new technologies, languages, and design patterns.

• Develops a project scope or execution plan based on project stakeholder feedback and assess

ricks, challenges and cost analysis.

• Work closely with the Product team to advance organization technologies through evaluation of

new products and custom development on existing applications

• Responsible for the creation and maintenance of moderate to highly complex solutions

(including data infrastructure, reporting, and applications) that address the informational and

analytical needs of the various groups.

• Responsible for all phases of the project lifecycle which include requirements gathering, solution

design, application development, and system testing.

• Coordinate all aspects of implementation and training to support new programs and systems.

• Analyze end user data need and develop user-oriented solutions which interface with existing

applications.

• Maintain documentation for all work processes and procedures.

• Identify and recommend product customization, enhancements or work-around(s) to meet

business requirements

• Provide backup support for all work and project efforts as needed.

• Peer Review and approval of all final code, ready to deploy

• Oversee and support the coaching and training of team members to ensure all necessary

employees are confident in the use of software applications

• Develop functional unit testing around developed applications for testing automation.

• Ensure software meets all requirements of quality, security, modifiability, and extensibility

• Communicate successfully all concepts and guidelines to development team

Additional Responsibilities/Details:

• Acts as a technical liaison to other departments and may be responsible for providing support to

the organization's Case/Client efforts using technology and critical thinking.

• Coordinate or lead all or portions of technology projects.

• Works with minimal supervision and is responsible for making an established range of decisions,

escalating to Manager when necessary and updating Manager on a regular basis

• Design workflow charts and diagrams; studying system capabilities; writing specifications

Minimum Education Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related field, or comparable business/technical

experience.

Minimum Experience Requirements:

• At least 14 years of experience of application development experience which includes:

programming, data management, collection, modeling and interpretation across complex

data sets. Programming skills (database, system, or scripting).

• At least 3-7 years of experience in software architecture, design, development, and

implementation.

• Demonstrated ability to write SQL queries and use of Microsoft SQL Server database tables

and connectivity.

• Expert level understanding of Object-Oriented Programming methodologies

• Experienced in designing full stack, scalable, manageable, highly efficient solutions.

• Demonstrated ability to develop alternative solutions to complex problems and recommend

the best solution to the business and project team.

• Demonstrated advanced analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

• Demonstrated mastery of test strategies, test plans, and test execution.

• Experience with Microsoft Windows server infrastructure.

• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD.

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

• Strong C# .NET programming skills.

• Experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) are a bonus.