App Architect

Base pay range: $70.00/hr - $73.00/hr

Job #: 3014040

Infrastructure and Application Knowledge – Governance Team – coordination with CIO Architect. Not looking for someone who is/wants to be hands on with designing or writing code.

• Strategy and design alignment – approving designs
• Some project management—mapping and ensuring teams hit deadlines
• Broad-based IT knowledge and experience (hardware, software development, middleware, databases, emerging technologies)
• Certification or extensive experience in industry best practices in architectural methodologies and standards (e.g., UML, BPMN, TOGAF, Zachman)
• Responsible for facilitating the creation and maintenance of the enterprise technical capability model along with aligned blueprints
• Partner with CIO architecture leads across the enterprise to ensure technical domain owners are aligned to all technical domains
• Support technical domain owners in creation and maintenance of technical domain blueprints
• Work with the technology product governance team to keep technical capability model and domain owners in alignment with technical product approval flow
• Contribute to best practices, standard templates, and architecture roadmap for defined domains
• Contribute to creation of architecture roadmap for Business, Application, Data and Technology domains in support of product roadmap
• Provide high‑level support across the technical domain and facilitate deeper interaction with appropriate domain owners
• Participate in design reviews as necessary to address technical architecture questions and concerns

• B.S. or M.S. in computer science or related degree, or equivalent experience
• Extensive experience with enterprise‑level technology strategy in an architecture organization (preferably 10+ years IT and 5+ years architecture)
• Experience in a large‑scale organization, preferably Financial Services, demonstrating contextual knowledge

• Broad-based IT knowledge and experience (hardware, software development, middleware, databases, emerging technologies)
• Certification or extensive experience in industry best practices in architectural methodologies and standards (e.g., UML, BPMN, TOGAF, Zachman)

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to communicate effectively with senior management
• Understand and empathize with key challenges faced by sponsors and stakeholders
• Manage senior stakeholder expectations and build trust relationships
• Provide strategic vision based on balanced risk, financial, process and resource factors
• Support governance and oversight processes for managing alignment of change to strategic goals
• Translate complex concepts into multiple architectural views aimed at varying audiences
• Work effectively in a matrix organization with teams of architects, engineers and business partners with minimal supervision
• Express ideas verbally and in writing to effectively communicate with and influence teammates, technology partners, business leaders and executives

• Resolving and influencing the positive outcome of conflicting objectives and priorities
• Ability to think strategically
• Ability to effectively communicate, interact with and influence
• Willing to learn fast and adapt quickly to change
• PMP & BS (Computer Science – advantageous not mandatory)

Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, disability and other insurance plans. Additional benefits include ESPP, 401(k) with company match, HSA, Support Linc Employee Assistance Program and various discounts. Professional development opportunities include on‑demand training, certification preparation and discounts, and access to partnership programs.