Architect - Platform Strategy - Migration and Modernization

Overview

Define architectural vision and solution aligned to enterprise architecture strategy, technology, and platform choices. Key responsibilities include describing solution intent and operating environment, evaluating system impacts, determining primary systems and interfaces, and assisting with end-to-end solution design. Job expectations include defining non‑functional requirements and architectural runway to support new epics/features and ensuring solutions are fit for purpose.

• Consult with the business and operations to identify and understand challenges and opportunities to improve the use and effectiveness of technology, find creative solutions through knowledge of the domain, practical experiments, and Proof of Concepts, and align the solution intent and architectural vision to an evolving backlog of technology change.
• Work with product management and other stakeholders to plan and prioritize technology‑focused backlog items for the architecture runway to enable business epics/features.
• Perform design and code reviews to ensure all non‑functional requirements for a solution are sufficiently met (e.g., security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability).
• Lead rapid shaping of a high‑level architecture with details filled in with emerging business requirements and ensure architecture is flexible, modular, and designed to adapt easily.
• Educate team members on the technology practices, standardization strategies, and best practices to create innovative solutions.
• Clarify the architecture and assist with system design for the development teams to support implementation and provide solution options to resolve any architectural impediments.
• Utilize the defined best practices, templates, and documentation to create architectural designs and suggest improvements to best practices and templates.

• 8+ years experience.
• Strong logical design skills.
• Good relationship management and influence skills.
• Experience driving standards adoption.

• Background in .NET and/or Java.
• Experience with container development in Open Shift, Bitbucket, Jenkins.
• Familiarity with agile environment.

• Analytical Thinking
• Architecture
• Result Orientation
• Solution Design
• Technical Strategy Development
• Application Development
• Collaboration
• Data Management
• Dev Ops Practices
• Risk Management
• Agile Practices
• Automation
• Influence
• Solution Delivery Process
• Test Engineering

1st shift (United States of America)

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US - NJ - Pennington - 1500 American Blvd - Hopewell Bldg 5 (NJ2150)

Pay range: $ - $ annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set. Discretionary incentive eligible. This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits:
This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry‑leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities they serve.