Technical Architect

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Full Time Professional Corporate Office, Overland Park, KS, US

5 days ago Requisition

Competitive Compensation & Benefits Package
* 401(k) with Profit Sharing
* Flexible Time Off
* Office Dog!!

ABOUT US

By combining our unparalleled domain expertise with leading-edge technology, Ad Astra is helping higher education in its mission to advance timely student completions. We are building a cloud-based software platform that will provide the foundation for our next generation of industry-leading solutions and analytics. Simply put, we're helping students graduate faster.

OUR CORE VALUES

• We recognize talent. We recognize and appreciate the unique God-given talents that our people bring to Ad Astra. Aligning these individual gifts with our work sets team members up to succeed.
• We’re unpretentious. There’s no room for ego. We admit our imperfections and have the humility to know what we don’t know.
• We’re passionate. We aren’t satisfied with the status quo. We’re on a mission together to protect the value of degree completion and to transform the higher education industry.
• We’re pioneering. We’re pioneering and aren’t afraid of failing—in fact, we celebrate it. We love it when our people boldly experiment with innovative solutions.
• We love fun. The health of our relationships is strengthened by working with people who stretch our thinking—and by enjoying the lighter side of life together. We don’t take ourselves too seriously, but we do take fun seriously.
• We have grit. Beyond talent and intelligence, our people have stick-to-itiveness. We push through challenges to make goals a reality.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Technical Architect (TA) is a key member of the Client Onboarding and Support Teams, blending technical acumen with strong client-facing and cross-functional collaboration skills. The TA demonstrates advanced competency in application support, integration, solution architecture, and security, with the ability to read, understand, and analyze code at an engineering level to support complex implementations. The TA engages early in projects, working alongside the Client Onboarding Team from project inception through delivery to ensure technical solutions are delivered as defined.

This role acts as a liaison between Sales, Engineering, Cloud Ops, Onboarding, and Support, providing technical guidance, troubleshooting, and architecture validation. The TA also contributes to organizational effectiveness by supporting complex case management and staying abreast of technologies that enhance solution delivery.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure a comprehensive understanding and level of effort for the technical deliverables, including identification of all impacted people, processes, and technology throughout a project and/or case lifecycle
• Identify need for and assist in crafting problem statements towards technology and integration needs, and liaise with cross-functional teams
• Consult towards technical and integration points throughout project delivery to ensure successful execution of the project and realization of the business outcome/value
• Act as an escalation point across application support-related issues
• Exhibit our core values: passionate, pioneering, unpretentious, fun, honoring God-given talents
• Other duties as assigned

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, Data Science, Systems Management or a related technical discipline.
• Broad technology expertise, including experience with distributed and multi-tiered application architectures.
• Proven ability to work with cross-functional, fast-paced teams to define and deliver business and technical outcomes.
• Full IT development lifecycle experience, including traditional and Agile methodologies, with hands-on code review and debugging experience.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to make data-driven, architecture-informed decisions balancing short- and long-term needs.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work closely…