Lead Software Architect, Technologies, Inc., Overland Park, KS

Position: Lead Software Architect, Netsmart Technologies, Inc., Overland Park, KS
* Provide technical leadership by analyzing business processes, applications, architecture, and infrastructure to identify pain points and make recommendations.
* Analyze systems across business processes, use cases, application, database, and infrastructure.
* Document current state and build future state architectural roadmaps across all tiers.
* Identify opportunities to improve performance, stability, capacity, and resiliency of the applications, architecture, databases, processes, and infrastructure and identify associated costs and risks.
* Lead in-depth technical discussions with clients, internal and external stakeholders and analyze architecture diagrams, documentation, code, and data.
* Develop artifacts representing current and future state system architecture, visualization, database, and application layers.
* Provide technical leadership, coaching, and guidance across all levels of the organization; motivate others to achieve shared aspirations.
* Coach and mentor other technical associates to ensure growth in technical aptitude and sustainability of desired corporate culture.
* This position may require availability outside of standard business hours as part of a rotational on-call schedule.
* Oversees work submitted from outside contractors working as software developers and quality engineers. No hire / fire authority.
* National travel may be required up to 5%.Netsmart is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer, providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all associates. All employment decisions at Netsmart, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, promotion and transfer, are based on performance, qualifications, abilities, education and experience.

Netsmart does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, past or present military service, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

Netsmart desires to provide a healthy and safe workplace and, as a government contractor, Netsmart is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace in accordance with applicable federal law. Pursuant to Netsmart policy, all post-offer candidates are required to successfully complete a pre-employment background check, including a drug screen, which is provided at Netsmart’s sole expense. In the event a candidate tests positive for a controlled substance, Netsmart will rescind the offer of employment unless the individual can provide proof of valid prescription to Netsmart’s third party screening provider.
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Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Management Information Systems, or a related field plus a minimum of 8 years of experience.  Must have a minimum of 8 years of experience in the following:  Technical experience in software development with experience in upgrading and merging multiple PHP frameworks into the latest framework while still building out new features in the existing solution;
Full lifecycle development using Agile methods, including technical leadership for an Agile team both onshore and offshore; leading teams with multiple sub applications that operate as a single web and mobile application that integrate via multiple API types; testing complex interfaces across web and mobile applications in multiple coding languages like PHP, React (and other JavaScript…