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Application Architect 

Department: Information Technology 

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Job Description 

AWG is looking for an Application Architect in Information Technology (IT) to provide architectural and leadership oversight for strategic, business-transforming technical solutions in IT service and support. 

The Application Architect is a premier customer-facing role serving as an advisor, subject-matter expert, and delivery partner for our customers.  As an experienced Architect with a focus on solution implementation, you'll be responsible for guiding our customers from concept to go-live and rollout. You are a passionate technologist who is up to date on the latest technologies, can dive into processes and love applying your skills to solve a customer challenge. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

Deliver Solutions (50%)  

• Work independently to develop solutions based on requirements using AWG standards. 
• Designs and develops web-enabled client-side and server-side applications as part of a structured Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process 
• Ensures the changes developed are high quality, meet business and technical requirements 
• Ensure all solutions include clear technical documentation, architectural diagrams, and user-facing guides, along with robust logging practices that support monitoring, troubleshooting, and long-term maintainability. 
• Develops reliable solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity 

Support Availability and Services (15%) 

• Troubleshoot and develop a solution to the problem 
• Engages with and supports a development team and support organization, without supervisor responsibilities 
• On-call responsibilities  

Develop IT Strategy (15%) 

• Collaborate with customers to understand their business problems or needs and desired outcomes. 
• In collaboration with other members of the team, build reusable assets and materials that enable the AWG community. 

Development and Continuous Improvement Culture (20%) 

• Identifies and implements opportunities for system improvement around stability, performance, and maintainability 
• Open to receive and give constructive feedback. 
• Serve as a mentor to less experienced IT Software Engineers 

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or related degree. 
• 10+ years of application development experience, with focus on application architecture. 
• Experience developing applications and services (APIs) using React, Java, and Spring Boot (or similar). 
• Experience with source code repository using GitHub, Azure DevOps or others. 
• Experience with source code branching using Gitflow, trunk-base or similar. 
• Experience with microservices architecture. 
• Experience in designing, developing, and implementing high performing, large scale, and complex systems including integration with third-party applications. 
• Experience with technical mentorship of teammates. 
• Experience executing the organizational operation of vision and goals, in alignment with department leadership. 
• Experience with Azure/AWS/ cloud or managed services. 
• Experience with containerization technology (Docker; orchestration tools, i.e. Kubernetes). 
• Experience with common programming languages (React, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS). 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Accomplished interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating a clear and articulate standard of written and verbal communications to various levels of audiences. 
• Ability to work independently, self-starter, highly motivated, resourceful. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of multiple technologies over career and ability to learn new technologies. 
• Ability to work as a committed member of a cross-functional team, sharing ideas and inputs from different perspectives in working towards delivering an exceptional product experience. 
• Solid experience with full SDLC - requirements, design, development, testing, and deployment using waterfall and/or agile methodologies. 
• Experience working with relational databases. 
• Excels in working remotely with remote team members. 

NICE TO HAVE/PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Retail, wholesale, or Consumer Product Goods industry experience. 
• Knowledge of security best practices (OWASP, CBE, NIST, etc). 
• Knowledge of Azure resources such as Logic App, Service Bus, Azure Functions, APIM, or similar cloud technologies. 
• ETL development experience. 
• Knowledge of event-based/message architectures. 
• Knowledge of virtual networking (public, private, and hybrid networks and subnetworks), network interfaces, and identity/access management (security groups and roles, network access control lists). 
• Knowledge of latest DevOps technologies (Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, IaC frameworks such as Ansible). 
• Knowledge in solution evaluation/selection and implementation for large scale, and complex environments. 

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance

• Health Savings Account

• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

• Paid Vacation, Holiday, and Sick Time

• 401(k) with 4% match along with 3 other contributions

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Basic & Supplemental Life and AD&D

• Employee Assistance Program

• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability 

• Wellness Program

• Yearly Holiday Bonus