Application architect, IT​/Tech, IT Consultant

Primary Office

Location:


626 Washington Place. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 15219.

Join our team. Make a difference - for us and for your future.


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this on-site position is based at our Financial Center in Pittsburgh, PA. Candidates must be local, or willing to relocate to the area.

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* The Application Architect will help establish consistency across platforms, improve and standardize implementation practices, strengthen database and application flow design and identify integration gaps and automation opportunities across my portfolio. You will c over core corporate functions and back office support, which requires a wide range of applications support and capabilities.

• Ability to design end-to-end application architecture
• Strong knowledge on logical, physical and reference architecture design
• Expertise in creating process flows, data flow diagrams, and solution blueprints
• Proficiency with diagramming tools such as Draw.io, Visio or similar
• Ability to align architecture to business capabilities across multiple LOBs
• Strong SQL, SSIS and SQL Server expertise is a plus
• Experience in data modeling, conceptual, logical, and physical is a plus
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure is preferred
• Knowledge of Java Architecture, API and integration patterns is preferred
• Knowledge of SSO, SAML and identity and access management is preferred
• Understanding of AI/ML solution patterns preferred
• Experience in financial domains, governance risks, and compliance, finance, accounting, HR, and treasury is preferred
• Ability to guide teams through architectural decisions and trade-offs

Position Title: Application Architect

Business Unit: Technology

Reports to: Manager of Application Analysis

Position Overview:

This position is primarily responsible for using available data to proactively improve application performance. The incumbent designs server applications and performance metrics for monitoring, determines root cause problems with hardware, software and databases, provides technical expertise with business requirements, application administration and performance and has expertise in all phases of hardware, software and application activities. The incumbent's decisions greatly impact the corporation and the operational effectiveness of the Technology Department.

Primary Responsibilities:

Provides top technical and application business expertise to multiple end user groups. Monitors system health, reviews logs and reports and escalates issues to vendors. Performs proactive and preventative maintenance. Uses available data to proactively improve application performance. Designs server applications and performance metrics for monitoring system health.

Formulates and defines system requirements and objectives based on business needs and performance goals. Identifies, explains, resolves and prevents application performance issues. Recommends improvements for business processing requirements and recommends design requirements during installations and upgrades.

Provides technical consulting on business implications of application performance. Leads strategic planning efforts in regard to the development of the application platform to meet organizational requirements and support growth. Communicates with lines of business users and Technology. Requires excellent technology project management skills.

Prevents reliability and performance issues of business applications. Recommends actions to Technology partners to achieve lines of business goals and objectives. Creates and modifies complex processes to solve capacity, limitations and performance issues. Analyzes and revises system hardware and software.

Solves or prevents complex business problems with hardware, software and databases. Provides experience to achieve optimum performance and eliminate down time. Designs and implements tracking processes for hardware and software performance.

Works with management to set tactical plans to meet objectives. Exerts wide latitude under management oversight in determining objectives for assignments to meet user and Technology requirements. Acts independently on defined project tasks.

Reviews, discusses, designs and implements…