Technical Architect

You are passionate about solving business problems through innovation and engineering practices. You are enthusiastic to apply your in-depth knowledge and technical expertise to all aspects of the software development life cycle. As you partner with stakeholders, you embrace and emphasize our common goals and values. You are eager to join a team that incorporates experimentation, inventiveness, and expanding knowledge. You are ready to develop and implement transformative, scalable solutions across enterprise-wide applications.

If this sounds like you, please read on!

The role of Technical Architect involves the development of technology solutions and mapping the business requirements to systems/technical requirements to ensure they are in line with the enterprise architectural plan. This position is responsible for ensuring quality and consistency of the application architecture across the system and providing day-to-day technical guidance to the development teams. Oversees all aspects of application development including analyzing business requirements and translating the business requirements into a technical solution. Work with the developers to provide technical details for the proposed solution. Lead development team and activities for writing code, conducting code reviews, planning project releases, building prototypes, conducting performance reviews, and demonstrating early-stage technology concepts that provide desired functionality to digital solutions.

• Collaborates with business development, develops technology and capability road maps and tailorable reference architectures for different service models including systems engineering, system integration, system sustainment, and system operation and maintenance
• Develops, tests, and implements technology solutions and report on delivery commitments to ensure solutions are implemented as expected and to agreed timeframes
• Performs the typical functions of the Developer role, including putting together application concepts, performing some creative design, rapid prototyping, and high-level, technical review/analysis of new technologies. Periodically coding and modifying new and legacy applications throughout the full stack using .Net, C#
• Produces documents relating to application architecture, design steps, integration processes and testing procedures relating to each application developed. This documentation will also cover the installation and maintenance of application software as well as guidelines and standards that should be adhered to for each system
• Provides input in the development of the enterprise architecture, in areas of disaster recovery, data integrity and security. Evaluates and recommends software technologies in these areas, evaluates alternatives, and analyze problems with data infrastructures
• Develops a working relationship with engineering staff to drive solution features and architectures
• Serves as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in development of these solutions
• Evaluates new technologies and provide enterprise-level solution recommendations
• Leads a team of 2-3 developers to deliver software projects

Exemplifies the following essential values of the Academy:

• Teamwork: Effective collaboration and team-focus to solve complex problems and drive innovation.
• Empowerment: The authority, information, and skills to make decisions and drive results.
• Accountability: Ownership of process and results that drive decisions and ensure implementation.
• Mindset of Growth/Continuous Learning: Focused on and invested in self and staff development to become more adaptable, making the Academy more agile, innovative, and sustainable.

Travel:

• Up to 5 days per year

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or similar work experience
• 6+ years of development experience with proven success in an architecture role (solution, application, or enterprise)
• Experience in design and development of system architecture to include interface models, system behavior models (including use case and sequence diagrams), network diagrams, data flow models, and traceability of requirements and standards to enterprise architecture models
• Experience using OO methodologies in designing software solutions
• Experience working collaboratively with other developers, leading effective and collaborative design sessions with developers
• Well-versed in multiple languages/platforms, including C#, JavaScript, Angular, HTML, CSS, JSON, XML, .NET, JQuery, MS SQL Server
• Understanding of data governance best practices
• Excellent communications and problem-solving skills
• Ability to present proposed solutions to technical and non-technical audiences. Comfortable presenting to, and leading, teams during project meetings
• Must have a passion for continued improvement and making a difference
• Hands on experience with one of the public clouds: AWS, Google or Azure
• Experience of database technologies such as Cosmos and MSSQL
• Experience working with multiple teams and ability to interface with technical and non-technical stakeholders at various levels within and outside of the organization to bring together the solution
• Strong problem-solving skills and desire to learn new technologies
• Positive attitude and the ability to remain flexible in a dynamic environment
• Ability to manage time across multiple, simultaneous projects
• Experience with source control management systems and continuous integration/deployment environments (e.g. GIT, and Azure Devops)

Desired:

• Experience working with association management systems (Personify), CRM systems, SaaS platforms and their customizations/integrations.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum practices, including continuous integration.
• Experience with cloud-based solutions in Azure and/or AWS.
• Ability to think strategically and communicate effectively
• Understanding IT Infrastructure and Cloud Security
• Familiarity with Azure B2C Portal
• Health Care industry experience

If this describes YOU, please apply by sharing the following:

-Clearly communicate why you are the ideal candidate for this role, providing specific examples and experiences as proof points.

-Resumes must be accompanied by a cover letter with salary expectations to be considered.

Please note:

This position is based in Rosemont, Illinois and is open to applicants who are able to commute to this office.

AAOS requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. An applicant (i) who is disabled or who has a qualifying medical condition that contraindicates a COVID-19 vaccination, or (ii) who objects to being vaccinated on the basis of a sincerely held religious belief, observance or practice may request a reasonable accommodation. This determination will be made on a case-by-case basis and in accordance with applicable law and public health guidance. Any medical information concerning an applicant's disability will be treated as a confidential medical record in compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Exemptions from the vaccine policy may also be provided to fully remote positions that do not involve any business travel or in-person work activities.

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