Job Description

Application Architect

Roles and Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership

  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior administration and stakeholders, ensuring alignment with digital innovation objectives.
  • Serve as the primary contact for application architecture consultations, defining, evaluating, and recommending strategies, including application integration and interface design.
  • Lead technology changes to deliver business outcomes while consulting with subject matter experts.
  • Recommend new technologies to support strategic plans and digital transformation initiatives.
  • Advocate for innovative approaches, overseeing technical solutions for enterprise needs.

• Advisory and Consultation

  • Provide strategic advice to senior management on business proposals, addressing impacts on operations and competitive advantages.
  • Collaborate with teams to ensure strategic integration and technology standards.
  • Participate in steering committees and stakeholder forums to align technology initiatives.

• Research and Development

  • Explore trends in applications architecture and emerging technologies to plan for future needs.
  • Recommend application architectures to support evolving client requirements and enterprise goals.
  • Guide technology investment decisions to achieve business outcomes while meeting technical requirements.

• Standardization and Governance

  • Implement and monitor application architecture standards to ensure consistency across integrations and deployments.
  • Develop and recommend operational procedures for evolving business needs.

• Continuous Improvement

  • Promote state-of-the-art approaches to enhance enterprise applications.
  • Develop performance metrics to evaluate and improve applications architecture.
  • Foster collaboration across teams to drive continuous improvement in service delivery.

Qualifications and Skills

• Proven expertise in applications architecture, strategic planning, cloud computing, and integration within enterprise IT environments.
• Strong client relations skills to understand and address diverse business needs.
• Familiarity with Agile and Scrum methodologies for technology delivery.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills to develop relevant strategies and solutions.
• Experience with DXP/CMS platforms such as Acquia Cloud and Drupal multisite configurations.

Education

• A 4-year degree in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent training and experience in ERP applications architecture and development.

Nice-to-Haves

• Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Professional, Salesforce Application Architect, or Acquia Cloud Certification.
• Experience in higher education or public sector technology environments.