Job Information
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) Enterprise Architect Application in HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania
This role focuses on application architecture and is a leader for enterprise application design and development. This role sets enterprise architecture application standards, guidelines and principles across the Agency. This role leads efforts to conceptualize new and/or enhanced enterprise applications. This role provides guidance to application architects in the Agency.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
*Application Architecture *
Define the enterprise application landscape for the Agency and application solutions that meet business needs.
Subject matter expert regarding application architecture.
Define enterprise application architecture standards, guidelines and principles for the Agency.
Ensure conformity of application standards across the Agency.
Track and advise on emerging technologies and trends in the industry that could impact the services and business of the Agency.
Advise on approaches to optimize business success.
Advise on the design of technology-agnostic applications that deliver functionality/capabilities that satisfy corresponding business requirements.
Define and develop enterprise application patterns.
Participate in the Business Relationship Manager's annual review and planning of the Information Technology (IT) solutions.
Guidance
Lead the Agency in enterprise application discussions and strategies as they relate to application architecture -- quality, security etc.
Collaborate with others to socialize architectural standards and processes.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
Comply with the Agency's enterprise security and privacy policies and departmental procedures.
Remain current on industry specific technologies and emerging trends.
Other duties as assigned.
Key Preferences
Collaboration skills helping to drive challenging decisions across IT and Business Teams.
Multi-tasking is a must as there will be many solutions in flight simultaneously.
Hands-on AWS Experience including willingness to stay current in quickly developing landscape.
Experience in some near-term solutions a plus: • Migration from a mainframe • Telephony Solutions • Business Process Solutions • File/Data Retention Management
Required Skills
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Management Information Systems or Engineering preferred; 10+ years of IT-related experience; or any equivalent combination of experience, training, and/or certification(s).
Knowledge of The Open Group Architecture Framework; Knowledge of Project Management Body of Knowledge; Knowledge of Loan Servicing; Relevant certifications preferred.
Experience with architectural abstractions, integration and design patterns.
Experience in creating and defining new architectural models and explaining complex problems and situations.
Hands-on experience designing, building and supporting high-performing AWS applications.
Expert understanding of distributed computing and development experience such as Simple Object Access Protocol, Representational State Transfer, Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition.
Working knowledge of Application Program Interface Management.
Expert understanding of AWS architecture.
Expert knowledge of Web Services.
Working knowledge of Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, Desktop as a Service.
Excellent written and verbal skills.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
Required Experience
Bachelor's Degree