Application Architect

Health Care Service Corporation; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 93,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) is seeking a software design specialist to ensure alignment of project designs with the application architecture roadmap and to support product teams on functional and technical design activities.

The role requires hands-on experience with application development platforms, cloud computing, and integration technologies, with strong problem-solving and teamwork skills for successful collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor Degree or higher and 4+ years IT experience, or equivalent certifications.
• Experience in application design and architecture.
• Experience in cloud computing (SaaS/PaaS) and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with integration technologies and middleware.
• Experience with iterative, agile, and Scrum development.
• Ability to prototype and solve problems in a collaborative team.

Responsibilities

• Ensure alignment of project designs with the application architecture roadmap.
• Support project/product teams on functional and technical design activities.
• Define interaction between application packages, databases, and middleware.
• Act as SME for products requiring integration.

Skills

Application design

Cloud computing

DevOps & CI/CD

Integration technologies

Agile development

Solution architecture

Prototyping

Problem solving

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT

Technical Certification / college courses in IT

Tools

Bamboo

Jenkins

RallyDev

Jira

MQ / MuleSoft ESB

Tibco / Informatica / CAS

Job description

At HCSC, our employees are the cornerstone of our business and the foundation to our success. We empower employees with curated development plans that foster growth and promote rewarding, fulfilling careers.

Join HCSC and be part of a purpose-driven company that will invest in your professional development.

This position is responsible for ensuring alignment of project specific designs with application architecture roadmap; supporting project and/or product teams on functional and technical design activities; defining the interaction between application packages, databases, and middleware systems to optimize product functional coverage; acting as subject matter expert (SME) for products that require integration into the application.

Required Job Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree and 4 years Information Technology experience OR Technical Certification and/or College Courses and 6 year Information Technology experience OR 8 years Information Technology experience.
• Experience in application and/or product feature design.
• Experience in application configuration and design patterns.
• Experience in application development platforms and/or languages (HTML/CSS/Java/React/ASP.Net/PHCSC/Ruby/C#).
• Experience in cloud computing (SaaS / PaaS).
• Experience in DevOps and/or continuous deployment and/or integration process and tools (Bamboo, jenkins, RallyDev, Jira).
• Experience in integration technologies (MQ/Mulesoft ESB/Tibco/Informatica/CAS).
• Experience in iterative and/or agile and/or scrum development.
• Experience in solution architecture.
• Application domain knowledge.
• Prototyping.
• Problem solving / analytical thinking.
• Teamwork and collaboration.

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology
• Product-specific application architecture.
• Ability to tie together solutions across systems.

Compensation: $92,700.00 - $167,500.00

Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location

HCSC Employment Statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employment employer dedicated to providing a welcoming environment where the unique differences of our employees are respected and valued. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

To learn more about available benefits, please click https://careers.hcsc.com/totalrewards