Applications Architect: Cloud, Integrations & Security

Metropolitan-Community-College; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Metropolitan Community College is seeking an Applications Architect to provide architectural leadership and oversight for enterprise and academic application systems, aligning with the College's mission and strategic goals. You will design, integrate, and govern solutions to ensure reliability, scalability, security, and regulatory compliance in a public higher education environment.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, developers, and DevOps to translate requirements into effective tech

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or closely related field required.
• 5–10+ years of software development with focus on architecture and system design.
• Experience with enterprise application architectures and data exchanges.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural direction and leadership for application development and enhancement initiatives.
• Review code and designs to ensure standards, security, and best practices.
• Design and maintain architectures for enterprise systems, integrations, and data exchange.
• Plan migrations and upgrades including cloud-based and SaaS environments.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation for design, architecture, integrations, and security controls.
• Establish and promote architectural standards to reduce technical debt and improve maintainability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, business analysts, developers, and DevOps to translate requirements into effective technical solutions.

Skills

Java

C#

SQL

Azure

AWS

SOA

Microservices

APIs

Security

Architectural patterns

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or closely related field

Tools

Ellucian Banner SaaS

Job description

Metropolitan Community College is seeking an Applications Architect to provide architectural leadership and oversight for enterprise and academic application systems, aligning with the College's mission and strategic goals. You will design, integrate, and govern solutions to ensure reliability, scalability, security, and regulatory compliance in a public higher education environment.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, developers, and DevOps to translate requirements into effective tech