The Application Architect III (AA) collaborates and supports a team of developers and architects to design and build L.A. Care's QNXT Solutions. Working closely with the business, application and Information Technology (I.T.) infrastructure teams, the AA assists in developing and formulating solutions that integrate with a new Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) bus framework to incorporate into QNXT event driven and batch processing entities. Supports the development of the QNXT integration architecture solutions roadmaps. Connects systems architecture to the business needs of the company by working closely with key stakeholders and partners. Plans and schedules all phases of system integration testing. Collaborates and supports the vendors and in-house development/configuration teams to implement roadmaps and QNXT solutions. Provides technical guidance to all departments and works closely with development teams to ensure compliance. Assists in creating roadmap documents, integration documents, process documents, standards documents and governance documents. Collaborates with program-level architects across the organization on the details of the systems architecture for their particular domain. Assists with the overall system design and architecture. Acts as a Subject Matter Expert, serves as a resource and mentor for other staff.