Sr Application Architect

HCSC•Chicago, IL

1d•Remote

About The Position

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. Job Summary 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 many other microservices and Mulesoft.

Requirements

Bachelor degree and 5 years Information Technology experience OR Technical Certification and/or College Courses and 7 year Information Technology experience OR 9 years Information Technology experience
Experience in application and/or product feature design
Experience in application configuration
Experience in application development platforms and/or languages (Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices)
Experience in cloud computing (SaaS / PaaS) such as Pivotal Cloud Foundry
Experience in DevOps and/or continuous deployment and/or integration process and tools (Jira, Jenkins, GitHub)
Experience in integration technologies (Tibco/Mulesoft)
Experience in iterative and/or agile and/or scrum development
Experience in solution architecture
Service Oriented Architecture - SOAP / REST
Application domain knowledge
Prototyping
Problem solving / analytical thinking
Teamwork and collaboration

Nice To Haves

Bachelor degree in Computer Science or Information Technology
Product-specific application architecture
Ability to tie together solutions across multiple systems and products
Experience designing and implementing cloud-native, microservices-based architectures
Experience with AI/Generative AI technologies and integrating AI capabilities into enterprise applications
Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, or similar platforms
Understanding of responsible AI, data governance, security, and privacy considerations for AI-enabled solutions
Experience with event-driven architecture, messaging platforms, and enterprise integration patterns
Strong ability to evaluate emerging technologies and drive innovation across business and technology domains

Responsibilities

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 many other microservices and Mulesoft