Software Architect Senior

Position Summary:

The Software Architect Senior is responsible for the design and integration of large-scale systems and enterprise initiatives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Architects, designs, and implements applications that conform to a business need; typically will master multiple subsystems of a large scale system and play key roles in enterprise projects.
• Provides technical leadership on large-scale projects, resolves issues, performs appropriate level of research to determine solutions, and prioritizes and suggests technical strategies to achieve the long-term objectives of the department.
• Reviews requirements; generates architecture documents; provides rough order of magnitude estimates; and implements and performs unit, integration, and capacity testing.
• Shares architecture formally and informally with team, ensuring design consistency during development.
• Writes architecture documentation.
• Proposes, develops, reviews and revises new procedures as needed for the continuing development of high quality systems.
• Provides support to assigned ProQuest systems.
• Provides technical guidance to other team members.
• Maintains knowledge of and proposes technical advances based on newer technologies.
• Evaluates hardware and capacity needs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors' degree or higher in Computer Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 10 or more years of software development experience.

Previous software architecture experience.

• 5 or more years' experience writing functional / detailed design / architectural specifications based on user and/or system requirements.
• 5 or more years' experience working with ProQuest product lines.
• Ability to support systems after hours or on weekends.
• Understanding of advanced principles of software architecture.
• Masterful understanding and application of several programming languages and tools.
• Masterful understanding of XML.
• Masterful understanding of system interfaces such as REST or SOAP.
• Ability to work with standard office tools.
• Ability to work with source control systems.
• Ability to work with architecture and design tools.
• Ability to work in an agile environment.

Ancillary Qualifications:

• Master's Degree (or higher) in Computer Engineering or Computer Science.

Other important information about this position:

• This position is typically based in a ProQuest office location and may be appropriate for full or partial remote work, subject to approval.
• Occasional travel may be required.
• This position requires weekday (Monday - Friday) attendance with some scheduling flexibility available around core working hours.
• Every position requires certain physical capabilities. ProQuest seeks to make reasonable accommodations that enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties when possible.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled