Sr Application Architect

Location: Chicago, IL, US

Employment Type: Full time

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 many other microservices and Mulesoft.

Required Job Qualifications:

• 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.

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• 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.

NOTE: This is a WFH role. Sponsorship is not available including if you are currently on OPT.

Compensation: $112,200.00 - $202,600.00

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.

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