Sr. Architect

Job Description

About ETS:

For more than 75 years, we have amplified products and services based rigorous research and our belief in the power of learning. Driven by our mission to advance quality and equity in education, ETS provides learning solutions, pioneering research and trusted assessments that help guide learners around the world on their path to new possibilities.

Our portfolio of trusted measures include TOEFL , TOEIC , GRE and Praxis . Along with research, development and innovation that explores new frontiers in learning and measurement our educational measurement solutions and research contribute to the development of new methods and tools, inform important dialogue with education policymakers, and shed light on critical issues and potential solutions - all with the aim of creating a world where all learners can improve their lives through education.

With new senior leadership at the helm, ETS aims to continue changing the lives of all learners as we expand our organization's global footprint. Our goal is to remain at the forefront of assessment and measurement efficacy within the education and ed tech space as it continues to grow and evolve.

Position Summary:

The IT Architect, Senior articulates the architectural vision, conceptualizes and experiments with alternative architectural approaches. This role is responsible for developing and validating the architecture and high level solution design against business requirements. The IT Architect, Senior works with the Solution Architecture team, development teams, and vendors to design and implement solutions. This role helps teams follow the envisioned business and technology direction by articulating the architectural vision through the scope and lifespan of individual projects.

The focus for this position is experience with architecture, configuration, design and implementation of a major digital commerce B2C/B2B SaaS offering. Specific experience with SalesForce Demandware is preferred, but not required. The ideal candidate has gone through several end-to-end implementations of a commerce SaaS offering. They should have a thorough understanding of the product catalogs, vouchers, payments, order management and the division of responsibilities between ERP and commerce. Experience integrating digital commerce tools with backend software and content management systems is a plus. Experience with commerce tools supporting both B2B and B2C business models is a plus.

Assertiveness and creativity are key in this role to drive solutions to the right level of simplicity and abstraction. The candidate should be able to maintain a constant dialog with product owner and stakeholders to help them simplify and accelerate by influencing scope.

Responsibilities:

Articulate and document a solution architecture vision

Design for business impact following rules of simplicity, consistency, and uniformity in the ecosystem

Create solution architectures that are leverage-able for future re-use

Actively seek opportunities to leverage existing IT solutions for new business offerings and services

Align IT solutions with business functions to improve flexibility, facilitate large scale reuse, and improve comprehensibility and visibility of IT's value to the business

Partner with business, Research and other FCE and IT teams in designing IT solutions that match the needs of the business

Assess and formulate future architecture and technology direction for IT solutions

Aggressively identify enterprise IT application solution/technology initiatives that are of value

Collaborate with other architects and teams in execution of the initiatives

Review and approve project deliverables to ensure that they are architecturally sound and meet business needs

Influence business strategy by explaining the capabilities of the architecture to management and the SBUs (Strategic Business Units)

Maintain a broad business understanding including customer and market trends

Contribute to future vision and strategy by conducting research and proof of concepts

Maintain a broad knowledge of new technical tools and trends, and apply those tools to improving business processes.

Map business capabilities and services to IT solutions, and plan IT solutions for future business opportunities

Actively seek opportunities to leverage existing IT solutions for new business offerings and services

Establish standards in best practice design patterns and pitfalls to ensure that IT solutions perform to expectations.

Partner with development teams to develop and enhance detailed application designs and interfaces

Facilitate cross team and cross component collaboration

Adhere to ethical standards and comply with the laws and regulations applicable to your job function

Review cost estimates, validate timelines and assumptions

Experience and Skills

Education, Certifications, or Special Licenses:

Bachelor's degree with extensive coursework in Computer Science or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired is necessary.

Relevant Years of Experience Required:

8 years in IT. Minimum 3 years in IT Architecture and application design.

Other Requirements (Specialized skill sets, behavioral/technical):

Varied experience in following areas is preferred:

IT Architecture methodologies, standards and best practices

Full software development lifecycle (SDLC) experience

Rich and varied IT solutions design and development experience

Architecture principles and frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, Gartner, DOD etc.)

Application and Integration design methodologies, standards and best practices (SOA, OOAD, AOP)

Business requirements gathering, Joint Application Design (JAD), Business Process Modeling (BPM) and Business Process Decomposition processes

UML and Business process modeling

Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and business integration

Industry standard processes (SDLC, CMMI, Change Mgmt, ITIL, etc.)

Familiarity with User Interfaces (Web, GUI, Legacy, Handhelds) and usability methodologies

Data warehouse design and data modeling

Disaster recovery and business availability

Vendor package selection (Leverage, Build and Buy decisions)

Familiarity with Audit and compliance policies (SOX, HIPAA)

Technical and Infrastructure architecture design experience is desirable

Software Performance Engineering practice and consultation

Hands-on experience in one or more of the following technologies is required:

Cloud architecture and implementation (AWS or Azure preferred)

Java, Java EE, Spring Boot, Java Application Servers (WebSphere, JBoss)

.NET

TypeScript

PostgreSQL, Oracle and/or SQL Server database technologies

Linux and/or Windows

Influence business strategy

Translate business strategy into technical vision and strategy

Understand business domains, customer and market trends

Capture customer, organizational and business requirements on architecture

• Excellent communication skills
• Listen, network, influence

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#DICE

ETS believes in a Total Rewards philosophy for our employees, and they include:

• Health, Vision, Dental insurance plans to choose from
• Generous continuous learning support, from individual learning grants to up to 6 classes a year for tuition reimbursement as well as on-line learning access!
• Generous PTO and vacation time to balance your work and life
• Additional 8 hours of PTO for volunteer work
• Retirement plan (401(a)) and traditional Roth (403b) with company contribution
• Commuter Benefits, Pet Insurance, 1 year subscription to Calm App

ETS is mission driven and action oriented

• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging is at the forefront of the ETS employee's daily work. To further foster an inclusive environment ETS is home to a wide variety of Affinity groups that celebrate the diversity of our talented employees.
• How about cultivating growth, innovation, and continuous transformation for the next generation of rising professionals as leaders? ETS offers multiple Business Resource Groups (BRG) for you!
• Are you passionate about volunteering and being active in your career and community? ETS offers our Center for Advocacy & Philanthropy (CAAP) where we encourage ETS employees to become active volunteers in their communities and schools through the ETS Cares Giving Campaign. Our employees can support any 501c3 or eligible charity of their choice.

ETS is an Equal Opportunity Employer comprised of people with different experiences, strengths, and backgrounds who share a passion for advancing quality and equity in education. We are dedicated to building teams that reflect the various backgrounds, experiences, and identities of those we serve. The Talent Acquisition team strives to ensure candidates enjoy a fair and equitable hiring process. We believe our differences empower us to be a better team, making better decisions and delivering better results.