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Job Description

Senior IT Architect | 6 MONTHS | FORTUNE 500 | CHICAGO, IL (HYBRID - ONSITE)

• Local to Chicago preferred
• $80-$85 per hour (W2)
  
  

Purpose

Senior IT Architect reports to the Application Development Manager or Application Development Director. The candidate makes well-thought-out decisions on complex or ambiguous systems software engineering issues and ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency.

Position Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the high-level design plan for the overall logical and technical IT architecture.
• Provide technical leadership and consulting across the organization, from strategic decision making down to the project planning level.
• Demonstrate organizational commitment for all high-level infrastructure plans, and initiate and participate in projects to evaluate technologies and methods for implementing these plans.
• Fulfill the role as an execution leader in application software architecture and engineering.
• Design, develop, test, debug and implement complex operating system components, software tools, and utilities.
• Makes recommendations for modifications to existing software to fit specialized needs and configurations.
• Establishes, communicates and executes common goals and directions for teams and provides direction and guidance for technical staff.
• Integrate business-level processes and data within an enterprise and between organizations by linking applications, whether purchased or developed in-house, to better support business processes, reduce cycle times (or latencies), costs, and increase agility to respond quickly to new business opportunities.
  
  

Experience And Qualifications

• 10 years’ work experience in application and systems architecture.
• Proven experience in systems design and development.
• Strong understanding of information processing principles and practices.
• Solid grounding in core enterprise applications.
• In-depth technical knowledge of network, PC, and platform operating systems.
• Working technical knowledge of current systems software, protocols, and standards.
• Strong knowledge of hardware and software evaluation principles and practice.
  
  

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