Sr Architect

Join the Team Making Possibilities Happen

If you've ever used an ATM, paid a bill through your phone, sent money to a friend or shopped online, chances are your transaction was safeguarded and processed using our software. Now it's your turn to serve the payment needs of organizations and people the world over.

Job Summary:

Responsible for synthesizing customer requirements, the technology stack, and the construction of ACI applications. Understand and refine product and customer business requirements. Translate business requirements into specific systems, applications or process design direction for ACI applications. Determine the best design patterns and application architecture for addressing business problems at hand. Lead the design and implementation phase including mentoring to Software Engineering staff. Ensures Best Practices across the organization in designated areas of expertise. Stay abreast of applicable technologies, contributing to the direction setting of a unified enterprise architecture. May also manage other Architecture and/or software development staff.

Job Responsibilities:

• Leads and directs a software architecture group. May select staff; conduct performance and salary reviews; mentor, coach and motivate staff; performs other human resource functions for the architecture group; and develop and manage budgets.
• Provides architectural and big picture oversight and creates Architectural Specification for the development of new or enhanced products and/or services.
• Identifies opportunities to implement and/or enforce compliance of ACI architectural standards, including Reference Architecture, into customer and product enhancement or development projects.
• Supports development and product teams by providing high-level analysis and design reviews, performance, scalability and benchmark test guidance, and subject matter expertise in technology and design.
• Plans, directs and maintains projects. Reviews work requests and estimates scope of projects. Plans the use of project resources. Assists Project Managers in the implementation and control of project schedules. Follows up to ensure goals were met.
• Researches and evaluates new technologies, design patterns, and software products to determine feasibility and desirability of incorporating their capabilities within the company's products.
• Maintains cross-product architectural knowledge, leveraging reuse of applicable technologies and techniques from other products into project product designs, where beneficial and appropriate.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Understand and adhere to all corporate policies to include but not limited to the ACI Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience required for the job:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years related experience, including but not limited to; technical product architecture and/or product development experience, design, architectural modeling, documentation experience using UML and experience with design patterns and understanding their applicability in solving engineering needs/goals

Work Environment:

• Standard office environment.
• Travel required; may be domestic or international.

Benefits: In return for your expertise, we offer growth, opportunity, and a competitive compensation and benefits package in a casual work environment.

Are you ready to help us transform the world of electronic payments? To learn more about ACI Worldwide, visit our web site at www.aciworldwide.com Job ID (Requisition #8662)

ACI Worldwide is an AA/EEO employer in the United States, which includes providing equal opportunity for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities, and an EEO employer globally

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