Role Overview & Responsibilities
Job Posting End Date
04-30-2024
Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.
Job
Summary
Part of a larger team delivering technology solutions to address business problems and opportunities. Focus on translating specific business
requirements into technical solution architectures including application architecture, integration architecture, data architecture, and non-functional
requirements around supportability, resiliency, security, etc. Translate general business
requirements and business trends in architecture patterns and technology ecosystems including data center architecture, application architecture patterns, integration architecture patterns, technology standards, non-functional technical
requirements, and computing paradigms.
Job Description
Essential Job Functions
Collaborate with AEP architectural standards team and other technology architects to create architecture and design plans for enhancements to existing application. Design solutions to migration and scale solutions from older technology to cloud-based or on-premises solutions. Tactical implementation of modern architecture and design, be hands-on leading the technology team. Inspire thought leadership in the team. Ensure solution achieves the needed objectives and timelines. Influence a team of developers to solution a high-quality application based on strong architecture and design principles. Hands-on and comfortable looking at code to understand existing flows, rules, and design. Take initiative to explore, prototype, or even implement solutions to help drive technical decision making.Define, communicate, and implement design/coding standards for distributed services, cloud-based solutions. Present solutions to Architecture Review Board (ARB) for design review approvals. Participate in design initiatives (drive discussions, produce artifacts) and publish or present ideas to gain buy-in from leadership. Under limited supervision, participates in all aspects of application delivery.Works closely with the developers and other project team members on low to medium scale assignments of minimum to medium risk. Gather and analyze user
requirements.Generate conceptual design and develop implementation strategies.
Minimum
Requirements
Architect (SG7)
Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field is required.
Experience: 3 years of relevant work
experience is required.
An Equivalent Combination Of
education and related
experience may be considered.
Architect Sr. (SG8)
Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field is required.
Experience: 6 years of relevant work
experience is required.
An Equivalent Combination Of
education and related
experience may be considered.
Preferred
Requirements
Experience
Excellent Written And Oral Communication
skills and demonstrated ability to interact with all technical and non-technical members of the organization. 5+ year
experience as an architect / developer, building complex, resilient and highly scalable applications deployed in geographically distributed data centers and on public cloud platforms. Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, SDLC Methodologies including system architecture design.
Education
Technology Related Degree
Compensation
Architect (SG7): $81,777-$102,224
Architect Senior (SG8): $92,377-$120,089
Compensation Data
Compensation Grade
Sp20-007
Compensation Range
$83,413.00-104,267.50 Usd
Candidates Will Be Considered Based On Their
qualifications and the candidate’s ability to work from an approved work
location. Although the
location is flexible, AEP does not have a presence in all states and localities. The following
locations are NOT currently approved for this position: AK, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IA, ID, KS, MA, ME, MS, MT, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, RI, SD, UT, VT, WY, US Territories or international work
locations. AEP will consider qualified candidates who are willing to relocate to an approved work
location, at the candidate’s expense, provided the re
location can be completed within a timeframe that meets AEP’s staffing needs. NOTE: All remote work
locations require vetting and final approval prior to offer and/or start date. Any work
locations listed as preferred or unapproved relate specifically to the
requirements for this position and are not necessarily applicable to other posted positions.
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