Description RESPONSIBILITIES: Assists in the development, specification and communication of the technology architecture plans, the infrastructure components required to support it and in the integration of corporate, distributed and/or client server business area architectures.

COMPETENCIES: Development and maintenance of a business and system architecture for firm-wide operations.

Participates in system architecture studies of new and existing IT systems to permit development of integrated corporate, distributed and client server business systems, which operate at low cost levels.

Recommends the appropriate computer platform, workstations and communication linkage required to support specific related business processes and information flows.

Analysis and recommendation of new or different technologies which will enhance current systems and support overall corporate and business goals.

Document clearly and concisely architecture, analysis and design documentation in a highly professional standardized format.

Technical support to client and IT management to ensure development of efficient application systems utilizing established standards, procedures and SDLC methodologies.

Performs related duties as assigned or requested.

QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor degree in Computer Science or a related discipline with an advanced degree preferred and at least two, typically four or more years experience in information systems architecture methodologies, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Fully conversant in Systems Analysis & Design Methodology and Object Oriented Analysis & Design requires knowledge of systems architecture, good consultative and communications skills, the ability to work effectively with client and IT management and staffs.

Must have SOLID architectural design experience (10+ yrs) - NOT just development.

This is heavy design and the development experience is at the lower end of the architectural phase.

Ability to manage several different design projects at a time.

Must be organized.

Ability to provide architectural solutions to clients business problems, able to understand the problem and come up with the solution.

Must be articulate.

There is no specific platform/vertical, must be able to cover many different platforms.

If there experience leans more heavily to Unix, for example, that is fine, but they must be quick learners that can adapt to other areas.

NameAssociate Systems ArchitectDescriptionAbbott Laboratories is a global, broad-based $20 billion health care company devoted to the discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceuticals and medical products, including nutritionals, devices and diagnostics.

Abbott employs more than 60,000 people worldwide and markets its products in more than 100 countries.

Abbott is the largest employer in Lake County, IL, with 12,000 employees at its corporate headquarters, near Waukegan.

Acts as a senior technical lead and principal designer for application development or package selection and implementation efforts.

Provides comprehensive consultation to business units and IT management and staff at the highest technical level on all phases of application programming and process implementation for diverse development platforms, computing environments (eg host based, distributed systems, client server, software, hardware, technologies and tools, etc.). Responsible for translating functional specifications into application design specifications, including but not limited to the creation of application architectures, hardware and software configuration specifications, relational database schemas, and component/class specifications.

Interact closely with the Business Systems Analysts, the client user community, and IT management and staff to identify technical solutions, or a combination of available alternatives.

Coordinates and facilitates application design sessions with development staff.

Reviews all technical aspects of a software implementation effort, including the monitoring of technical deliverables for consistency and quality.

Performs related duties as assigned or requested.

Skills / Experience LevelAt least eight, typically ten or more years of solid, diverse work experience in IT with a minimum of six years experience in application development using structured methodologies, or its equivalent in education and work experience (total combined experience 8 -12 years).

Requires in-depth knowledge of systems development life cycle, client areas functions and systems, and technological alternatives in application design and development.

Must be competent to work at the highest level of all phases of system modeling and implementation.

Requires good communication skills, analytical ability, leadership skills, judgment and the ability to work effectively with client and IT management and staff.

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