Solution Architect

We are seeking a highly skilled Solution Architect to join our team at Ascend Learning. As a key member of our technology organization, you will play a critical role in aligning business processes, implementing, and architecting solutions that meet our strategic business, financial, and technology objectives.

• Provide technical leadership through architecture discussions, documentation, technical design, performing code reviews, providing guidance on building reusable components, and designing integrations
• Understand the business process; facilitate the discovery of entities, attributes, relationships, and business rules from functional experts and the user community
• Evaluate current environments, conduct research, recommend, and implement innovative designs that can enhance the reliability, security, productivity, and efficiency of systems
• Advocate for and embrace DevOps and CI/CD across the teams with a focus on scaling components and APIs horizontally, automated continuous deployment, version control, and monitoring
• Build trust and works collaboratively with all levels of the Tech and Ops organization, including engineering team, enterprise architecture team, business stakeholders, and executives

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience
• 4+ years of software architecture, design, and implementation with a variety of technologies
• 6+ years of cumulative experience implementing application-level solutions and architectures
• Must be able to produce clear documentation to convey architecture, development standards, roadmaps, and potential challenges to all both technical and non-technical resources
• Disciplined, dynamic and flexible to manage multiple projects and tasks, work effectively in a rapidly changing environment and meet ongoing and overlapping deadlines
• Strong collaboration abilities to work in alignment with enterprise architecture to align platform architecture to company platform standards
• Able to apply an entrepreneurial approach and passion to problem solving and product development

• Flexible and generous paid time off
• Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• 401(k) employer matching program
• Parental leave
• Wellness resources
• Charitable matching program
• Hybrid work
• On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington)
• Community outreach groups
• Tuition reimbursement

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from diverse candidates. No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.