Architect, Application Cover Letter

In response to your job posting for architect, application, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for support to software design management and engineers throughout the project cycle to ensure development of efficient architecture utilizing established standards, procedures and methodologies.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Some Business process modeling
• Serve as the senior architect on a given full Software Development Life Cycle project, developing and maintaining application architecture throughout the project
• May include leading proof-of-technology activities
• Active, recent experience in solutions architecture –
• Modeling solutions, negotiating business requirements, vendor evaluations, driving lead developers
• Executive communication – Translating IT solutions to business benefits
• Provide leadership in the development and adherence to all application standards, application portfolio strategy, service level agreements, and processes (i.e., Walk through and Approval processes, Program/System documentation, Status Reporting, Escalation, Change Management, Problem Management, Software Development Methodology)
• Selection of structural elements and their interfaces, by which a system is composed

In response to your job posting for architect, application, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for thought leadership to leverage available tool suites to enhance and improve APM processes throughout the application development life cycle as well as production monitoring.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Understanding of the life insurance business and financial services
• Work experience in applying TOGAF and/or enterprise architecture frameworks within an organization
• Proven experience in service-oriented architectures including ESB, service registries, SOAP, XML, web services, BPEL, integration design patterns, and governance
• Strong working knowledge of mainframe systems
• Strong working knowledge of software development methodologies including RUP, Agile, Extreme Programming, SDLC, and Waterfall
• Understanding of information technology security, confidentiality and privacy practices and regulations
• Experience refactoring cloud migrations for medium to large-scale applications from legacy platform to a micro-services based future state platform
• Experience with AngularJS/nodeJS or similar is important

I am excited to be applying for the position of architect, application. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for subject matter expertise in the software development landscape including languages, repositories, IDE (Integrated development environment), content management, web and application platforms, mobility, containers application level security and API development.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Experience with clients to document requirements by conducting interviews and facilitating JAD sessions
• Experience in leading small technical teams
• Understand business behavior patterns and patterns of information and technology and how they work together to enable the business to achieve their strategic and tactical goals
• Excellent influencing and consultative skills
• Hands-on, extensive experience with Finance, HR, Legal, IT, Lead-to-Cash, Customer Relationship Management, Product Lifecycle Management, and Customer 360 applications Enterprise workflow and integration technologies
• Knowledge and experience with modern design patterns for web applications
• Portfolio that demonstrates interaction design — solve complex interaction problems
• Experience using tools like InVision, Axure, Sketch, Visio, Omnigraffle, Proto.io for quick wireframing and prototyping

In response to your job posting for architect, application, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for training for application development and support teams on newly implemented coding techniques, reporting frameworks and other application frameworks including promoting code reuse.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Experience in UI frameworks and technologies
• Exposure to WPF and cloud computing technologies
• Knowledge across all technology components that include web/mobile user interface, middleware micro services, cloud and back-end legacy system/database integration
• Extensive knowledge of project management techniques and methodologies
• Proficiency in PowerBuilder 11.5 or higher
• Proficiency in Oracle SQL 11g or higher
• Considerable experience with automated systems development life cycle concepts and procedures
• Knowledge of supervisory and human resources concepts and procedures specifically pertaining to staff management and development, employment, employee relations, and performance management

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the architect, application position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for architectural consulting expertise, training, direction, and assistance to extended architecture team for EA frameworks and methodologies.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Low latency software techniques
• Proficient with system testing and debugger tools
• Scripting knowledge of BASH and Perl or Python
• Understanding of Boost libraries and software systems design
• C++11 commercial experience in technical design, development and implementation
• Proven knowledge of software technologies, application architecture and infrastructure (including servers, storage, firewalls, load balancers, routers, etc)
• Track record in the “Avaloq-World”
• Experience in a professional senior technical role such as technical lead, team lead, architect, or other hands on leadership role ideally for a major consultancy or system integrator