Application Architect

 Lifetouch National School Studios is the nation’s leader in school photography and associated products. We have over 70 years of business success and strong growth and are one of the largest employee-owned companies in the country with over 15,000 employees. Our Corporate Office in Eden Prairie is seeking an Applications Architect.  Provide application architectural consulting expertise, direction, and assistance to Technical Analysts, Application Engineers, Senior Database analysts and other Systems Architects. Collaborate with end users and senior management to define business requirements for complex systems development and gain buy-in for all infrastructure plans. Provide guidance and mentoring to junior members of the technical team. Provide hands on coding between 40 % - 60% depending on the size of the project. Document and develop in-depth knowledge of assigned domain architecture, hardware and network infrastructure, and technology portfolio. Develop, document, make recommendations, and communicate plans for investing in application infrastructure, including analysis of cost reduction opportunities. Overall technical implementation and quality of assigned projects and technical domain.Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS or Business Administration. Eight to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Candidate should have application development experience with an object oriented language such as Java or C#. Experience should include web development framework tools such as Spring Web Flow, Struts, JSF, and JMS.  Ability to mentor and lead other technical team members without having direct supervision responsibility.Please send resume, cover letter and salary requirements to lnssjobs@lifetouch.com  Equal Opportunity Employer  Job Requirements Required Education Bachelor's Degree Required Experience 7+ to 10 Years   For your privacy and protection, when applying to a job online: Never give your social security number to a prospective employer, provide credit card or bank information, or perform any sort of monetary transaction.