Solutions Architect
Westchester, IL

Job Description

Insurance Auto Auctions is searching for a Solutions Architect to join the team at our corporate headquarters in Westchester, IL

Founded in 1982, Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. is one of the leading North American salvage auto auctions. We have exclusive focus on the automotive total-loss industry and over 150 corporate owned facilities across the United States and Canada. We provide Sellers and Buyers with the best solution to process and acquire total-loss, recovered-theft, fleet lease, dealer trade-in and collision damaged rental vehicles.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to the following):

* Creates overall design for projects and common design principles
* Makes proposals and contributes to the technical architecture and solution design
* Conducts or participates in POC exercises for complex issues
* Facilitates tool selection by providing feedback
* Provides technical expertise to resolve escalated incidents for the team
* Leads and makes significant contributions in the creation of department coding standards and standard operating procedures
* Provides effort and duration estimation for combined deliverables for the team, creates development plan
* Reviews technical design for team assigned tasks, identifies opportunities for common and reusable components
* Works with the involved parties from QA and business teams to facilitate test plans and prepare environments
* Designs measures for incident prevention



Technical Requirements

* Knowledge of .NET, JavaScript, and front-end web application frameworks
* Understand inner workings of the Windows operating system
* Competency in modeling using tools such as Visual Studio and Visio
* Hands-on experience with software architectures such as SOA, Onion, MVVM, SPA
* Hands-on experience with low-level troubleshooting
* Hands-on experience with Azure and/or Amazon cloud technologies



Education/Qualifications

* B.S., B.A. in computer science, engineering or a related discipline
* Minimum (5) years' experience in application development and 2 years' solution architecture
* Strong knowledge base of general concepts, practices and procedures associated with application architecture



In return for your excellent skills and abilities, we offer a benefits package including: health insurance, 401K, STD/LTD, Life Insurance/AD&D, paid holidays and vacations.

IAA is committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship status, or marital status.

IAA is a drug-free workplace.