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West Monroe is looking for a Software Architect (Consultant) to join our Tech Transaction Services (TTS) Practice and focus on technology/software M&A due diligence projects. The architect will partner with other TTS consultants (Cloud, Cyber, etc.) and executive client stakeholders to lead tech assessments and advisory across a variety of industries, including Private Equity, High-Tech & Software, Healthcare, and Financial Services. As a technology agnostic firm, they will also have the chance to continuously expand their skillset while working with cutting edge tools, platforms, and frameworks. This is an exciting opportunity to work within our newly formed (but long existing) technology M&A practice area and lead strategic software environment and product due diligences, post-merger integrations, and carve-out advisory engagements.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Transaction Services consultants from other competencies (I.e. Cloud, Cybersecurity) in support of client M&A activity, and solve their business problems through analysis of existing technology systems, software applications, team operations, and business processes
- Assess underlying software/technology landscape within enterprise organizations to make recommendations to strategic investors on improving market readiness, achieving long-term scalability, and/or reducing operational cost
- Analyze contemporary, layered software application/architecture stacks down to the code level
- Evaluate SDLC processes, risks, and project management methodologies for best practices, security, and maturity levels
- Formulate strategic investment summaries, key risk mitigation analyses, and long-term technology-based strategy for both pre-close and post-close projects
- Establish the linkage between business strategy and technology (and vice versa) to deliver impactful outcomes
- Stay abreast of technology trends and their practical (or potential) application, and help clients understand the ‘art of the possible’ with innovative and disruptive technology solutions
- Support new business development with existing clients by identifying unique opportunities and liaising to appropriate client leads, account managers, or business developers
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field preferred, or equivalent experience required
- Consulting firm/industry experience preferred
- 6-11+ years of experience in software development/architecture, preferably at the enterprise level, with background in areas such as Microsoft .Net, Java with J2EE, JavaScript (React, Angular), and/or other common stacks like Python/Ruby/AWS
- Confident in recognizing and applying modern software design concepts such as separation of concerns, microservices, service-oriented architecture, test-driven development, model-driven development, etc.
- Awareness of contemporary and legacy software architectural patterns, styles, and respective tradeoffs
- Well-versed in complex business systems integration, migrations, and custom object-oriented design/development
- Preference for familiarity with application security, secure coding principles, DevSecOps, and/or secure SDLC
- Demonstrated experience leading technical engagements including proposal development, estimation, and day-to-day project management (time tracking, budgeting, status reporting, etc.)
- Strong sense of urgency with comfortability delivering solutions in fast-paced, dynamic environments
- Excellent critical thinking, leadership, communication, and project management skills
- Willingness to travel for out of town client engagements
Based on pay transparency guidelines, the salary range for this role can vary based on your proximity to one of our West Monroe offices (see table below). Information on our competitive total rewards package, including our bonus structure and benefits is here. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.
Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.
Seattle or Washington, D.C.
$205,900—$234,500 USD
Los Angeles
$211,000—$245,600 USD
New York City or San Francisco
$218,300—$256,800 USD
A location not listed above
$200,900—$223,300 USD
Based on pay transparency guidelines, the salary range for this role is listed below. Information on our competitive total rewards package, including our bonus structure and benefits is here. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.
Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.
Chicago
$200,900—$223,300 USD
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We’re a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients, delivering real-world solutions.
The combination of business and technology is not new, but how we bring them together is unique. We’re fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.
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