About Blackbaud:

Leading uniquely at the intersection point of technology and social good, Blackbaud provides software, services, expertise, and data intelligence that empowers and connects people to advance the social good movement. We serve the entire social good community, which includes nonprofits, foundation, corporations, education institutions, and the individual change agents who support them. We work with over 35,000 organizations, helping them realize their goals, fund their missions, manage their operations, and develop long-lasting supporter relationships.  Our customers are passionate about making the world a better place, and we’re inspired by the opportunity to help them.

Architects ensure that systems are built in a way that best meets functional requirements as well as service qualities (Performance, scalability, extensibility etc).  They review and improve on existing systems, making use of new technologies and methodologies for continual improvement for existing systems and provide high level guidance and direction on project work, making sure that new projects fit in with an overall strategic vision.

Key activities that will ensure client and project success include:

• Very good working knowledge of the business and technology.
• Ability to understand the business requirements from the customer and convert them to technical or solution design.
• Creation of a technical specification and base work product off of a business requirement document.
• Work with client and project team to design, scope, build, test, and deliver custom parts and reports as necessary to achieve client business objectives within budget, with quality, and on time.
• Stay current on latest and greatest tools and technologies and bring the best tools and past experience into the organization. 
• Draft user stories, use cases, and test cases in support of development efforts
• Alert to opportunities for product or process improvements.
• Proactively communicates the need for fixes or changes in an effort to keep small problems from becoming big problems.
• Engage with Sustained Engineering, IT and R&D as the business representative when solutions require their input.
• Continually focuses on achieving positive, concrete results contributing to Blackbaud’s business success.
• Manage client interactions and prioritize tasks for multiple concurrent projects
• Investigates and acts to meet customers’ current and future needs. 
• Demonstrates personal initiative and independent motivation to achieve goals and objectives
• Emerging ability to drive hard conversation to conclusion both internally and with clients, engaging others in active, open and productive dialogue.
• Ability to modify and shift behavior as situations or objectives evolve.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to influence across various channels and audiences

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or 1-3 years of experience in a related field
• Experience in one or more architecture fields (technology, application, data, business) desirable
• Experience in programming concepts, database design, and SQL
• Experience in architectural modeling and modeling tools a plus
• Knowledge of Blackbaud products and the non-profit industry are a plus

Why you’ll want to come work here: 

• Competitive salary (commission/bonus based on type of role), 4 weeks paid time off, great benefits (medical, dental, vision, FSA), 401K match
• Gift matching, volunteer for vacation program, and endless community involvement opportunities
• Named to Forbes’ Fast Tech 25 and Fortune’s Change the World List; we are growing and offer incredible opportunity for advancement
• Tremendous company culture and office perks like onsite gym, free snacks, café, and cutting-edge new headquarters to be completed in 2018
• Check us out for yourself on The Muse!

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Blackbaud is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

To all recruitment agencies: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.