Solutions Architect

Immediate Opening

Title: Solutions Architect

Location: Richmond, VA, United States (Occasionally onsite / Candidate must be able to come to Richmond, VA to pick up laptop)

Interviews: Webcam

Job Type: Contract

Job Duration: Approx. 12+ months (Possible longer extensions)

Client: Public Sector Direct Client

Tax Term: W2 or Corp to Corp

Job Description:

Create overall application and solution architectures, component designs, and systems integration and implementations for a particular business solution.

Lead efforts in defining, documenting, and estimating the following for enterprise applications.

Capture requirements for data, workflow, logical processes, hardware and operating system environment, on- prem, hybrid and cloud topologies, interfaces with other systems, internal and external checks and controls, system inputs and output.

Collaborate with other IT staff to assess business needs and requirements and translate them into automated solutions

Produce relevant solution design artifacts including but not limited to technical estimates, conceptual, logical, and physical system designs, sequence diagrams, and data models

Coordinate new system development to ensure it is consistent and well-integrated with existing application systems and COTS solutions

Collaborate with Business areas and cross- functional Enterprise Architects to fully understand business needs and provide strategic consultation

Partner with architects, other technical team members and to develop roadmaps and strategies to support agency KPIs

Design/Implement Enterprise Security/technology Patterns

Consult with teams as needed on initiatives and provide tactical direction as well as provide architecture considerations on legacy solutions

Qualifications:

Experience with SAFe architecture and proven work experience with Agile/Scrum teams.

Proven experience in developing enterprise and solution level architectural designs.

Proven experience in overseeing the linking of cross-functional applications between disparate business units and systems.

Experience with business and technical requirements analysis, business process modeling/mapping, methodology development, and data mapping.

Competency with XML constructs and schemas.

Confidence and experience with API protocols and schemas such as SOAP and REST.

Strong understanding of end-user needs and requirements.

C#, Web Services (WCF, Web API), jQuery, T-SQL, PL/SQL, etc.) within both on-premises and cloud environments.

Hands-on experience with Angular / Blazor or any similar front-end technologies.

Hands-on experience with project online API's

Experience with Microservices architecture, Azure Architecture, Domain driven architecture.

Experience with Azure native application development, Azure App Services, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Container instances, Kubernetes & Containers (Docker), Azure Integration Services (Logic Apps, API Management, Service Bus & Event Grid) ,Azure SQL Database, Azure Web Jobs, SQL Server IaaS, Azure Monitoring and Application Insights

Knowledge and experience with configuration management and automation technologies such as Azure Devops, PowerShell, Terraform, Chef, and ARM Templates

Skill Matrix:

Skill
Required
Amount of Experience
Experience

Experience in enterprise-level application design and integration
Required
5
Years

Experience in cloud applications (Azure Preferred)
Required
5
Years

Experience in SaaS (Software as a Service) architecture
Required
5
Years

Experience with integration architecture
Required
5
Years

Experience with Agile methodologies (SAFe and Scrum)
Required
5
Years

Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform
Required
2
Years

Experience with Esri ArcGIS
Nice to have
2
Years