IT Solutions Architect

  • Full-time

Company Description

ClientSolv Technologies is an IT solution firm with over a decade of experience serving Fortune 1000 companies, public sector and small to medium sized companies. ClientSolv Technologies is a woman-owned and operated company that is certified as a WMBE, 8a firm by the Federal government's Small Business Administration.

Job Description

We are seeking a Solutions Architect for a direct hire/permanent role.  This role will be based in the Denver Tech Center and will need to work onsite/ in-office Monday through Friday in a highly collaborative environment (no remote options available). 

 

In this role,  you will survey the technology landscape and guide the evolution of the current environment to support future capabilities and requirements. You will be a part of the team that plans the technology to ensure capacity and scalability as demand and usage evolves. 

 

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in architecture, software engineering, helping large-scale delivery efforts in a fast-paced, agile environment and must be capable of influencing across the enterprise and partnering with, technology leadership and business stakeholders to drive product vision and execution. The role requires a deep understanding of industry trends and create enterprise technology strategy, standards, best practices, and architecture governance.
 

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

  • Assess the current state of architecture and determine its future state with associated roadmap in order to support the business and technology objectives
  • Develop and provide prescriptive guidance for establishing consistency in service design & API specifications
  • Evolve the usage of Architecture Patterns, Building Blocks, Reference architectures, Guidelines, etc. that serve as the critical input to building consistent and standardized solutions
  • Work closely with Sr Leadership, tech leads, development/SDET engineers, scrum masters, and project management to ensure that all stakeholders have the necessary direction and feedback to deliver product features at regular intervals, on-time, and with high-quality
  • Understand and align with business goals, and communicate to senior business and technology leadership is an essential component of the role
  • Have a passion for emerging technologies and be capable of influencing and inspiring the organization in developing innovative solutions that meet business needs
  • Create an engaging and influencing set of guidance to help implement architecture governance processes
  • Partner with business product partners, technology owners and domain architects
  • Provider leadership and subject matter expertise in design and execution to meet both functional and non-functional requirements in alignment with overarching strategy and roadmap.
  • Ensure technical integrity and consistency of the solution
  • Understand/interpret solution requirements and align architecture & design to target state
  • Oversight for all architecture changes for compliance with standards and alignment with guidelines and blueprints
  • Mentor and guide development teams & tech leads
  • Key deliverables will include, but not limited to, developing System Architecture Document (SAD), Contextual and conceptual views for the application(s), Technology plan(s), Architecture review & design, Code reviews, API & Security Champion

Qualifications

Education

  • BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience

Skills & Experience

  • At least 10 years of software architecture experience focusing with diverse experience in various architecture domains (business, application, data, infrastructure & security)
  • Strong customer focus and architecture management mindset
  • Experience developing architecture guidance that is engaging for the audience with attention to the details
  • Strong track record of technology leadership, architecting solutions, and influencing
  • Full life cycle experience in application development, deployment and operations
  • Leadership qualities which engineers recognize and respect
  • Ability to work under stress and exercise good judgment
  • Broad knowledge of Web technologies: languages, frameworks, techniques, industry trends, etc
  • Experience in working with both IT leadership and technology staff to provide the right level of guidance and help to achieve delivery objectives
  • Keen understanding of services-oriented architectures and their evolution through the years
  • Experience in building and delivering strategy presentations to senior executives
  • Familiarity with Enterprise architecture management tools such as Application Portfolio Management and Enterprise Architecture frameworks, (such as TOGAF), artifacts they prescribe and the relationships amongst them
  • Knowledge of the principles, costs, models, standards and best practices of Technology Management, IT functions, processes and projects.
  • 5+ years architecting scalable, highly-available technical solutions on Java/Python; Web, UI/UX, JavaScript Frameworks (Angular, React), SQL Server, NoSQL databases (MongoDB), AWS, Microservices
  • Experience architecting, modernizing and developing cloud-based or cloud-ready omnichannel platforms, responsive/adaptive web design and iOS & Android mobile experience strongly preferred
  • Experience with Agile development, TDD/BDD, CI/CD and Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence, GitLab) preferred
  • Experience with distributed systems and micro-services, and understanding of data distribution strategies
  • Understanding of architectural tradeoffs and ability to communicate decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Additional Information

This direct hire/permanent role will be located in the Denver Tech Center and will need to work onsite/ in-office Monday through Friday in a highly collaborative environment (no remote options available).