Application Architect

I have an opportunity for "Application Architect" and looking for a candidate who can join Immediately if you are interested reply me with your updated resume or consultant's contact details and if you could refer someone i really appreciate it.

Job Title : Application Architect

Location : Bethesda, MD

Duration : 12 Months Contract

Need 10+ Years of EXP Candidates

Job Description

This hands-on role requires a highly motivated and experienced application architect with pride of ownership reflected through clean architecture design, code quality and disciplined software development approach. The candidate will be expected to do both application programming as well as application design and architecture.

Responsibilities
Works with architects, project managers and project sponsors to provide enterprise applications to specific business problems and issues across many domains
Provide technical and architectural leadership in developing and transforming Client's global online products cutting across technologies and deployment models
Create product and technology application designs aligned with target state architectural vision and modernization efforts to meet business goals
Provide architectural guidance and governance to development teams to build scalable and maintainable applications, adhere to Enterprise Architecture technology roadmaps, and minimize technical debt
Participate in product development activities such as architecture, design, prototyping, implementation and review. Takes full responsibility for the balance between functional requirements, service quality and systems management requirements for Client's online products
Manages the portfolio of applications' target design, policies and standards, working proactively to maintain a stable, viable architecture and ensure consistency of design across projects
Evaluates design approaches, makes architectural recommendations, and implements improvements
Identifies technology gaps and issues in the current systems and develops remediation strategies and roadmaps to align to target state architecture
Leads application system design review activities (as part of Architectural Review Board) to ensure the application architecture is scalable and consistent with overall architectural vision and design principles
Drives adoption of and adherence to relevant policies, standards, strategies and architectures
Reviews current changes to and proposed new applications for compliance with obligations (including legislation, regulatory, contractual and agreed standards/policies) and adherence to overall EA strategy
Prepares and presents project documentation for the architecture review board (ARB)
Develop design patterns and/or reusable software components that enable software teams to develop high-quality software applications
Lead and coordinate the application, data and technical discussions relative to future architecture direction across different business unit owners or product portfolios
Actively maintains recognized expert level knowledge in Object Oriented languages (Java/J2EE) and cloud hosting vendor (AWS) infrastructure components
Takes responsibility for understanding client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution
Develop and define software technology roadmaps in collaboration with senior engineering, product management, peer architecture groups, and service leaders
Communicate technology strategy in a simple, effective and understandable manner to business leaders and engineers
Mentor and develop software engineers and help them grow technically on emerging technology trends as well as domain

Qualifications

Note: Open to candidates with less experience than what is listed in the qualifications.
Bachelor's degree required in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
10+ years of hands-on experience in Object Oriented software design and development.
7+ years hands-on experience in Java/J2EE software development.
Expert knowledge and experience in Java/J2EE microservices and web services
2+ years hands-on experience on AWS platform. Experience in AWS practices, building and operating web applications using services such as AWS EKS, Lambda, EMR, CloudFormation and MSK, and a well-grounded knowledge of engineering and continuous delivery practices
Strong experience in designing and developing Application Architectures in a hybrid cloud environment involving Java/J2EE and web services hosted on AWS
Strong experience participating in the software development lifecycle leveraging the latest methodologies and industry applicable technologies, fluent in Java/J2EE and AWS components
Strong ability to design, code and debug Java applications on AWS
Strong API and RESTful web services development experience, JSON, XML
Experience in design of service-oriented architectures (SOA) including microservices and self-contained systems
Strong experience in XML, Java/J2EE, JavaScript, Kubernetes, Docker, VMWare
Ability to work in a collaborative and fast paced agile environment to evangelize best practices and clean architectures
Ability to communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
Proven record of delivering technology solutions within agreed upon time frames for high-profile web applications
Skilled communicator and negotiator with exceptional written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with all level of staff to determine system requirements, processes and data flows

Preferred
2+ years of agile software development frameworks (e.g. Scrum, Kanban)
2+ years of mobile app development
1+ years of enterprise architectural frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, FEA, Zachman)
Experience in developing Microservices architecture
Experience in Architecture Refactoring and Modernization
Experience in Mobile App development and architecture
Experience or knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
Knowledge of low-code platforms such as Pega Systems
Knowledge of enterprise architecture repositories such as Bizz Design or ArchiMate
Knowledge of ITIL, TOGAF is a plusBest Regards

Syed Imran

Sr Technical Recruiter



NAVTECH INC

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