Solutions Architect
16 days ago
Ashburn
Job DescriptionDescription: C. Mack Solutions is seeking a Solution Architect to join our team. As a valued member of our Agile Scrum team, you will contribute to the delivery of high-quality software solutions that meet customers’ needs. Responsibilities: • Guiding agile teams in all aspects of application architecture including user interface, APIs, microservices, databases, and infrastructure, • Pursue new methods for fulfilling business requirements, including new tools, development strategies, and testing strategies, and evangelize solutions with multiple peers, • Maintain sound understanding of enterprise and program level architecture and align agile team solutions to wider enterprise standards, • Liaison with business analysts to understand business needs and develop solutions that meet business needs and comply with enterprise and program level architecture and standards, • Work with product architects, tech leads, and developers to create technical solutions within an established framework, • Propose and introduce new technology to peers and the project by executing proofs-of-concept, • Create and maintain architecture diagrams and data models, including dependency tracking, • Collaborate with the SecDevOps team to onboard new applications to the cloud-based infrastructure, • Evangelize the developed solution to tech leads to breakup stories into tasks and assist in completion of tasks in timely fashion, • Motivating developers, testers and creating a space where they can ask questions and voice their concerns., • Keep up to date with industry trends and developments, • Delegating tasks and ensuring all daily, sprint and release goals are achieved, • Performs Architecture design and reviews as required, ensuring initiatives are aligned with future state, • Designing solutions in a Multi-Tenant Cloud Architecture that will support legacy .NET, Java, and COTS client/server applications, • Identifies risks, opportunities, compliance issues or other architectural concerns, • Active participation in architecture meetings across the portfolio where you can propose your solutions with peers, • Develop product teams technical skills through mentoring, coaching, and peer reviews. U.S. Citizenship is required. Candidate must be able to obtain CBP Public Trust clearance. • 7+ years' overall experience in software development, including hands-on experience with programming, software design patterns, and architecture in a software architect or tech lead role., • A bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field., • Proficiency in multiple programming languages, such as Java, or JavaScript, and experience with various development frameworks and libraries, such as Angular, Spring, Hibernate., • Familiarity with design patterns, object-oriented programming (OOP), and other software design methodologies to create modular, scalable, and maintainable systems., • Professional experience operating within cross-functional teams and groups., • Knowledge of different software development processes, such as Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or DevOps, and their implications on architectural decisions., • Expertise in various architectural styles, such as client-server, microservices, event-driven, or layered architectures, and their trade-offs., • Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and understanding of distributed system concepts, including scalability, fault tolerance, and data consistency., • Knowledge of RESTful APIs and experience designing, implementing, and integrating APIs in a secure and efficient manner., • Familiarity with relational (e.g., Postgres) and NoSQL (e.g., DynamoDB, MongoDB) databases, data modeling, and data storage best practices., • Skills in analyzing and optimizing software performance, including profiling, benchmarking, and code optimization techniques., • Awareness of common software security vulnerabilities and strategies to mitigate them, such as input validation, secure coding practices, and encryption., • Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders., • Deep experience in our tech stack: Java 17, Spring/Spring boot, Typescript, UI state management, ORM such as Hibernate, PostgreSQL, nginx, Amazon AWS, • Having served in a technical lead role for one or more product teams., • Optional but beneficial certifications include AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect., • Having contributed to development of enterprise architecture and standards and ability to enforce these standards, • Experience in Continuous integration, Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) as well as SecDevOps processes and tools