Enterprise Architect

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.

We are seeking an Enterprise Architect for a 6 month contract (with a strong option to extend further).  This role can work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. and will be assisting with developing System Architecture Document, contextual and conceptual architecture views for the application(s), technology plan(s), architecture review & design, and security.   

Duties and responsibilitis: 

• Assess the current state of architecture and determine its future state with associated roadmap in order to support operations and technology objectives
• Strive to close technical debt and shrink technology footprint
•  Evolve the usage of architecture models and patterns, reference architectures, guidelines, etc. that serve as the critical input to build consistent and standardized solutions
• Work with multiple vendors to develop and implement specific aspects of the software and architectural solution. 
• Create an engaging and influencing set of procedures to help implement architecture governance processes
• Provide leadership and subject matter expertise in design and execution to meet both functional and non-functional requirements in alignment with overarching strategy and roadmap
• Oversight for all architecture changes for compliance with standards and alignment with guidelines and blueprints
• Work closely with senior leadership, enterprise/platform architects, tech leads, developers, scrum masters, product/program/project managers 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 operational goals, and communicate to agency and technology leadership

• 8+ years of leading software development teams, solutioning across multiple platforms and paradigms with agile process management, financial management, resource management, and demand management capabilities
• 5+ years of experience with running large/complex projects with multiple dependencies
• 2+ years related experience of SOAP/REST Web Services
• Preference for candidates with modernization experience using Mulesoft platform

Technical

• Professional and hands on experience in leading and building globally distributed, remote, Mainframe, Distributed and Cloud technology teams and tech stacks with high availability and reliability
• Strong technology affinity and experience, as well as attention to detail and the ability to design, execute against strategic goals
• Broad and deep knowledge of Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC), Continuous Integration/Delivery (CI/CD), Process Engineering (Technical), Portfolio/Program/Project Management processes and improvements, IT/software technology and trends, domain knowledge and experience in infrastructure support, application development, and cloud based application development, web services, middleware, operating systems, databases, networking, and security
• Leading and participating in complex, large scale, organizational acquisitions and integration efforts is a plus
• Experience leading legacy technology stack is a plus

Skills

• Enterprise Architecture
• TOGAF
• Cloud (AWS/AzureCloud/GCP)
• Software Architecture
• Arch Models (Viewpoints/4+1/IEEE42010)
• Arch Patterns (ADR-MVC/SOA/Microservices/Layers)
• Software Platforms (Java)
• Cloud Platforms (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS
• Software Development (SDLC/Agile
• Design Patterns (Domain-specific/Creational/Structural/Behavioral patterns)

This long term contract role can work remotely from anywhere within the U.S.