Job Description
Our Direct Client is seeking an experienced, full-time, on-site, dedicated Candidate, with skills and expertise as described in below requirement.

Responsibilities:
The Solutions Architect will be tasked with gathering and assessing business and technical requirements, offering technological solutions, conducting product research, providing technical roadmaps, and serving as technology consultant in Enterprise strategic planning. Duties include ensuring solutions are in line with the agency’s mission/objectives; staying educated on IT trends and competitive advances in technology; and educating the IT department on new frameworks, platforms and best practices.

Required Skills and Experience:

1. Required 5 years - Experience in systems design, programming, implementation and integration of complex distributed IT solutions (e.g. cloud, distributed systems or high-performance computing)
2. Required 5 years - Broad, domain level architectural understanding of: Modern Application Architecture, Cloud Computing, DevSecOps, IT Infrastructure, Network, IT Governance, IT Security
3. Required 5 years - Hands-on development experience with rules engine
4. Required 5 years - Experience with databases, data lakes, data modeling and data analytics with products such as PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Elasticsearch, Elk, and/or Qlik
5. Required 5 years - Experience with architecting security designs in compliance with security regulations such as NIST, IRS, PCI, or HIPAA
6. Required 5 years - Experience working in cross-functional software engineering teams that incorporate software developers, QA, and product managers
7. Required 5 years - Experience gathering business and systems requirements and identifying gaps
8. Required 5 years - Experience with Mobile architecture design
9. Required 5 years - Experience with Agile and other SDLC methodologies
10. Required 5 years - Experience with Cloud architecture and design (Azure, Google, AWS)
11. Required 5 years - Knowledge of hyper-converged technology, containerization, and serverless services
12. Preferred 2 years - Hold one or more Cloud certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or Microsoft Azure Architect Design and/or equivalent work experience
13. Preferred 2 years - Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering; Master’s degree a plus and/or equivalent work experience
14. Preferred 2 years - Experience developing systems in state government and/or the financial industry
15. Preferred 2 years - Experience with designing API framework or integration service bus with products like MuleSoft