Chief Solutions Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Provide comprehensive technical leadership and architectural governance for an application maintenance and modernization initiative.

• Act as the primary technical authority for all project teams involved.

• Establish and uphold enterprise architecture standards.

• Facilitate the modernization process from legacy on-premise systems to AWS cloud services.

• Ensure that technical choices correspond with immediate operational demands and long-term strategic goals.

• Collaborate effectively with government technical leaders.

• Review and sanction significant architectural decisions.

• Oversee the management of technical risks.

• Ensure that solutions adhere to federal security standards and agency enterprise architecture guidelines.

• Enhance solutions for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional certification.

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in one or more architecture domains (e.g., business architecture, solutions architecture, application architecture).

• Advanced proficiency and experience in one or more contemporary programming languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript including AngularJS, Python, Rust, Go, or PHP).

• Experience in defining the architecture of cloud-deployed applications (AWS preferred).

• Expertise in service-oriented architecture, web services, and Application Programming Interfaces.

• Proven experience in establishing and promoting SecDevOps best practices within large teams, including AI-assisted code development.

• Experience in creating legacy modernization and migration technical roadmaps for large-scale applications.

• Experience in developing applications using service-oriented, microservice, and/or API-based architectures at an enterprise level.

• Familiarity with event-driven applications that utilize queues, service buses, and other related patterns.

• Proven track record in collaborating closely with technical leads, engineering teams, and architecture stakeholders regarding technical issues and architecture framework capabilities for other development teams.

• Ability to articulate technically complex features in straightforward language for leadership.

• Experience with AI RAG/LLM implementations and the successful application of agentic AI to expedite software development.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Retirement savings plan with company match.

• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.

• Flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.