Senior Solution Architect Needed
Location: Washington, D.C. (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
The Senior Solution Architect plays a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction of software applications, encompassing workflows, processes, and system integrations. This position involves close collaboration with various stakeholders, guiding development teams, providing expert consultation on application requirements, and overseeing development phases to optimize business operations. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with deep expertise in application architecture and complex platform solutions, capable of designing robust, multi-faceted systems that deliver maximum business value.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with business leaders, stakeholders, and senior technology teams to identify business challenges, define application needs, and ensure the creation of strategic roadmaps that align with organizational objectives.
- Lead discovery sessions to uncover critical business challenges and goals.
- Develop and implement comprehensive application plans for both new and existing systems.
- Present application models and prototypes, integrating user feedback into design iterations.
- Create and maintain scripts and code for application installations and updates.
- Provide mentorship to application developers and offer technical support to end-users as needed.
- Conduct diagnostic tests and perform debugging procedures to ensure system integrity.
- Manage application integration, ongoing maintenance, upgrades, and migrations.
- Document development processes, procedures, and architectural standards.
- Ensure the scalability, reliability, and availability of application architectures.
- Design and develop user-centric applications with optimized interfaces across diverse systems, ensuring alignment with architectural patterns, user needs, and required functionalities.
- Assess the interactions and interfaces between applications, databases, and middleware to identify functional gaps and address potential issues.
- Perform in-depth analysis to resolve operational limitations in application interactions.
- Establish clear architectural guidelines and goals for the organization.
- Oversee the software design process, conducting thorough reviews to ensure consistency, quality, and adherence to enterprise-wide standards.
- Evaluate risks and identify defects by analyzing detailed specifications.
- Collaborate closely with development and technical teams to implement solutions that meet established architectural goals and standards.
- Delegate programming and development tasks effectively as needed.
- Generate and update comprehensive documentation on system features, interfaces, and underlying infrastructure.
- Provide expert recommendations on technical resources and development strategies.
- Conduct ongoing research to identify emerging trends in application architecture and integrate them into ongoing development projects.
- Prepare detailed technical reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Demonstrated experience designing and developing large-scale enterprise applications in roles such as technical development lead, solution architect, application architect, or enterprise architect.
- Exceptional ability to articulate complex technical concepts in understandable business language and translate business requirements into technical specifications.
- Proven experience aligning application development with overarching business requirements.
- Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize effectively.
- Superior collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively within a team, resolve complex problems, and influence others to achieve optimal solutions.
- In-depth understanding of object-oriented design principles.
- Demonstrated ability to proactively identify and recommend robust solutions for security concerns.
- Solid project management skills with a proven track record of successfully driving projects to completion, ensuring stakeholder satisfaction, and delivering excellent service.
- Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities and effectively manage multiple deadlines.
- A detail-oriented team player who consistently offers valuable suggestions and solutions for software development, usage, and maintenance.
- Ability to document process flowcharts and effectively map business ideas to practical technical solutions.
- Working knowledge of various sequential design processes and modeling methodologies.
- Experience working in Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid project environments.
- Proficiency in standard office productivity tools, including diagramming and project management software.
- Strong knowledge of technical best practices and industry standards.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise confidentiality and sound judgment when handling sensitive information.
- Unequivocal commitment to the highest standards of personal and professional ethics and conduct.
- Guided by core values, committed to the mission, and a pleasure to collaborate with.
Requirements
Preferences- Seven years of experience with platform implementation, configurations, and customization.
- Seven years of experience designing, developing, and deploying technology solutions.
- Five years of experience in platform Solutions, Architecture Design/Development Methodologies.
- Five years of experience as an analyst in a technology environment utilizing software design processes and methodologies.
- Three years of experience with SQL queries and SQL reporting services.
Certifications & Licensure
Preferences- Application Architect Credential OR Integration Architect Certification.
