Information Technology - Solution Architect Specialist

Job title: Information Technology - Solution Architect Specialist in McLean, VA at Genesis10
Company: Genesis10
Job description: Genesis10 is seeking a Solution Architect for a 6 month contract to hire position with a mortgage loan corporation located in McLean, VA. This is an onsite position.Summary:
The Multifamily Business Unit is seeking a portfolio lead to provide leadership and oversight associated with the Solutions Architecture for Business Applications. The candidate will be responsible for leading a number of highly visible initiatives to support Multifamily Business and Engineering teams. You will help your team through transformation into Agile Architecture and will align with the Modern Delivery methodology.Our Impact:

• Introduce the overall technical vision for a particular solution by defining and establishing the solution architecture
• Define High Level Solution Intent, target state architectures and their roadmaps for portfolio products by collaborating with Business Architects, CPOs, POs, CDL and other business and IT partners to ensure alignment in visions, goals and objectives
• Define and build reference architectures and architecture/design patterns to ensure consistent implementation of the architecture roadmaps
• Own and drive development and maintenance of detailed solution intent, product architecture for responsible ARTs (information, application, technology, security and deployment view points) that addresses functional and non-functional requirements and ensures alignment in implementation
• Leverage Generative AI, AI/ML capabilities, within Enterprise Governance bound to enhance Multifamily Business capabilities.
• Plan and Develop Architectural Runway in support of new business Features and Capabilities
• Identify solution alternatives and/or new technologies to meet new business needs or address existing business concerns, such as customer experience, operational efficiency, performance and cost effectiveness
• Participate in pre-deployment, deployment and post-deployment activities to ensure successful deployment
• Participate in incident resolution process to help trouble-shooting, identify issue resolution and impact assessments
• Build Reference Application/Implementation for reusability and accelerated adoption of new architectural standards/patterns
• Develop/Maintain Application Design pattern catalog

Your Impact:

• Collaborate with Business Architects, Chief Product Owner, Product Owner, Agile Coach to ensure Solution and Technical Architecture creation for a given requirement/feature/initiative
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and Risk & Security groups to ensure new and existing solutions are aligned with enterprise standards
• Partner with business and IT team members to drive product research, RFP/vendor interview from technical perspective and POCs activities for COTS solution in a buy decision and owns the responsibility to communicate business cases for TAWG/ARB approvals
• Work with development leads on design brainstorming and design review to ensure alignment with architecture, patterns and standards
• Work with ART members to resolve implementation issues from business or technical requirements, design, code, testing, to technology/platform

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience required; Advanced degree preferred
• 8-10+ years of experience in Solutions Architecture and Business Application development
• Prior Software development background
• 5+ years of relevant task management experience
• Hands-on and architectural experience with modern Cloud Native architectures is required, as well as, proven record of leading architects through organizational transformations
• 3+ years of relevant large-scale enterprise transformation experience as relates to architecture preferred
• Prior experience in the primary or secondary mortgage industry is desirable
• Deep knowledge of various enterprise level Platforms widely used in the industry preferred
• Extensive experience in Solution Architecture patterns such as micro-front ends, microservices, 12 factor applications etc.
• Experience to tools and technologies such Java 8/10, Spring and Spring Boot, REST API, AWS Managed EKS, Istio Service Mesh, Apigee API Gateway, AWS Native Services, SONAR, Gradle, Bitbucket, SAFE Methodology, CI/CD, Jenkin, Artifactory, Docker, Apache Kafka, Cloud Data Lake, Amazon MQ, OAuth 2.0, Microservices/APIs, Angular 10, Cypress, Data Governance using Collibra, Atlas MongoDB, AWS RDS, RedHat PAM for jBPM and Business Rules, Kialis, CloudFormation etc.

• Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Highly motivated and energetic self-starter with proven organizational and time management skills; tried experience operating at high standards of quality and accuracy within a fast paced changing environment
• Superb communication, leadership and relationship management skills, that enable partnering with and influencing key team members in an open, collaborative environment at all levels in an organization
• Technical and Architectural leadership with knowledge of both legacy and modern cloud based distributed systems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to succinctly present complex subject matter, specifically translating technology problems/solutions to business partners.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, apply today!Genesis10
Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF)
• Remote opportunities available

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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Location: McLean, VA
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