Solution Application Architect

Pay Rate Range: $53.57 - 55.14/hr. GBaMS ReqID: 10752872

I am seeking a Solution Application Architect in my Risk| Legal| Compliance| and Learning Systems (RLCLS) Domain. Below is the job description summary. Candidate should be a strong onsite DFW local and will partner with the domain leadership| factory teams| and business stakeholders. Candidate bill rate should align with DT Factory TM rate card*** Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and Design: Partner with tech leads to design integration patterns for Third-Party SaaS platforms| internal systems| and external partners. Develop end to end solution proposals that cover functional design| data flows| security| and operational requirements. Create and maintain architecture diagrams| interface catalogs| and technical specifications. Conduct Buy versus Build analysis that compares architecture fit| cost factors| implementation effort| and long term maintainability.
• Third-Party SaaS and Platform Capabilities: Assess Third-Party SaaS platform capabilities against business needs and integration requirements. Map technical features of existing and proposed Third-Party SaaS solutions to domain use cases. Review vendor roadmaps and highlight risks or gaps relevant to compliance sensitive processes. Provide architectural oversight for configuration| customization| and data extraction strategies.
• Technical Leadership: Demonstrated ability to work with enterprise architecture team and contributing to developing and realizing the target state. Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams| ensuring all organizational architecture standards| patterns frameworks| and industry best practices in architecture and design are followed. Capable of performing occasional code reviews and providing guidance on coding best practices. Be a thought leader on identifying and developing new standard patterns| solution building blocks| and best practices to enable efficient solution design and delivery.
• Solution Level Architecture Support: Maintain an end-to-end domain level architecture landscape views - logical| security| and deployment diagrams - current state and target state landscape views. Develop and maintain OKR / Project level solution architecture and design - logical| security| and deployment arch views diagrams, low level solution design, ensuring compliance with NFR and other solution patterns.
• Integration and Data Architecture: Define integration approaches using APIs| event streams| ETL pipelines| and workflow automation. Validate data models| data quality requirements| and retention standards for regulated domains. Work with security partners to align designs with access control models| audit needs| and data privacy requirements.
• Governance and Standards: Constructively challenge enterprise architecture recommendations when alternatives provide better outcomes for the business and the enterprise. Align design proposals with engineering standards| cloud patterns| and operational practices. Support architecture reviews| risk assessments| and technical approvals.
• Collaboration and Delivery Support: Work with Scrum teams to guide architecture during refinement| sprint planning| and technical decisions. Provide solution oversight through development| testing| and release planning. Communicate architecture choices| trade offs| and impacts to business and technical stakeholders.
• Documentation: Create and maintain high-quality technical documentation that supports the development process| including architecture decision records| design specs| system architecture diagrams| and reusable patterns.
• Solution Governance: Presenting and obtaining approval on solution design from governance bodies.

Top 3 Required Skills:

• Architect and Design
• Third-Party SaaS and Platform Capabilities
• Technical Leadership

Top 3 Preferred Skills:

• 8+ years in software engineering| 4+ years in solution architecture for enterprise systems.
• Proven record designing end to end solutions across Third-Party SaaS apps| custom apps| and integrations.
• Strong at translating business goals into target state and incremental roadmaps.

Education Requirements: Bachelors in Computer Science or other related field

Years of Experience: 5 years