Solutions Architect
Herndon, VA 
Share
Posted 26 days ago
Job Description

As a Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for driving multiple customer solution design projects in parallel; This candidate will be responsible for translating overall conceptual solution to software framework and developing working prototype to prove the concept.

  • Conduct business and technical discovery with customers; find novel solutions, architectures and use cases to help customers meet their objectives
  • Provide robust recommendations for engagements while also identifying critical dependencies and gaps.
  • Present proposals to senior government officials in a clear and compelling way; has a balance of business and technology acumen, including ability to articulate high- level technical solutions to business problems and to tie solutions to program success criteria.
  • Recommend senior management on improvement areas
  • Capable of independently applying a wide set of engineering disciplines for planning, design, analysis, coding, testing, roll-out and support of information systems architectures.
  • Responsible for the designing of interface standards, quality assurance standards, performance standards, and cost-benefit analysis of modem state-of-the art information systems; analyzes available technologies and makes recommendations of technologies to use and how best to use them
  • Design highly complex solutions with multiple applications with high transaction volumes.
  • Create System Design Document to include detail software architecture diagram, logical and physical deployment views using UML
  • Serves as the technical and technology expert supporting the crafting of the application architecture aspects of the solution, as well as supporting the implementation of the solution.
  • Review proposed enhancements to validate feasibility and assists with scoping and estimating work.
  • In coordination with others, monitor and analyze production performance, while looking for ways to optimize and scale existing solutions.
  • Ensure strategies, standards, and architecture are consistent and well-integrated across products.
  • Help developers to adopt new platforms through documentation, training, and mentoring

Required Skills:

  • Typically requires a bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or relevant computer information systems degree with 8-10 years of experience
  • 8+ years of full-lifecycle application development lead experience
  • 8+ years of experience in IT Solution Delivery and architecture with deep understanding of industry patterns
  • 6+ years of experience in building multi-tier and SOA and RESTful based applications using (applicable skill set such as J2EE, .NET, JSON)
  • 5+ years of experience using Agile/Lean methodologies, continuous deployment, automated testing, and DevSecOps
  • Experience developing systems utilizing AWS Cloud-native designs
  • Demonstrated experience as a technical lead of a large-scale migration to a cloud infrastructure (AWS)
  • Demonstrated experience in utilizing frameworks like Struts, Spring and Hibernate
  • Experience on multiple application development projects with similar responsibilities
  • Demonstrated experience architecting, building and deploying technical solutions that use multiple data stores targeting specific application use cases including multiple technologies including but not limited to SQL and noSQL databases
  • Superior written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present technical details and interface with various groups such as project team, clients, and senior executives
  • AWS Certifications
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance

Desired Skills:

  • Understanding of Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) concepts & methodology
  • Experience architecting or creating systems around Business Process Management Solutions (BPMS)
  • Experience in developing business rules and rule flows using JBoss Drools.
  • Experience in designing SSO solution using SAML, XACML protocols
  • Experience in using flexible schema such as MongoDB
  • Highly prefer candidates in eastern, central or mountain time zones
  • Experience supporting US federal government customers.

In accordance with pay transparency guidelines, the proposed salary range for this position is $115,000 to $145,000. Final salary will be determined based on various factors such as relevant skills, experience and certifications.

Find Your Next at Karsun Solutions and transform your career with the company transforming possible for the US Government.

At Karsun, collaboration drives our community. We're committed to building an environment where team members from diverse backgrounds can innovate, learn and grow with us. Here at Karsun, the only limit to your potential is the limit of your curiosity.

And because we know well-being empowers us to thrive, we offer robust and comprehensive benefits including:

  • Health, Life & Disability Insurance - Medical, Dental, Life and Disability coverage is paid for by Karsun for full time employees.
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • 401k Retirement Plan - with pre-tax and post-tax ROTH contribution offerings and immediate vesting with a per pay period match
  • Generous time off programs including 11 paid holidays per year
  • Supplemental plans such as Vision, Pet Insurance and 529 Savings Plan
  • Employee Assistance Program with behavioral health, physical wellness and financial advice
  • Employee Discounts & Perks
  • In-house Technical/Skills Training

Join Team Karsun and Find Your Next.

Karsun Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

Karsun does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Karsun and Karsun will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
8 to 10 years
Email this Job to Yourself or a Friend
Indicates required fields