Software Architect

Software Architect

Max rate is $80-$90/hr

Remote

The IT Software Architect articulates the architectural vision, conceptualizes and experiments with alternative architectural approaches. This role is responsible for developing and validating the architecture and high-level solution design against business requirements.

Responsibilities:

Articulate and document a solution architecture vision

Create solution architectures that are leverage-able for future re-use

Actively seek opportunities to leverage existing IT solutions for new business offerings and services

Align IT solutions with business functions to improve flexibility, facilitate large scale reuse, and improve comprehensibility and visibility of IT’s value to the business

Partner with business, Research and other FCE and IT teams in designing IT solutions that match the needs of the business

Assess and formulate future architecture and technology direction for IT solutions

Aggressively identify enterprise IT application solution/technology initiatives that are of value. Collaborate with other architects and teams in execution of the initiatives

Review and approve project deliverables to ensure that they are architecturally sound and

meet business needs

Work with Principal Architects to provide input and assistance from a solution design perspective to the RFP response team for cost estimation using Function Point or Use Case Analysis

Influence business strategy by explaining the capabilities of the architecture to management and the SBUs (Strategic Business Units)

Maintain a broad business understanding including customer and market trends

Contribute to future vision and strategy by conducting research and proof of concepts

Maintain a broad knowledge of new technical tools and trends and apply those tools to improving business processes.

Map business capabilities and services to IT solutions, and plan IT solutions for future business opportunities

Lead the alignment of business strategy to IT strategy, in ways that adhere to IT maxims

Actively seek opportunities to leverage existing IT solutions for new business offerings and services

Continuously improve processes, technologies, applications to provide best value to business

Establish standards in best practice design patterns and pitfalls to ensure that IT solutions

perform to expectations.
Partner with development teams to develop and enhance detailed application designs and
Interfaces
Facilitate cross team and cross component collaboration

Experience:
IT Architecture methodologies, standards and best practices
Full software development lifecycle (SDLC) experience
Software Performance Engineering practice and consultation
Rich and varied IT solutions design and development experience
Architecture principles and frameworks
Experience in coding Java web-based applications