Lead Solution Architect

Position: Lead Solution Architect

Position Location: Pittsburgh, PA, Strongsville, OH, Birmingham, AL, Farmers Branch, TX, Phoenix, AZ - Hybrid (3 days a week in office)

Technology Satellites: Cincinnati, OH, Miamisburg, OH, Downers Grove, IL, Overland Park, KS, Philadelphia, PA, Columbus, OH, Little Rock, AR, Jacksonville, FL.

Duration: 12 Months Contract to hire

Only on W2

Job Description:

Industry background: Prior architecture experience required / Identity and Access management (bonus) / Transmit FLEXID (bonus)

Team Dynamics: The Team consists of about 5 members - All solution architects

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Evaluate requests for solution architecture services that have been submitted to have starting requirements and stakeholders identified.
• Ensure that business outcomes/problem statement/requirements / use cases are adequately documented by the requestor / Business System Analyst (BSA) / product owner
• Review request against the existing service offering matrix to determine the Service Level Agreement (SLA)
• Work with the product organisation to prioritize work against other competing priorities.
• Creation of draft artefacts and beginning investigation, exploration, technologies available and other constraints that may be involved.
• Identify any additional stakeholders, both business and technology.
• Engage relevant vendors, technology owners/SMEs, Enterprise Architecture, Security Architecture, and product owners to ensure feasibility, best practices, standards, and expectations are met
• Creation of UML use case diagram(s), component diagram(s), sequence diagram(s) including textual details for each step.
• Creation of Business Process Mapping Notation (BPMN) context diagram, functional flow diagram, cross-functional flow diagram, and application configuration flowchart diagram.
• Review and evaluate options and technologies available that could be used to satisfy the requested service offering
• Know and understand many different technologies and how they relate to each other
• Document assumptions, risks, and decisions
• Ensure/document/confirm deliverables align with documented architectural guiding principles
• Present deliverables in the design review to all stakeholders
• Obtain artefact approval from all necessary stakeholders
• Articulate cost/benefit or trade-off analysis (e.g. guiding principles, technologies, etc.)
• Formulate, document and defend new technology strategies
• Perform peer review of other designs

Must Have Technical Skills:

1. Solution Architecture
2. Solution Design
3. OAuth 2.0
4. SAML
5. Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN)

Flex Skills/Nice to Have:

1. Transmit Flexid

2. KAFKA

Soft Skills:

1. Ownership and accountability

2. High analytical ability

3. High problem-solving skills

Education/Certifications: Bachelor's preferred / experience most important

Interview Process:

1st interview: 30 min (Hiring Manager)

2nd interview: 60 min (panel style - HM + others)