Solution Architect Specialist

Job Description:

At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you'll be part of a team helping to make

homeownership and rental housing more accessible and afford-

able across the nation.

Position Overview:

Are you passionate about technology transformations? Are you

looking for a career that enables you to work with the latest and

greatest technologies? Do you have demonstrable record of enabling enterprise change through architectural leadership? The

Freddie Mac 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 sup-

port Multifamily Business and Engineering teams. You will help

your team through transformation into Agile Architecture and will 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 stakeholders 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, de-

sign, code, testing, to technology/platform

Your 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 stakeholders to ensure alignment in visions, goals and objectives.

Define and create 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 a responsible ARTs (information, application, technology,

security and deployment view points) that addresses

functional and non-functional requirements and ensures alignment in implementation

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 solve existing business concerns, such as customer experience, operational efficiency, performance and cost effectiveness.

Build Reference Application/Implementation for

reusability and accelerated adoption of new architectural standards/patterns

Develop/Maintain Application Design pattern catalog

Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience required; Advanced degree preferred

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 in this role, 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 mort-

gage 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.

Keys to Success in this Role:

Highly motivated and energetic self-starter with

strong organizational and time management skills;

proven experience operating at high standards of

quality and accuracy within a fast paced changing

environment

Excellent communication, leadership and relationship

management skills, that enable partnering with and

influencing key stakeholders 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.

Required Skills : -7+ years of Application Architect experience -Java/J2EE -Spring, Springboot -Microservices -general AWS Soft skill must have's: -knowledge of agile -ability to create architecture roadmaps
Notes :
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Candidate must be your W2 Employee :Yes
Exclusive to Apex :No
Face to face interview required :No
Candidate must be local :Yes
Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship No
Interview times set :Yes
Type of project : Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
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