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ICF · 4 months ago

Senior Technical Architect

Baton Rouge, LA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$119K/yr - $202K/yr

10+ years exp

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, and they are seeking a Senior Technical Architect to help a state government agency modernize its technology systems for disaster recovery grants management. The role involves leading multiple projects, translating business needs into application architecture, and fostering a high-performing DevSecOps environment.

ConsultingInformation TechnologyProfessional Services

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Translate business needs into application solution architecture requirements, making frequent use of diagrams to help communicate with broad audiences

Inform the balance of security, tech debt, feature, and defect work

Estimate the budgetary impact of solution architecture alternatives

Evolve the team’s capabilities toward high-performing DevSecOps practices within the Agile framework

Work with teams to help support and drive future development of the platform while coordinating and prioritizing the needs of existing programs and outcomes

Evaluate legacy and current applications, architecture, database design, etc. to make recommendations on improvements in design, performance, and quality

Ensure solutions are developed and packaged in an easily consumable and repeatable way for customers and internal technical teams

Own the technical roadmap and interface with application Project Managers to ensure achievability

Provide operations and monitoring support for legacy systems

Collaborate with IT Security to ensure compliance with regulatory policies

Perform proofs-of-concept as needed to determine technology

Lead and mentor a team of software developers and engineers

Qualification

Enterprise software architectureAppian platformRESTful APIsAgile methodologiesJava programmingJavaScript programmingSQLMicroservices architectureRisk managementCommunication skillsTeam leadership

Required

US Citizenship required due to contract requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or other related scientific or technical disciplines

10+ years of experience in leading and architecting enterprise software systems

10+ years of experience with building web-based enterprise systems

10+ years of experience with relevant programming languages and platforms, such as Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Appian Expression Language, SAIL, SQL

7+ years of application architecture or product development experience

Preferred

Experience with modern software design leading to highly testable systems

Experience designing and implementing integrations between the Appian platform and external systems, applications, other cloud-based platforms, and external databases using RESTful APIs

Experience with software development working in Agile and Scaled Agile teams

Experience and application of practices such as microservices architecture, serverless architecture, and automated testing

Knowledge of web services, related standards, distributed architectures design patterns, and best practices

3+ years of experience in building and deploying applications on the Appian Platform