TEKsystems · 1 day ago
Java Architect
Phoenix, AZ
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level
$70/hr - $80/hr
7+ years expTEKsystems is a leading provider of business and technology services, and they are seeking a Java Architect to join their Enterprise Architecture team. The role involves creating and maintaining enterprise and platform architectures, providing technology guidance, and mentoring engineers and solution architects.
Information Technology
Responsibilities
Provides direction, guidance, and implementation of IT Platform architecture to supports various Enterprise Architecture requirements and initiatives
Perform rapid POCs to experiment and build rails for the engineering team
Support engineers and project managers in rapid development and deployment
Work with VPs and Architects to assist creating and maintaining, the enterprise/platform Architectures, Data Architectures, API Strategies, Building Enterprise solution Architectures for new initiatives
Actively participate in team and enterprise-wide architecture and engineering discussions
Introduce enterprise architectural paradigms and solutions into the portfolio
Drive both high level and detailed design and conduct design reviews
Engage and work with cross-functional leaders to understand and help define business principles, goals and strategy within scope of responsibility
Communicate to leaders regarding strategy direction and changes
Mentor engineers and solution architects to ensure technology complexities are understood very clearly to implement solutions expeditiously with high quality
Qualification
Required
7+ years of strong hands-on experience in Java and experience with backend or middleware processing
Extensive experience in designing and implementing large scale cloud-native platforms with high resiliency, availability, and reliability
Strong experience in applications with high throughput and performance
Strong written, verbal communications, presentation skills, leadership, problem solving and analytical skills
Proven collaboration skills along with the ability to influence without authority
Hands on experience in the following environments: Java, Go, Vert.x, React, Envoy, gRPC, Protobuf, Postgres, CouchBase, Cassandra, Redis, Consul, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, GitHub Actions, Drools, Elastic Stack, Kafka, Spark, ML
Bachelors degree in computer science, Computer Science Engineering, or related field required
Preferred
Experience with microservices architectures and service mesh technologies
Advanced Degree preferred
Preferably a BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field
10+ years of Enterprise/Solution/Distributed Architecture Experience
Strong Experience on creating Distributed Enterprise Application Architectures and Solutions
Hands on Experience in creating Architecture Diagrams and Documents
Strong understanding on creating Enterprise APIs Architectures, Solutions and Strategies
Strong understanding of Distributed Data Architecture includes RDBMS, NoSQL, BigData principles, and practices
Strong understanding on Enterprise Security principles and standards and technologies
Strong knowledge in various deployment IT Infrastructure Architecture such as On Prime, Cloud(AWS, GCP) and Hybrid Solutions
Experience in Enterprise frameworks like TOGAF is a plus
Experience in Agile, Kanban, CICD LEAN development models is a plus
Experience in hands on in any programming languages such as Java/NodeJS/Python is a plus
Technology – Golan, Java, Docker, Kubernetes, REST APIs, RDMS (Prefer Postgres), NoSQl (Prefer Casandra), Messaging (Kafka)
Architecture – Fundamental of Micro services, Knowledge about cloud technologies (GCP, AWS)
Heads on designing system solutions, understanding on business requirements
Heads on to do POCs
Benefits
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Company
TEKsystems
At TEKsystems, they understand people. Every year they deploy over 80,000 IT professionals at 6,000 client sites across North America,
10001+ employees
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Vice President, TEKsystems Global Services
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