Senior Technical Solutions Architect

About the role

This is a contract position with possible extension for a Technical Solution Architect focused on designing modern ecosystem leveraging cloud platforms, APIs, data architecture, and AI-enabled practices.

Responsibilities

• Challenge legacy thinking and influence decisions
• Bring modern architecture practices into a highly visible transformation effort
• Translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
• Work in Agile, iterative, product-driven environments
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and collaborate across functions
• Review vendor solutions, architecture, and implementation quality
• Design systems for multiple user groups
• Design cloud architecture
• Design data architecture and migration
• Design systems for integration and vendor evaluation
• Design AI/automation and modern development practices

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in IT delivery, software engineering, or enterprise architecture
• 5+ years in a Technical Solutions Architect / Enterprise Architect / Tech lead role
• Strong experience with cloud-based enterprise applications (AWS/Azure)
• Experience designing APIs, integrations, and modern system architecture
• Experience translating business needs into scalable technical solutions
• Experience working in Agile, iterative, product-driven environments
• Strong stakeholder communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Experience reviewing vendor solutions, architecture, and implementation quality

Qualifications

• Experience with public sector or workflow heavy enterprise platforms (ERP, procurement, financial systems)
• Knowledge of modernizing legacy systems to cloud or modular architecture
• Background in data migration, governance, mapping, and analytics
• Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks (NIST, FedRamp)
• Hands-on with AI/ML development tools
• Experience designing systems for multiple user groups
• Experience with test strategy, automation, and phased rollout approaches