Applications Architect - Hiring Now

An international law firm is looking for an Applications Architect to join their team in Washington, D.C.

Compensation: $135-200k

The Applications Architect will be responsible for designing, developing, implementing, troubleshooting and maintaining complex enterprise application solutions in support of the business.

Responsibilities:

• Present enterprise technology architecture solutions which could include complex data structures, integrations, networking and security
• Present new ideas and concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
• Translate future-state business capabilities into solution architecture requirements
• Design and develop API's for a variety of applications. Identify opportunities to simplify code,improve architectures and reduce vendor dependencies
• Create/Maintain and follow IT/InfoSec policies/procedures
• Influence, guide and facilitate agreement with stakeholders and peers across IT
• Estimate financial impact of solution architecture alternatives
• Work creatively and analytically to solve business problems and propose solutions
• Motivated and driven by achieving long-term business outcomes
• Trusted and respected as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business and IT leaders and IT development teams
• Technology neutral: remains unbiased toward any specific technology or vendor choice shows preference to results than personal preferences
• Work effectively in a team environment and lead cross-functional teams
• Displays intellectual curiosity and integrity
• Highly skilled in multitasking
• Design creative/outside of the box solutions

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in developing Enterprise Solution Designs
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or 8 years related field experience
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Must be highly effective within a collaborative environment
• Extensive experience in application development methodologies and design patterns;
• Expertise in integration technologies
• Knowledgeable on SDLC methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile / Scrum / Iterative, Rapid Prototyping, Incremental, and DevOps
• Experience with the following technologies: C#/.Net, Python, JavaScript, CSS, HTML SQL, SSAS, Star/Snowflake/Relation DB designs, Azure DevOps, Azure, AWS, OAuth, SAML
• Understanding of Azure Active Directory and SSO
• Expertise with PowerShell is a must
• Expertise on web hosting (IIS, Apache)
• Expertise on MS Windows OS operating systems. Linux a plus
• Knowledge and understanding of different modeling languages such as UML
• Experience and knowledge of IT service management (ITSM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
• High level of Security Awareness