
Senior Application Architect
Alight Solutions
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $130,000 - $170,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Leading the design of complex application and platform solutions, promoting consistency, reusability, stability, and enterprise integration.
- Shaping and advance the application architecture strategy, aligning technology choices with business and IT goals.
- Serving as a design authority, ensuring architecture deliverables—developed internally or by partners—meet quality standards and align with enterprise strategies.
- Creating and maintain architecture artifacts that support both enterprise level alignment and operational needs.
- Appling CI/CD and automation practices using tools such as Terraform, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, and cloud based deployment pipelines.
- Promoting DevSecOps, automation, and cloud native practices to improve reliability, efficiency, and delivery speed.
- Leading design reviews, code reviews, and architectural assessments to ensure adherence to standards and best practices.
- Working with business users and stakeholders to define project scope and ensure flexible designs that accommodate future enhancements.
- Designing and/or develop critical reference architecture materials to ensure consistency across enterprise applications.
Requirements
- Expertise in designing scalable, reusable, and integrated enterprise applications
- experience in RESTful APIs, GraphQL, event streaming (Kafka), and messaging queues (RabbitMQ, SQS, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including Lambda, Kubernetes, API Gateway, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS)
- Expertise in OAuth, JWT, SSO, encryption, and secure coding practices
- Hands-on experience with Terraform, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, and other automation tools
- Advanced technical certifications such as AWS/Azure Solutions Architect, TOGAF/ Zachman, or Microsoft Certified Architect
Benefits
- Options include a variety of health coverage options
- wellbeing and support programs
- retirement
- vacation and sick leave
- maternity, paternity & adoption leave
- continuing education and training
- several voluntary benefit options
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Hard Skills & Tools
application architectureRESTful APIsGraphQLevent streamingmessaging queuescloud native practicessecure coding practicescontainerizationautomation practicesscalable applications
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingflexibility
Certifications
AWS Solutions ArchitectAzure Solutions ArchitectTOGAFZachmanMicrosoft Certified Architect