Alight Solutions

Senior Application Architect

Alight Solutions

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: IllinoisUnited 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