Chief Solution Architect

By Light Professional IT Services

Chief Solution Architect providing overall technical leadership and governance in application modernization at By Light. Collaborating with project teams for strategic decisions and enterprise architecture standards.

Posted 5/18/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularAWSCloudGoJavaJavaScriptPHPPythonRust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide overall technical leadership and architectural governance for the application maintenance and modernization program
Serve as the principal technical authority across all project teams
Establish and maintain enterprise architecture standards
Guide the modernization strategy from legacy on-premise systems to AWS cloud services
Ensure technical decisions align with both immediate operational needs and long-term strategic objectives
Collaborate closely with government technical leads
Review and approve major architectural decisions
Oversee technical risk management
Ensure that all solutions comply with federal security requirements and GSA enterprise architecture standards while optimizing for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional certification
Minimum 8 years' experience in one or more architecture domains (e.g., business architecture, solutions architecture, application architecture)
Advanced knowledge and experience in one or more current programming languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript (including AngularJS), Python, Rust, Go, or PHP)
Experience defining the architecture of cloud deployed applications (AWS preferred)
Expertise in service-oriented architecture, web services, and Application Programming Interfaces
Experience defining and driving SecDevOps best practices within large teams, including AI assisted code development
Experience establishing legacy modernization and migration technical roadmaps for large scale applications
Experience building applications using service-oriented, microservice, and/or API based architectures at an enterprise scale
Experience with event-driven applications using queues, service bus and other related patterns
Experience in working closely with technical leads, engineering teams and architecture stakeholders for technical issues and architecture framework capabilities for use by other development teams
Ability to translate technically complex features into plain language for leadership
Experience with AI RAG/LLM implementations and experience implementing and successfully leveraging agentic AI to accelerate software development.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
Wellness Program
401(k) Matching
Disability (Short Term & Long Term)
Employee Assistance Program
Life Insurance
Education & Training
Generous Leave Policy (11 Federal Holidays, PTO, and Military Leave)

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Hard Skills & Tools

AWSJavaJavaScriptAngularJSPythonRustGoPHPservice-oriented architecturemicroservices

Soft Skills

technical leadershipcollaborationcommunicationrisk managementstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingtranslating complex featuresguidanceoversightstakeholder engagement

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceAWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional