Application Architect
Location: Multiple across LA, USA
Job Type: Contract (No Benefits)
About the Role
We are seeking experienced Application Architects to define, design, and guide the technical architecture of enterprise applications for our clients across multiple locations. You will set technical direction, ensure solutions are scalable and secure, and partner with development teams, project leadership, and client stakeholders from concept through delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Define application architecture, technical standards, and design patterns aligned with business goals
- Translate business and functional requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable solution designs
- Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, and platforms
- Lead architecture reviews and provide technical guidance to development teams
- Design integrations, APIs, and data flows between enterprise systems
- Plan and guide modernization and migration of legacy applications to modern or cloud-based platforms
- Ensure solutions meet performance, availability, security, and applicable government compliance requirements
- Identify technical risks and recommend mitigation strategies
- Collaborate with project managers, business analysts, security teams, and client stakeholders
- Produce and maintain architecture documentation, diagrams, and technical decision records
Required Qualifications
- Proven experience supporting government clients (federal, state, or local agencies)
- 8+ years of experience in software development, including 3+ years in an architect or technical lead role
- Strong expertise in designing enterprise applications, web services, and microservices architectures
- Hands-on proficiency in one or more languages/platforms such as Java, C#/.NET, Python, or JavaScript/TypeScript
- Solid knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases and data modeling
- Experience designing RESTful APIs, SOA, and system integration patterns
- Experience with cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with security architecture and compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST, FISMA, Section 508, CJIS)
- Strong communication, leadership, and documentation skills, including presenting to technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to work independently on-site or hybrid at assigned locations
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman) and modeling tools (UML, ArchiMate)
- Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code
- Relevant certifications (e.g., TOGAF, AWS/Azure Solutions Architect, CISSP, CSSLP)
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- Ability to obtain a government security clearance or pass a background check