Application Architect

Kforce has a client that is seeking an Application Architect in Spring, TX.

Details:

• Application Architect Department: Information Technology/Enterprise Architecture
• Reports To: Director, Enterprise Architecture
• Location: United States/Hybrid
• Status: Contract

Summary: We are seeking a Senior Application Architect to join our IT and Enterprise Architecture team. This role is responsible for defining and guiding enterprise application architecture that supports business strategy, digital transformation, operational stability, and long-term scalability. You must be able to navigate through ambiguity through a large organizational transformational initiative.

The Senior Application Architect will partner with business and technology teams to design secure, integrated, and supportable application solutions across enterprise platforms, with a strong emphasis on the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. This individual will help establish architecture standards, guide modernization efforts, and provide technical leadership across strategic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and maintain enterprise application architecture principles, standards, and target-state roadmaps
• Lead architecture design for enterprise applications, APIs, integrations, middleware, and shared services
• Partner with business and IT stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable application solutions
• Support application modernization, cloud adoption, and hybrid architecture initiatives
• Establish standards for integration, APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, and interoperability
• Ensure solutions align with cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, resilience, and operational requirements
• Participate in architecture reviews and provide guidance to project, application, and development teams
• Evaluate technologies and recommend scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions aligned with enterprise strategy