Solution Architect

About Apexon

Apexon is a digital first technology services firm specializing in accelerating business transformation and delivering human centric digital experiences. We have been meeting customers wherever they are in the digital lifecycle and helping them outperform their competition through speed and innovation.

Apexon brings together distinct core competencies in AI, analytics, app development, cloud, commerce, CX, data, DevOps, IoT, mobile, quality engineering, and UX, along with deep expertise in BFSI, healthcare, and life sciences, helping businesses capitalize on the unlimited opportunities digital offers.

Our reputation is built on a comprehensive suite of engineering services, a dedication to solving clients' toughest technology problems, and a commitment to continuous improvement. Backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Everstone Capital, Apexon has a global presence across four continents.

We enable #HumanFirstDIGITAL

We are hiring for a Solution Architect opportunity.

Role: Solution Architect

Location: Des Moines, IA

Position: 3

Work Arrangement: Remote, with potential quarterly travel to Des Moines, IA

Role Overview

We are seeking technically capable and highly collaborative Solution Architects to support application modernization efforts for a large financial services organization. The role requires strong architecture experience, communication, leadership, and the ability to work through technical decisions and trade-offs across multiple teams in a matrixed environment.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing and implementing modern applications, with a strong background in development or data engineering and experience integrating legacy systems with modern cloud environments.

Required Skills

• 15+ years of experience assessing, designing, and implementing modern applications
• Strong solution architecture and technical leadership experience
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to drive technical decisions and resolve design trade-offs
• Experience creating architecture diagrams for hybrid on-premises and cloud environments
• Experience developing technical backlogs and user stories
• Experience documenting N-tier architecture layers including authentication, caching, data stores, and related components
• Strong understanding of on-premises Java architectures
• Familiarity with WebSphere and integration with mainframe environments including DB2 and VSAM
• Experience with on-premises to AWS cloud migration and integration
• Understanding of cloud migration patterns including authentication, middleware, data stores, event patterns, caching, and telemetry
• Understanding of serverless architecture patterns
• Experience with data migration
• Background in software development or data engineering
• Experience integrating legacy systems, including mainframe environments

Preferred Skills

• Experience supporting modernization initiatives within large financial services organizations
• Experience working in highly matrixed enterprise environments
• Experience with hybrid cloud architecture and modernization strategies
• Experience working across multiple technical teams and stakeholders
• Experience with AWS serverless and event-driven architectures

Key Responsibilities

• Assess, design, and support implementation of modern application architectures.
• Develop architecture depictions for hybrid on-premises and cloud environments.
• Create and maintain technical documentation covering N-tier architecture layers, authentication, caching, data stores, and related components.
• Develop and maintain technical backlogs and user stories.
• Evaluate architectural options and drive technical decisions through collaboration with multiple teams.
• Support modernization and migration of on-premises Java applications to AWS.
• Define and apply appropriate migration patterns for authentication, middleware, data stores, event processing, caching, and telemetry.
• Support serverless architecture and implementation patterns.
• Support data migration initiatives between legacy and modern platforms.
• Collaborate across development, data engineering, infrastructure, and other technical teams to deconflict requirements and architectural decisions.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance while balancing competing technical perspectives and project requirements.

Education Requirement

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Did you know that Apexon has been Certified by Great Place To Work, the global authority on workplace culture, in each of the four regions in which it operates: USA for the seventh time in 2026, India for the tenth consecutive time in 2026, the UK for the fourth time in 2026, and Mexico for the second time in 2026. Apexon is committed to being an equal opportunity employer and promoting diversity in the workplace. We take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunity for all qualified individuals. Apexon strictly prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind and provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to gender, race, color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. You can read about our Job Applicant Privacy policy here: Job Applicant Privacy Policy on apexon.com.

Our Commitment to Environment

Actively contribute to Apexon''s commitment to environmental responsibility by following sustainable practices and supporting ESG initiatives.

Our Perks and Benefits

Our benefits and rewards program has been thoughtfully designed to recognize your skills and contributions, elevate your learning experience, and provide care and support for you and your loved ones.

We also offer:

• Health Insurance with Dental & Vision
• 401K Plan
• Life Insurance, STD & LTD
• Paid Vacations & Holidays
• Continuous Skill Based Development and Career Advancement Opportunities

Job Location :

Des Moines, Iowa, United States