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Jersey City, NJ

$73–$73.67 / hour
Full time

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in infrastructure solution design, ITSM-driven low-level design, and cloud and network technologies, with a proven ability to translate business requirements into high-quality technical designs and deliver end-to-end infrastructure solutions. Produce LLD details including compute, memory, disk types and sizes (NAS, SAN), backup schedules and retentions, file systems, application tiers, hosting locations, AD OUs, maintenance windows, and required platform software.

20 days ago

Somerville, NJ

Full time

p>Educational Requirement: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems(CIS)/Computer Science(CS)/Software Engineering(SE)/Computer Engineering(CE)/Electronics Engineering(EE) or any Engineering degree and 3 years of relevant experience. Architect hybrid App Service Environments, manage Azure Virtual Machines, perform cloud administration tasks, and oversee cloud services.

8 days ago

New York City, NY

$86–$92 / hour
Temporary
Contractor
Full time

Technical Architecture of SAP Cloud with SAP On-premise Landscapes and Applications: • Support and maintain infrastructure platform, network, security and storage components in a cloud environment working with VMWare, Storage subsystem, Network components such as Load Balancer, Secure Socket Layer communication, VPN etc. This position will serve to reinforce the ERP Project's capacity in respect of Systems Engineering, specifically concerning the ongoing design, build, deployment, maintenance and optimization of the organization's SAP ERP system covering both the various SAP systems and applications part of the On-Premise landscape as well as the integration of select SAP Cloud applications and solutions.

30+ days ago

New York, NY

$75–$78 / hour

li>The Senior Technical Architect will develop and enhance the organization's cyber resilience capabilities, including the design, build, and implementation of an Isolated Recovery Environment (IRE) and supporting recovery architectures across onpremises and cloud environments.

Infrastructure & Recovery Architecture:

Seniorlevel technical expertise across enterprise infrastructure, including:
- Server virtualization and baremetal compute platforms (VMware VCF, Horizon VDI, Cisco UCS).

8 days ago

Jersey City, NJ

$68–$68.25 / hour
Full time

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Core Java, system design, distributed computing, and performance tuning and a proven ability to deliver scalable features, optimize applications, and support complex financial systems. With delivery centers and offices across North America and India, we take pride in building long-term relationships and delivering excellence through innovation, collaboration, and integrity.

10 days ago

New York, NY

Remote

$149–$149

Hands-on experience working with MES solutions (ideally Apriso), supporting real-time shop floor quality execution, including data capture, defect tracking, and ensuring seamless integration between MES and SAP S/4HANA environments. Deep functional expertise within SAP QM, including inspection setup, inspection lot processing, results recording, usage decisions, and management of defects and quality notifications.

7 days ago

New York, NY

$155,200–$232,800

As an Elite Broadcom VMware VCSP Partner and top partner with AWS, Azure, and Google, our solutions focus on business outcomes with embedded cyber resiliency and AI to protect today and enable tomorrow backed by the strength of the Cox family of companies. Clearly communicate proposed architectures in the pre-sales cycle for early validation and verification to the internal teams responsible for implementing and providing ongoing support.

4 days ago

Princeton, NJ

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. Design secure cloud network architectures across AWS/Azure/GCP.

12 days ago

Cranford, NJ

$170,000–$210,000 / year
Full time

p>CPA firm seeking an experienced Senior IT Manager (Enterprise Data Architect & Integration Lead) to own and drive our organization’s data architecture strategy while leading development and integration practices. This role combines hands-on architecture with team leadership, serving as a key bridge between data strategy, application development, and enterprise integration.

7 days ago

Summit, NJ

$107,900–$195,050

This role is responsible for developing network and security architectures, creating firewall designs and schematics, building and integrating supporting server infrastructure, and coordinating testing and validation activities with ADMS stakeholders. June 18, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

3 days ago

Jersey City, NJ

$73–$73.67 / hour
Full time

Deep knowledge of AP, Taxation (ZX), BPM workflows, Subledger Accounting (SLA), Collaboration Messaging (CMK), and financial reporting tools (FRC/BIP/OTBI/Analytics). With delivery centers and offices across North America and India, we take pride in building long-term relationships and delivering excellence through innovation, collaboration, and integrity.

21 days ago

Morristown, NJ

Remote

$30–$34 / hour

This includes contract membership activities and customer account record management surrounding new eligibility and continued maintenance such as contract membership movement, additions, and deletions. This position routinely interacts with a variety of internal and external business partners to identify challenges, create solutions, and execute deliverables on time and with a high degree of efficiency.

1 day ago

New York, NY

$81.44–$81.44 / hour

The Agile Product Owner represents the voice of the Group Insurance customer and client at the team level, maintaining and prioritizing the Product Backlog, to ensure that the team is working on stories that maximize business value and deliver necessary fixes and functionality to all end users. A proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders; mobilize and motivate teams; set direction and approach; resolve conflict; deliver tough messages with grace; execute with limited information and ambiguity.

1 day ago

New York, NY

$200,000–$225,000 / year
Full time

This role acts as a hands-on technical leader and design authority, partnering closely with product, business, risk, operations, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver secure, scalable, and regulatory-compliant payment solutions. In this role you will be responsible for the end-to-end architecture, solution design, and technical oversight of payment platforms supporting Mizuho Americas’ domestic and cross‑border payment capabilities.

30+ days ago

Jersey City, NJ

$73–$73.67 / hour
Full time

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in end-to-end Java development, big data ecosystems, and performance engineering and a proven ability to design and implement target architectures, optimize data-intensive applications, and lead migration to strategic platforms. With delivery centers and offices across North America and India, we take pride in building long-term relationships and delivering excellence through innovation, collaboration, and integrity.

16 days ago

Jersey City, NJ

$69–$69.99 / hour
Full time

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in electronic trading platforms, low-latency systems, and integration across Unix and Windows environments and a proven ability to support production trading platforms, collaborate with traders, and validate releases through application testing. With delivery centers and offices across North America and India, we take pride in building long-term relationships and delivering excellence through innovation, collaboration, and integrity.

20 days ago

New York, NY

$50–$55 / hour
Contractor

This role will work closely with business stakeholders and technical teams to deliver a scalable and user-friendly SharePoint solution. · Design SharePoint structures including sites, libraries, content types, and permissions.

30+ days ago

$170,000–$200,000 / year

p>You will work closely with Enterprise Technology, Engineering, Security, Data, People, and Finance teams to translate business needs into clean, maintainable architectures that improve operational efficiency, strengthen our security posture, and deliver a seamless employee experience. In this role, you will be the technical authority responsible for architecting secure, scalable, and well-integrated enterprise systems-including identity and access management, device and endpoint ecosystems, collaboration platforms, IT service management, and core business applications.

30+ days ago

$2–$3 / hour

Youll define the metrics framework (Extending the KEI framework or replacing it altogether), instrument the measurement infrastructure using Confluence and Glean analytics, and create dashboards that make content health visible to the teams that own it, and highlight the system improvements thatll advance artifact legibility forward. Youll design and run that enablement program alongside the rest of the RISE team: self-serve tooling, space governance for Confluence, team-level KPI views, and the cultural change management that makes ownership stick.

30+ days ago

$176,800–$214,000 / year

Unlike traditional Internet Listing Services that charge flat monthly listing fees, Apartment List operates largely on a Pay-Per-Lease (PPL) performance model, meaning our revenue is directly tied to successful renter outcomes. The ideal candidate is a player-coach who can lead complex cross-functional initiatives, influence technical direction, mentor and elevate other team members, and still contribute directly to architecture, systems design, and implementation work.

30+ days ago

$200,000–$500,000 / year

This role will focus on DMA, IOMMU/SMMU, cache coherency, memory allocation, dma-buf, zero-copy pipelines, and kernel/user-space memory interfaces for cameras, ISP, video, NPU, and robotics workloads. As AI moves beyond the datacenter into robots, autonomous mobile systems, drones, and other embodied systems, traditional compute architectures are increasingly constrained by power, memory bandwidth, latency, real-time requirements, and functional safety considerations.

15 days ago

Remote

$95–$110 / hour

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguous, 01 environments, and can take full ownership of complex problems-from defining the solution through building and delivering production-ready outcomes. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries partner with clients to co-create powerful customer experiences, modern ways of working, and meaningful impact.

29 days ago

$167,032.32–$226,686.72 / year

Skills and attributes for success: The candidate will be knowledgeable of the most recent updates and developments and act as an advisor to our customer in reference to the cloud management strategies to be employed to take advantage of the benefits offered by cloud computing such as being able to function without any restrictions to the workload, initiate as many workstations as necessary per time period and pay only for what they actually use. For the past seven years, we've been growing our government-contracting portfolio, and along the way, we've created valuable partnerships by demonstrating a commitment to honesty, professionalism, and quality work.

30+ days ago

$148,500–$237,600 / year

Finance & Accounting Knowledge: Deep understanding of accounting principles, financial processes, and related Dynamics 365 Finance modules, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, and Fixed Assets. Business Process Optimization: Partner with finance stakeholders to assess, refine, and automate key financial processes in areas such as General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, Fixed Assets, and Project Accounting.

26 days ago

Remote

$70,000–$110,000 / year

The company creates client programs that maximize benefits program investment, minimize risk exposure, and engage employees with easy-to-use solutions and communication tools to assist them in making wise and cost-efficient benefits selections. Other Compensation: If this position is full-time or part-time benefit eligible, you will receive a comprehensive benefits package which can be viewed here: https://businessolver.foleon.com/bsc/job-board-businessolver-virtual-benefits-guide/.

15 days ago

Elizabeth, Massachusetts

The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with deep expertise in GNSS, inertial sensors, sensor fusion, timing systems, and navigation algorithm development, with a strong ability to translate system needs into reliable real-world solutions bringing a proven ability to execute a plan with urgency. Utilizing ADI’s extensive RF portfolio and expertise in software defined radio’s, MEMS Inertial(s) and AI, this role will develop and lead the strategy and executions to “move-up-the-stack” to a complete navigation solution for defense, commercial and space applications.

30+ days ago

New York, New York

$200,000–$300,000 / year

services essential to distributed financial systems, including LDAP, Kerberos, SSSD, DNS, BIND, PowerDNS, NTP, Chrony, and PTP, with a focus on precision, availability, and operational integrity. Cloud & Hybrid Architecture: Design and operate secure AWS and Azure solutions, including hybrid and multi-cloud architectures that satisfy financial industry requirements.

30+ days ago

New York, NY

$145,000–$170,000 / year

Write across the full marketing funnel inclusive of paid social, email, landing pages, video scripts, and campaigns, bringing real business-owner pain points to life and showing how GlossGenius solves them in ways competitors don''t. Businesses on GlossGenius process billions in annual payment volume, and see 65% more revenue using GlossGenius Payments by growing ticket size, rebooking clients at checkout, and saving on processing fees.

7 days ago

Remote

$190,000–$215,000 / year

Coordinate development and execution across software development teams, systems engineering, and program and product teams to develop execution plans for system capabilities, align development teams, and ensure effective capability integration across space and ground systems and subsystems. We own and operate the world''s most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe.

13 days ago

Greenwich, CT

IBKR affiliates provide global electronic brokerage services around the clock on stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, and funds to clients in over 200 countries and territories. Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR) is a global financial services company headquartered in Greenwich, CT, USA, with offices in over 15 countries.

24 days ago

$108,800–$163,200 / year

Core Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Customer Alignment Act as the presales technical trusted advisor for architectures, systems, and cross Business Unit solutions sales Lead customer focused technical discussions that identify needs, validate requirements, and shape the full technical value proposition. Required Qualifications Electrical or Mechanical Engineering Degree preferred from an accredited institution (relevant work experience will be considered but may require additional electrical theory and safety training upon hire) Strong understanding of Schneider Electric Portfolios including APC, Square D, and Software offering preferred.

30+ days ago

Mount Vernon, New York

The Financial Systems Workday Architect serves as the senior functional and solution architect for Workday Financials, providing strategic oversight, system design, and operational leadership to ensure Workday effectively supports financial operations, payroll accounting, grants, and compliance activities. The Architect partners closely with Finance leadership, Financial Operations, Budget, Payroll, Supply Chain Services, Internal Audit, and IT to ensure the Workday platform is secure, scalable, compliant, and aligned with institutional financial strategy.

24 days ago

New York, New York

$200,000–$225,000 / year

This role acts as a hands-on technical leader and design authority, partnering closely with product, business, risk, operations, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver secure, scalable, and regulatory-compliant payment solutions. Solution Architecture & DesignOwn the solution architecture for enterprise payment platforms including high-value payments, real-time payments, clearing, settlement, and reporting systems.

6 days ago

Jersey City, NJ

$60–$80 / hour

In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Experience with Fast Formulas, BI Publisher, HCM Extracts / HDL, REST/SOAP APIs, Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), Visual Builder / Visual Builder Studio (VBS), and Oracle APEX is necessary.

20 days ago

$120,700–$142,000 / year

We''re looking for a Senior Architect, AI Systems to lead the vision setting for and deployment of AI solutions across Uncommon Schools-from intelligent agents that automate workflows to secure integrations with our core systems. Rapidly prototype and build Proofs of Concept and Minimum Viable Products using Large Language Models, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, and AI agent frameworks.

30+ days ago

New York, NY

$142,500–$228,000 / year

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Base Pay Range

$142,500—$228,000 USD

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24 days ago

New York, NY

$60–$75 / hour

We are looking for an experienced Systems Engineer to support server patching, remediation, and compliance initiatives. This role is crucial for maintaining system compliance and addressing vulnerabilities across Windows and Linux servers.

28 days ago

$188,000–$275,000 / year

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability.

30+ days ago

New York, NY

$142,500–$228,000 / year

Lead the end-to-end implementation and modernization of Finance Systems, including requirements analysis, solution design, technical roadmap development, platform configuration, data migration, testing, deployment, and post-production support. Partner closely with Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Data Engineering, and third-party vendors to design scalable solutions, manage technical dependencies, and ensure platform performance and reliability.

5 days ago

$130,000–$182,000 / year

The Payer Systems & Integration Architect serves as MCG's principal subject matter expert in payer-side healthcare workflows, system integrations, and data flows, providing strategic advisory guidance during customer implementations and complex solution design efforts. This role partners closely with Implementation, Product, Engineering, and customer stakeholders to address highly complex workflow and integration challenges, define scalable approaches, and guide implementation strategies within diverse payer environments.

30+ days ago

$160,000–$225,000 / year

This role acts as a hands-on technical leader and design authority, partnering closely with product, business, risk, operations, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver secure, scalable, and regulatory-compliant payment solutions. Mizuho Americas employs approximately 3,500 professionals, and its capabilities span corporate and investment banking, capital markets, equity and fixed income sales & trading, derivatives, FX, custody and research.

30+ days ago

$224,000–$336,000 / year

Demonstrated hands-on experience architecting functional and technical solutions within major business applications, with specific expertise in NetSuite (or Oracle), Aptus/Conga (or IronClad), Anaplan, Coupa, Scout, Tax engines such as Avalara, Vertex or OneSource - including understanding their data models and APIs in context of solution development and integrations. Innovation Leadership: Identify opportunities to embed generative AI, natural language processing (NLP), and large language model (LLM) capabilities into core Finance and Legal processes, including financial reporting, close management, reconciliation, contract lifecycle management, and legal document automation.

30+ days ago

New York, NY

$136,505–$162,000 / year

8+ years of experience implementing, managing, or supporting HR Benefits, Benefits Administration, Compensation, or Core HR systems, including PeopleSoft HCM, Oracle HCM Cloud, Workday, or similar enterprise platforms, with at least 5 years in a managerial, project management, or product ownership role in a large, complex organization. Responsibilities: HR Partnership & Operational Excellence: • Empower HR Business Partners and cross-functional teams (Compensation & Benefits, HR Systems, HR Operations, IT/Client Services, Labor Relations, Payroll, and Finance) with data, tools, and streamlined processes that improve operational efficiency and elevate employee experience.

30+ days ago

Remote

$180,000–$230,000 / year

We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood. Designing, developing, and deploying cloud-based applications using SAP BTP services for activities like Technical Development using Business Application Studio (BAS), SAP Build and Advance WorkZone and using the Integration Suite for developing end to end integrations.

30+ days ago

White Plains, NY

Endurance Job Position Description Job Title: NET Systems Analyst-ArchitectDepartment: Information TechnologyReports To: Global Development Manager Summary: This position will be the lead developer/designer/architect for the major .NET projects that Endurance will be implementing. Familiarity with major Microsoft products of Visual Studio, SQL Server, SQL Reporting Services, Sharepoint, Exchange, Biztalk Significant systems integration, implementation and deployment skills.

30+ days ago

$123,500–$164,700 / year

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Collaborate with cross-functional teams, vendors, and strategic partners to deliver high-value solutions, lead technical discussions and procurement efforts, and produce clear, comprehensive technical documentation for stakeholders and leadership. This role will provide strategic technical leadership and architectural direction, driving innovative, secure, and scalable enterprise solutions while partnering across teams to translate business objectives into effective technology strategies.

30+ days ago

p>149345BRNew Jersey, New York, North Carolina, TexasUSAInfosys Limited Principal - Business ConsultingITL USA Basking Ridge, NJ, Charlotte, NC, Dallas, TX, New York, NYFinancial services Process|Consulting processes|Technology Consulting process AI Architect - GenAI / Agentic Systems - Financial Services - Infosys Consulting154375193125About Us. With offices in 20 countries and backed by the power of the global Infosys brand, our teams help the C-suite navigate today's digital landscape to win market share and create shareholder value for lasting competitive advantage.

19 days ago

$240,000–$280,000 / year

Flexible vacation and public holiday policy where you can take up to 35 days of PTO annually 16 paid weeks for all parents (birthing and non-birthing), regardless of gender, to welcome newborns, adopted and foster children Various snacks, goodies, and 2 free lunches weekly when at the office Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at SoundCloud SoundCloud is for everyone. Partner with the CTO and other key technical leads in the company to identify the most critical projects Experience and Background: 10+ years of experience with a proven track record of entering "unknown-unknown" environments and bringing architectural order to chaos in high-scale distributed systems.

30+ days ago

p>• 12+ years of experience in core banking architecture, design, and solution delivery, including hands-on experience with major core banking platforms (e.g., Temenos T24, Infosys Finacle, FIS, Oracle FLEXCUBE). You will work closely with clients, stakeholders, and PwC professionals to architect scalable, secure, and resilient core banking platforms that support business growth and regulatory requirements.

30+ days ago

Jersey City, NJ

Job Description:The Oracle Fusion HCM Functional Technical Lead/Architect is a hands-on senior role responsible for the end to end functional and technical architecture of the Oracle Fusion HCM platform. Design scalable solutions across Core HR, Payroll, Talent, Recruiting, Learning, Payroll, Time & Labor, Absence, Compensation, and related modules.

30+ days ago

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