Solutions Architect

Overview

About Xerox Holdings Corporation. For more than 100 years, Xerox has continually redefined the workplace experience. XIT Staffing, a division of Xerox dedicated to staffing solutions, is committed to collaborating closely with our internal clients to fulfill their staffing needs. Our client, based in Falls Church, VA, is seeking a Solutions Architect to fill a contract position. In this role, the Solutions Architect will spearhead AWS architectural design and implement DevOps methodologies for streamlined deployment and monitoring. They will champion the shift to a microservices architecture, ensuring high performance and smooth integration. The role involves conducting evaluations for cost efficiency, security enhancements, and performance optimization. Additionally, the Solutions Architect will mentor teams in adopting cloud-native practices, build partnerships with external tech ecosystems, uphold stringent security and audit protocols across platforms, and contribute to strategic planning by developing actionable business strategies and overseeing intricate technology projects. This individual will also assess and refine the impact of technological deployments, crafting compelling presentations that bolster transformative efforts within the educational sector.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into robust AWS architectural designs.
• Implements DevOps practices to automate deployment, monitoring, and management of cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Leads the application of Service Oriented Architecture principals to migrate monolithic application stacks to microservices architecture, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance.
• Conducts assessments, provides recommendations, and implements best practices for cost optimization, security, and performance tuning.
• Mentors and guides development teams in adopting best practices for cloud-native development and microservices architecture.
• Assesses school division technology environment, needs, and expertise to effectively partner with external technology environments.
• Establishes and maintains communication with business units and third-party vendors to monitor changing information technology environments.
• Conceptualizes, defines, develops, tests, and deploys needed enterprise technology solutions, products, and services that may be marketed.
• Collaborates with IT security and audit to enforce strict cross-platform security and audit controls.
• Partners with other IT functions to evaluate, prioritize, and resolve new issues and problem scenarios.
• Creates, updates, and maintains strategic technology plans.
• Captures, qualifies, and quantifies internal ideas, expertise, and initiatives.
• Builds business and financial models for major new technology initiatives.
• Refines models into implementable business plans.
• Makes business plans operational.
• Identifies and establishes potential business resources and partners and matches qualified partners with school division partners, expertise, and initiatives.
• Manages complex technology projects across organizations.
• Crafts acceptable policies and procedures.
• Evaluates the success of technology initiatives and business partnering.
• Creates and delivers presentations.
• Performs other related duties as required or assigned.
• Receives general supervision from a senior manager. May provide guidance and assistance to full-, part-time, and/or hourly employees, as assigned.

Qualifications

• Any combination of education and experience equivalent to a bachelor's degree in information technology, instructional technology, marketing, or business management.
• Six (6) years of progressively more responsible experience related to creating and managing new or emerging technology solutions, products, and services, two (2) years of which shall have required independent judgment, and some of which shall include AWS administration.
• Must have one or more of the following certifications:
  • AWS - Solutions Architect
  • AWS - Security Specialty
  • AWS - Application Architect
  • AWS - Cloud Engineer
• Knowledge of AWS architecture, DevOps practices, Service Oriented architecture, containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), and serverless technologies.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and configuration management tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
• Skill in automating deployment, monitoring, and management of cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Skill in managing complex technology projects across organizations.
• Skill in building both front end and back end of a website with proficiency in multiple programming languages such as Java, Python, or Node.js.
• Skill in designing and implementing cloud solutions on AWS.
• Ability to lead the migration from monolithic applications to microservices architecture, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance.
• Ability to apply best practices for cost optimization, security, and performance tuning in cloud environments.
• Ability to mentor development teams in cloud-native best practices and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to contribute to strategic technology planning, translating business requirements into implementable plans.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.