Solution / Application Architect

Job ID: SRJ_8167Location: Phoenix , AZSalary: USD 75-85 / Hourly (C2C)Employment Type: 1099, C2C, W-2Company: SRI Tech SolutionsSolution / Application ArchitectPhoenix AZNeed W2 consultants or Visa independent consultants. If you are unable to find visa independent consultantAs a Solution / Application Architect, you will lead the design of end-to-end solutions that integrate travel aggregators and partner APIs with client channels, ensuring seamless, secure, and high-performing delivery of mission-critical data. While your primary focus is on solution architecture—aligning applications with business needs, partner requirements, and compliance—you will also bring a strong grounding in system architecture principles such as scalability, resilience, and fault tolerance, which are considered baseline capabilities for this role.Your Primary Responsibilities may include:Design application and integration architectures that connect external travel partners with Client platforms, using secure and performant APIs.Define solution patterns for partner onboarding, API lifecycle management, data transformation, error handling, and monitoring.Ensure solutions are built on strong system-level foundations (scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant, performant).Provide technical leadership on middleware adoption (queues, caching, event streaming, API gateways) to support partner integrations.Collaborate with product, compliance, and engineering teams to ensure solutions meet business needs, regulatory standards, and SLA commitments.Continuously evaluate and re-architect solutions as partner demands, transaction volumes, and business priorities evolve.Remain technology-agnostic, capable of designing solutions across Java/Open systems or Microsoft platforms.Qualifications include:Proven experience as a Solution Architect, with strong grounding in system architecture principles (distributed design, scalability, reliability).Hands-on expertise in API management, integration frameworks, and middleware technologies.Experience with external B2B integrations, ideally in travel, financial services, or other high-volume transaction ecosystems.Familiarity with industry standards (e.g., OTA, GDS, NDC) and compliance frameworks (e.g., PCI DSS) preferred.Ability to bridge business needs and technical design, ensuring architectures deliver measurable value.Technology flexibility: Java/Open systems preferred, Microsoft stack acceptable.Track record of modernizing application landscapes and enabling partner-driven ecosystems.Leadership Skills may include:Business-Technology Alignment: Ensures solution designs address business goals and partner requirements while resting on robust system foundations.Drives Innovation & Change: Champions API-first architectures, scalable patterns, and modernization initiatives.Collaborative Leadership: Engages across business, compliance, and engineering functions to deliver unified solutions.Communication: Simplifies complex system and solution concepts for business leaders, while providing depth for technical teams.SRI Tech Solutions is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national origin or citizenship status or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria.