Applications Solution Architect - Hybrid/Remote

Job Description

Job Description

Genesis10 is currently seeking an Applications Solution Architect - Hybrid/Remote for a contract position with an Agricultural Cooperative located in Inver Grove Heights, MN. This is a 6+ month contract opportunity.

Compensation: $96.00 - $98.00 per hour, W2, based on qualifications

Position Overview:
The Applications Solution Architect translates business needs, product priorities, and enterprise architecture direction into practical, end-to-end solution designs. This role enables consistent, scalable, and connected customer onboarding across business lines, including retail and wholesale channels. The role requires experience designing and integrating cloud-based solutions using AWS, Confluent Cloud, PostgreSQL, SAP Master Data Governance (MDG), Snowflake, and API-led integration patterns.

Key Responsibilities:

• Translate customer onboarding business capabilities, process needs, product requirements, and strategic priorities into end-to-end application and technology solution architectures
• Design scalable onboarding solutions that support retail and wholesale business models, channels, and customer segments
• Define customer and user journeys, solution context, architecture diagrams, component interactions, data flows, integration patterns, event flows, and technology recommendations
• Ensure solution designs align with enterprise architecture principles, target-state architecture, approved technology standards, and governance guardrails
• Design secure, scalable, and supportable cloud-based solution architectures using AWS services and enterprise application platforms
• Architect capabilities that support the customer onboarding lifecycle, including initial engagement, customer and account setup, validation, activation, service enablement, and operational handoff
• Design and govern integrations, APIs, event flows, middleware usage, and data-exchange patterns required for customer onboarding capabilities
• Define API-led and event-driven integration patterns using Confluent Cloud and Apache Kafka capabilities
• Define and validate non-functional requirements, including security, availability, reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability
• Partner with Product Owners, Portfolio teams, and business stakeholders to understand priorities, desired customer outcomes, and delivery constraints
• Serve as a trusted architecture advisor to product, business, and technology stakeholders supporting customer onboarding

Primary Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered
• Significant experience in application development, systems analysis, technical leadership, or solution architecture
• Demonstrated experience designing end-to-end application solutions across multiple systems, teams, and technology domains
• Experience designing solutions that support customer, account, order, service, commercial, or onboarding-related business processes
• Experience designing secure, scalable cloud-based application architectures using AWS services
• Experience with Confluent Cloud and Apache Kafka-based event-streaming patterns
• Experience with PostgreSQL, including application data modeling and data-access patterns
• Strong experience designing, governing, and integrating APIs, including API-led integration patterns
• Experience with SAP Master Data Governance (MDG), particularly customer, business-partner, or account master-data processes
• Experience with Snowflake, including data integration and governed data exchange
• Experience partnering with product management and engineering teams in an Agile or iterative delivery environment

Desired Skills:

• Experience supporting complex customer-facing or commercial business applications across multiple business lines
• Experience supporting retail and wholesale technology capabilities
• Experience with customer relationship management, customer/account data, customer portals, or digital commerce platforms
• Experience integrating SAP MDG with other enterprise platforms
• Experience designing cloud-native or hybrid application architectures using AWS services
• Experience implementing data governance, customer-data quality, or master-data management practices
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks and governance
• Relevant architecture, AWS cloud, Confluent/Kafka, SAP, data-platform, security, or Agile certifications

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all of our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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