Application Solutions Architect - at Compunnel Inc. West Columbia, South Carolina

Application Solutions Architect

Application Solutions Architect - Microsoft Stack, Cloud, Microservices, &.NET Full Stack

WORK LOCATION: Plano, TX (Hybrid)

Job Type - Fulltime

Focus on - who are application-focused Solutions Architects / Application Architects with a strong Microsoft development background. The ideal candidate should have started in software engineering/application development and grown into architecture, not someone who is only infrastructure, network, or cloud operations focused. This person needs to design and guide modern application architecture for web and cloud-based application services using the Microsoft technology stack, while helping modernize legacy processes through cloud strategy, DevOps, reusable frameworks, and secure development practices.

Position Overview

If you are an application architect who still understands how software is built, this role gives you the opportunity to help shape modern enterprise application architecture across web, cloud, hybrid, and legacy modernization environments. This is a hands-on architecture role for someone who can connect business needs to technical strategy, define scalable application patterns, guide cloud migration decisions, and support development teams building secure, reusable, modern application solutions. Working onsite with the team in Plano, TX, you will work across Microsoft technologies, modern JavaScript frameworks, APIs, microservices, DevOps, and cloud platforms to help improve how enterprise business applications are designed, delivered, and modernized.

Essential Responsibilities

• Works with members of the architecture portfolio to make recommendations in activities related to the design, development and maintenance of Enterprise Architecture strategies, processes, methodologies and models.

• Promotes the development of common reusable enterprise technology solutions while respecting the main principles of Domain Driver Design (DDD).

• Assesses the immediate and long term strategic goals of the organization and participates in managing the technology roadmap.

• Promotes the adoption of the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) and integration of it in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) to raise security awareness in application development.

• Ensures technology solutions are aligned to solution patterns, application frameworks and the technology roadmap.

• Identifies and implements new solutions for research and participate in proof of concept initiatives to explore new architectural strategies.

• Responsible for the design, customization, and implementation of robust, secure, scalable systems across n-tier platforms.

• Promotes the development of technical infrastructure/architecture and standards.

• Supports the new enterprise architecture (called ENCORE) and evaluates roadmaps for opportunity to improve/modernize legacy processes including cloud strategy, DevOps, and technical delivery excellence.

• Works with the lines of business, support staff, and technology areas, to design a technical structure based on the existing standards and processes and meets the strategic needs of the business and integrates with other business and IT Processes.

• Defines optimal application architecture strategy for migration to the cloud.

Required Qualifications

• Education: B.A. / B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology strongly preferred (alternate degree with significant IT related and leadership experience may be considered in lieu thereof).

• Experience: A minimum of 7+ years in software engineering and application development, with a minimum of 3 years of experience in enterprise, application, technical, or information architecture. Proven experience with modern software development environment that is Agile and incorporates CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery) and DevOps. Previous experience with Web UI technologies (e.g., JavaScript, CSS/SCSS/LESS, using MVC, Bootstrap, Kendo UI, JQuery). Experience with multiple JavaScript frameworks, including Angular, React, Node.js. Experience with the following platforms/technologies: Microservices, NoSQL, AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker/Kubernetes, Service Fabric and Logic App.

Required Technical Skills

• Demonstrated technical knowledge of application delivery methods and familiarity with how portfolios of systems work together to create enterprise solutions.

• Strong knowledge of security (risks and threats, authentication, authorization, certificates, encryptions) and familiarity with OWASP.

• Working knowledge of Visual Studio 2015 or 2017 (or higher), TFS/Git and AzureDevOps.

• Familiarity with REST APIs, Dependency Injection, Dapper, test automation components.