This is a 12 month contract with IHA. 100% remote. USC/GC. Client is seeking an Java Integration Architect Lead who will be responsible for supporting enterprise-wide business operations and leading strategic projects along with providing technical expertise. Essential Accountabilities
- Partner across stakeholders during all aspects of projects and assignments to ensure collaboration, consistency, and quality of solutions
- Provides oversight to various IT resources such as developers and programmers, architects, and other IT resources as assigned
- Builds and maintains effective relationships with management, peers, product owners, and internal stakeholder
- Function as subject matter expert and system architecture authority for systems integration.
- Provide leadership, guidance, and assistance in the design and implementation of technology solutions business applications portfolio.
- Collaborate with other functions across IT & business to ensure collaboration, consistency, and quality of solutions. Transform business requirements into scalable/manageable and cost-effective solution architecture design.
- Lead the architecting, designing, and deploying of private and hybrid cloud solutions while focusing on the aspects of the overall delivery model.
- Provide guidance and advocacy with IT leadership and other business stakeholders to prioritize API integration requirements and design reusable integration solutions.
- Create reusability into systems for other IT resources to utilize in their development efforts.
- Develop written documentation for use in development.
- Manage unit and integration testing of all system functions.
- Provide day-to-day technical support, guidance, and direction to IT team.
- Remain current in software development, programming, and delivery technology.
- Continuous improvement and exploration of industry API integration standards and technology trends.
- Provide technical support, design, development, and expertise in the resolution of production incidents.
- Ensure stability, integrity, availability, productivity, and efficient operation of assigned systems.
Required Skills:
- Associate Degree required; Bachelor's degree preferred. An additional four (4) years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of degree.
- Five (5) years of experience in software development including design, analysis, implementation, testing, problem solving, and support required; to include experience with Java, JSON and/or XML. Python, Spring, Spring Boot preferred.
- Previous experience with AS400 preferred.
- Two (2) years progressive leadership/management experience required.
- Experience with cloud technologies (AWS or Microsoft Azure and Power Platform) within a SQL Server environment such as Azure or AWS data lake, Azure Data Factory, Synapse and Databricks preferred.
- Ability to work in both Linux and Windows environments.
- Web Service Application development preferred.
- Good understanding/exposure to overall API-Management concepts & fundamentals. Experience in defining overall API architecture, API implementations, integration, and deployment.