Technical Architect

TITLE: Technical Architect

TYPE: CONTRACT (12-24+ MONTHS)

WORK SCHEDULE: M-F 8-5/ (Local Candidates in California)

TRAVEL:

HOURLY PAY RATE: $45-$65

LOCATION: Downey, CA

INDUSTRY: GOVERNMENT / PUBLIC SECTOR

COMPANY INFO

Our client is the largest government agency in Los Angeles County with over 30 departments in the County. Must be able to work for any US employer on a W2.

JOB SUMMARY

The Technical Architect will serve as the manager of complex technology implementations, with an eye toward constant reengineering and refactoring to ensure the simplest and most elegant system possible to accomplish the desired need; understand how to maximize leverage of the open source community to deploy systems on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers; be comfortable sharing knowledge across a multi-disciplinary team and working within various methodologies; and be a full partner in the determination of vision, objectives, and success criteria. The Technical Architect will architect the overall system by using prototyping and proof of concepts, which may include: modern programming languages (e.g., Ruby, Python, Node.js) and web frameworks (e.g., Django, Rails), modern front-end web programming techniques (e.g., HTML5, CSS3, RESTful APIs) and frameworks (e.g., Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery), relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL), and NoSQL databases (e.g., Cassandra, MongoDB), automated configuration management (e.g., Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Salt), continuous integration/deployment, and continuous monitoring solutions; use version control systems (e.g., Git and GitHub); ensure strategic alignment of technical design and architecture to meet business growth and direction, and stay on top of emerging technologies; decompose business and system architecture to support clean-interface multi-team development; develop product roadmaps, backlogs, and measurable success criteria, and write user stories (i.e., can establish a path to delivery for breaking down stories) and clearly communicate and work with stakeholders at every level.

The Technical Architect will possess knowledge and experience in analyses and development of conceptual designs and detail designs; developing JBOSS Messaging and connectivity with Spring-JMS connectivity; designing DB schema as per the requirements and in sync with the old system; implementing the daily and weekly jobs that interact with external interfaces; coordinating with business stakeholders to understand their requirements; communicate with cross-divisional personnel at both team and executive levels to understand performance measurement methodologies; and direct team members in compiling business requirements and executing project milestones.

Experience Required:

Possess a strong command of Bash (Bourne Again Shell), with additional familiarity in other shell environments such as sh, zsh, and ksh. Proficient in using core Unix/Linux command-line utilities including grep, awk, sed, cut, find, xargs, and sort. Experienced in automating routine system administration tasks such as file backups, software installations and updates, user and group management, scheduled tasks or cron jobs, log rotation, and disk usage monitoring. Skilled in automation and CI/CD practices, including integrating source control systems with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) to automate testing, building, and deployment processes. Proficient in SQL, including joins, subqueries, set operations, and window functions. Capable of optimizing database queries for performance using techniques such as indexing and analyzing query execution plans. Skilled with relational database management systems, particularly Oracle.

Must have a minimum of eight (8) years of experience in systems development, analysis, programming or testing. Unix/Linux Scripting and Automation

5 Years of Experience Command of Bash (Bourne Again Shell) and familiarity with other shells including sh, zsh, and ksh. Using core Unix/Linux command-line tools such as grep, awk, sed, cut, find, xargs, and sort for efficient text processing and system management. Automating routine administrative tasks including file backups, software installations and updates, user and group management, cron jobs and scheduled tasks, log rotation, and disk usage monitoring.Implementing automation and CI/CD processes by integrating source control systems with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) to streamline testing, building, and deployment workflows.

5 years of experience in Core Programming Proficiency: Programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Java, C#). Understanding of data structures and algorithms. Code quality: readable, modular, maintainable code.

2 years of experience in API Proxy Development & Configuration: Creating and deploying API proxies using Apigee Edge or Apigee X. Experience with proxy endpoints, target endpoints, and route rules. Familiarity with API design best practices (RESTful principles, versioning, etc.). Security (OAuth2, API key validation, JWT verification). Traffic Management (Spike arrest, Quota, Rate limiting). Transformation (JSON/XML conversion, Assign Message, Extract Variables). Mediation and Orchestration (Service callouts, JavaScript, or Python logic).

Education/Training Preferred:

Bachelor of Science