Overview
On Site
BASED ON EXPERIENCE
Full Time
Skills
Continuous Delivery
Interfaces
Migration
SDL
Lifecycle Management
Onboarding
Bootstrap
API
Productivity
Solution Architecture
DevSecOps
User Experience
GitHub
GitLab
Continuous Integration
Jenkins
API Management
Promotions
Auditing
Communication
Documentation
DevOps
Software Architecture
Web Portals
IDP
ServiceNow
Workflow
Provisioning
Customer Facing
Kubernetes
Mapping
Gap Analysis
Roadmaps
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Regulatory Compliance
Software Development Methodology
SANS
FOCUS
Professional Services
Genetics
Law
Job Details
Title: SDLC & API Architect
Location: Dallas, TX
Duration: Permanent Position
Compensation: $200,000 - $350,000/year
Work Requirements: , Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.
About INSPYR Solutions
Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.
Location: Dallas, TX
Duration: Permanent Position
Compensation: $200,000 - $350,000/year
Work Requirements: , Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.
SDLC & API Architect
The SDLC & API Architect will define and own the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle
platform and API enablement strategy for the engineering teams. This role will
establish the tooling stack, design developer workflows, and ensure governance, auditing,
and compliance against architectural decisions. The architect will drive self-service
developer experiences, define APIs and developer portal requirements, and document
key decisions. This role will partner with the Platform Engineering org.
Responsibilities:
- Establish the enterprise SDLC tooling stack (GitHub/GitLab, CI/CD, registries, artifact repositories, build runners, deployment tooling).
- Design and document the software delivery lifecycle model, including separation of duties (developers vs. administrators vs. customer workloads), GenAI integration, etc.
- Drive paved paths / golden templates for engineering teams, ensuring consistency and adoption of best practices.
- Drive Strong API contracts and Consistency across interfaces.
- Define auditing, and compliance guardrails across repos, pipelines, and deployments; guidance for migrating tooling/pipelines.
- Produce and maintain Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) to capture SDL and API gateway architectural decisions.
- Architect the developer experience (DX) through an Internal Developer Portal (IDP), integrating SDLC workflows and APIs; guidance on access lifecycle management.
- Define self-service APIs/capabilities (repo creation, namespace provisioning, cluster onboarding, pipeline bootstrap);
- Lead API gateway strategy (domain boundaries, API Catalog, governance) - both internal self-service and external customers.
- Perform capability mapping and gap analysis across organizational units and customer needs, identifying improvements to platform capabilities.
- Optimize for Flow by helping streamline SDLC with the "Ways of Working initiative measuring engineering productivity.
- Partner with Security, Platform, and Solution Architecture to embed DevSecOps practices into delivery pipelines.
- Partner with Developer Experience and UX Architects to ensure frictionless, standardized workflows.
- Strong expertise in DevOps and SDLC tooling: GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Jenkins/Tekton, NexArtifactory.
- Experience with API management platforms: Kong, Tyk, Apigee or similar.
- Deep understanding of software delivery lifecycle design (branching, release strategies, artifact promotion, separation of duties).
- Hands-on with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps patterns.
- Knowledge of auditing, compliance, and governance in multi-tenant SDLC environments.
- Strong communication skills with ability to produce ADRs and platform documentation.
- Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams (engineering, ops, compliance, customer success).
- 12+ years in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Software Architecture.
- Experience implementing an Internal Developer Portal (IDP) (Backstage, Port, ServiceNow integrations).
- Designing self-service workflows for developers (repo creation, namespace/cluster provisioning etc.).
- Exposure to multi-tenant platform models and customer-facing workload separation.
- Knowledge/Experience with Consul integrations with Kubernetes, Vault, or other relevant platforms.
- Prior work on capability mapping and gap analysis to drive platform roadmap.
- Experience in integrating GenAI into SDLC.
- Familiarity with regulatory compliance frameworks as applied to SDLC processes
About INSPYR Solutions
Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.
INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
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