Microservices Architect

Role: Microservices Architect
Location: Baltimore Metro Area (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Contract to Hire or Direct Full Time
Key Skills: Integration Architecture, Microservices Architecture, Event Driven Architecture, API Design, Cloud, CI/CD, Kubernetes

Job Description:

We are seeking a senior, hands on Microservices Architect to lead and own enterprise wide integration architecture. This role is not just about creating designs but also about making sure solutions work in production. You will translate business needs into strong technical solutions, guide engineering teams, and be accountable for the quality and reliability of integration platforms.

You will work between delivery teams and enterprise architecture leadership to define standards, review designs, and drive both current and future state integration strategy.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or 15+ years of related IT experience across Infrastructure and Application Services.
15+ years of total IT experience with a strong background in systems, engineering, and application architecture.
10+ years of IS or business experience in programming, engineering, or systems analysis.
5+ years of experience with event driven and asynchronous architecture.
Strong experience designing microservices based systems.
Experience delivering business process and workflow solutions.
Proven experience with API led integration and service orchestration.
Strong cloud experience with AWS and exposure to Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
Experience designing solutions for scalability, reliability, security, availability, and maintainability.
Solid background in application engineering, not just architecture theory.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, containerization, and Kubernetes.
Experience using GitHub based development workflows.
Strong knowledge of the full SDLC, including design reviews and QA checkpoints.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Key Responsibilities:

Own end to end integration architecture and ensure solutions are production ready.
Define domain specific architecture standards aligned with enterprise architecture.
Review and approve solution designs and present them to Enterprise Architecture teams.
Translate business strategy and requirements into working integration solutions.
Design and govern microservices, APIs, and event driven integration patterns.
Lead solution architecture from concept through production deployment.
Estimate work, define level of effort, and support planning and prioritization.
Ensure solution quality, security, scalability, and operational readiness.
Mentor and coach developers and engineers on architecture and best practices.
Serve as the technical owner and escalation point for integration platforms.
Contribute to future state architecture and technology roadmaps.
Lead proofs of concept and prototypes for new integration and cloud technologies.

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