Job#: 3019655 Job Description: GPC Solutions ArchitectPosition Description- The Solutions Architect is responsible for translating desired business capabilities into comprehensive solution concepts, architectural models, and functional and technical requirements. This role designs strategies, technology patterns, and service structures while ensuring architecture and information-management governance across the enterprise.
- The position plays a critical role in enterprise capability integration by identifying opportunities to align information and process flows, selecting appropriate implementation strategies, and defining required technology mechanisms. The architect also develops and aligns current- and future-state architectural models to support strategic planning, investment decisions, project execution, and service management.
- Employees in this role deliver architecture artifacts-including business, information, data, process, solution, application, service, technology, and infrastructure architectures-to support solution, service, and technology delivery initiatives. They also collaborate with project management and development teams to set architectural direction, including technologies, patterns, principles, and development frameworks.
Compensation: $70-80/hr
Benefits: Health, dental, vision, 401(k)
How to Apply: Please send your resume to
Sam Wade, Sr. Professional Recruiter, at with the subject line:
"GPC Solutions Architect."Key Responsibilities- Translate business capabilities into well-defined projects and programs with clear objectives and deliverables.
- Visualize and communicate architecture concepts, principles, strategies, and models for programs, initiatives, and domains.
- Facilitate cross-functional architecture discussions to ensure alignment across business sponsors and product lines.
- Participate in business and IT governance processes as a member or facilitator.
- Ensure alignment between architecture standards and IT projects by collaborating with business and technology leaders.
- Develop recommendations that enhance the business value of IT initiatives.
- Set and approve future-state architecture standards, guidelines, blueprints, and roadmaps across business functions.
- Lead research and innovation efforts to mature architecture standards and roadmaps.
- Approve prototypes and make recommendations on tools, methodologies, and architectural processes.
- Facilitate architecture governance and ensure adherence to established architecture standards.
- Build buy-in for architectural decisions from business and IT leadership.
- Promote the value of architecture practices to senior business and IT management.
- Provide strategic guidance to support prioritization and portfolio planning.
Required Skills- Solution Architecture
- Cloud Architecture
- Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)
Preferred Skills- Tekton
- API development
- Python
- Java
Required Experience- 10+ years of experience in IT
- 4+ years of experience in a concentrated technical area
Preferred Experience- 4+ years working with Google Cloud Platform
- 4+ years in a Solution Architecture role
Education- Bachelor's Degree required
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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
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