Azure/API Solution Architect

  • Hartford, CT
  • Posted 13 hours ago | Updated moments ago

Overview

On Site
Full Time
Part Time
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent

Skills

API
API Development

Job Details

Position: Azure/API Solution Architect

Location: US Remote (Preferred Hartford, CT)

Duration: Long-term

Industry Vertical: Healthcare

Experience: 10+ Years Overall


Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Azure/API Solution Architect to lead the design and integration of complex, enterprise-grade solutions within a healthcare environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in API-first architectures, cloud platforms (primarily Azure), modern development frameworks, and systems integration. This role demands excellent collaboration, communication, and leadership skills to work with diverse stakeholders in an Agile setting.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Development Leads to analyze requirements and deliver robust solution designs.

  • Partner with Solution Domain Leads and Integration Architects to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and cross-domain impacts.

  • Develop solution artifacts (e.g., sketches, presentations) to communicate architectural approaches.

  • Present and validate solution designs with stakeholders, including infrastructure SMEs and business teams.

  • Leverage and contribute to architecture patterns and best practices for cloud-native solutions, APIs, and integrations.

  • Provide technical leadership to Agile teams, supporting modern software development practices including CI/CD and DevOps.

  • Continuously refine subject matter expertise in both business processes and technical systems.



Required Skills:

10+ years of experience designing and developing complex, integrated enterprise systems

Strong expertise in API-first enterprise architectures

Hands-on experience with Azure Cloud (compute), Google Cloud Platform (big data), and some AWS (digital experience)

Proficiency in Salesforce Service Cloud for user experience

Solid experience with modern languages/frameworks (Java, JavaScript, Node.js) and messaging queuing infrastructures

Familiarity with distributed computing architectures, including concurrency, race conditions, and parallelism

Adept at systems integration and requirements analysis

Familiarity with popular Design Patterns

Experience working in Agile teams and facilitating meetings with stakeholders

Excellent verbal and written communication, collaboration, and consensus-building skills

Ability to manage competing priorities with minimal supervision


Desired Skills:

Proven track record delivering large, complex systems as part of a team

Architectural experience with cloud-native solutions and Azure PaaS offerings

RDBMS and NoSQL database experience (e.g., MongoDB)

Familiarity with Gen AI (RAG frameworks, Vector DB searches) and/or Conversational AI (IBM WatsonX, Google Dialog Flow)

Experience designing developer-friendly REST APIs and distributed caching solutions

Knowledge of SAFe Software Development Principles

Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

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