Senior Java Cloud Architect

Description
Job Title: Information Technology - Solutions Architect (Java Solutions Architect)- Needs to be hands on but need to have experience as a solutions architect with a larger company.
Job Description: Project Overview / Contractor's Role:
The Technical Lead will serve as a key partner to product owners and business leaders, ensuring accountability for system stability, delivery excellence, and architectural integrity across multiple initiatives. This individual will provide technical leadership, guide engineering practices, and drive high-quality, secure, and scalable solutions that align with enterprise strategy.
This role combines strategic architectural direction with hands-on technical leadership. By ensuring stability, scalability, and adherence to engineering best practices, the Technical Lead plays a critical role in aligning technology delivery with business outcomes.
Experience Level: Senior - 3
Qualifications/Skills:
15+ years of software engineering and architectural experience in complex enterprise environments.
Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud platforms (Azure preferred), and modern integration and deployment patterns.
Define and deliver a large enterprise-scale big data ecosystem; evaluate existing data architecture and work with the team members to continuously enhance and evolve the data technology stack.
Proven ability to lead technical teams, manage priorities, and drive system stability and delivery outcomes.
Strong understanding of risk management, security, and compliance within regulated industries (financial services preferred).
Excellent communication, leadership, and analytical problem-solving skills.
Tasks & Responsibilities:
Stakeholder Partnership: Collaborate with product owners, business leaders, and engineering teams to translate priorities into actionable plans and ensure timely delivery of commitments.
Delivery Ownership & Stability: Take end-to-end responsibility for technical deliverables, ensuring quality, reliability, and operational stability through proactive monitoring and issue resolution.
Technical Leadership: Lead troubleshooting and problem-solving for complex technical challenges, drive root cause analysis, and implement durable solutions.
Architecture & Standards: Define and uphold architectural direction, establish software engineering foundations, and enforce best practices across design, development, testing, and deployment.
Risk & Security Controls: Champion secure coding, risk identification, and mitigation strategies, ensuring compliance with enterprise and regulatory standards.
Mentorship & Growth: Mentor engineers, promote technical excellence, and foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous learning.
Collaboration & Communication: Partner closely with cross-functional teams to ensure transparency, effective knowledge sharing, and alignment on strategic and tactical objectives.
VERY IMPORTANT / NEW NOTES FROM MANAGER :
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Design Applications
Problem Solve Issues as they arise
Tech Lead / Architect
Program needs someone that can wear many hats.
Must work at a macro and micro level.
Asset Program
Multiple Agile Teams
Connect the dots and correlate the findings
Top Technical Skills:
Multiple Workstreams in the Program
Building Data servicing applications in Snowflake
Building Cloud in Azure
Project Leadership is important
Implementation experience.
Cloud Platform / Distributed Systems.
Work Streams
Enterprise Applications
Back End Data Processing
Moving one system to another
Primarily a messaging platform where one hands to another and so on.
Using Java in one of the work streams
Good Java background, cloud implementation in Azure (Kubernetes / AKS)
Azure Networking
Experience implementing large scale projects in Azure.
Snowflake - many Data Layers being used for transformation including orchestration.
Data Integration within Azure
Snowflake is nice to have / not mandatory
They have already established high level architecture.
Engineering - already
Tech Leadership of the project, big picture and provide technical guidance to development staff.
Environment is currently in UAT.
Candidate will provide additional technical direction.
70% MACRO Level / 30% In the Weeds / MICRO LEVEL
Will be working with both Data and Java Engineering
Cloud Cluster experience will be helpful.
Using JSON right now for messaging. Already in place and don't expect it to change much.
Need more help on the data integration to migrate Data from PCF to On-Prem.
The program will eventually provide End to End Solution for internal and external stakeholders.
Years of Experience: 15+ years of experience preferred. Because they have very Senior level developers on the team.
Will not be developing but they will need to read code and review logs, code, run queries, analyze and guide the team with their findings.
TOP (3) Technical Skills:
1. JAVA with Spring and REST
2. Event Driven Architecture with Azure (Kubernetes) / AKS
3. Data Engineering - Data CI/CD Pipeline Tuning
Interview Process:
1. Collect Resumes
2. Review Resumes
3. Interview via MS Teams with TEAM LEADS
4. Make Decision
Must work onsite in Chicago 3x per week.
Architectural Framework experience required.
Financial Services experience - preferred but not a hard and mandatory requirement
Looking for a Team Player that can work with all types of stakeholders in IT and the Business.
Azure or Snowflake Certification a big plus.
Large Project Implementation experience in an enterprise environment would be preferred.
Looking for a nice career projection leading them to architectural / team lead roles.
Skills
Java, AKS, Kubernetes, data integration, snowflake, databricks, ci/cd, data pipeline, data
Top Skills Details
Java,AKS,Kubernetes,data integration
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Nice to Haves:
Willingness to work on POCs or other hands-on implementation tasks
Understanding of the investment management business, multiple asset classes, client and regulatory reporting
Investment/financial technology systems within a large-scale Asset Management setting
Experience Level
Expert Level
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Chicago, IL.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $75.00 - $90.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Chicago,IL.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Jan 28, 2026.
>About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.