Applications Architect

Applications Architect / Senior API Administrator & Developer
📍 Location: Tallahassee, FL (Onsite)

Our team is seeking experienced technology professionals to support key initiatives with a public sector client in Tallahassee, FL. This opportunity is ideal for candidates with strong expertise in API architecture, enterprise integration, and application development who enjoy working on complex, mission-critical systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide architecture and design recommendations aligned with long-term IT strategy

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-level APIs and integration solutions

• Develop complex software solutions, enhancements, and system interfaces

• Lead API architecture decisions and support integration across business systems

• Assist in troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues

• Establish development standards, programming architectures, and reusable code frameworks

• Apply modern application development methodologies and object-oriented design principles

• Research emerging technologies and evaluate their applicability to enterprise systems

• Serve as a technical expert and mentor across development teams

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field OR equivalent experience

• 3+ years of hands-on API design and development experience

• Experience designing and developing APIs using C#, .NET Core, and MVC frameworks

• Expertise in RESTful API design, JSON, and HTTP protocols

• Experience with Azure API Management, Swagger, Postman, and Visual Studio

• Strong knowledge of enterprise integration approaches including Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

• Experience developing APIs that integrate with backend systems and databases

• Experience with Web Services (REST APIs and SOAP)

• Database experience with Microsoft SQL Server and/or IBM DB2

• Ability to document APIs including URIs, HTTP methods, headers, query parameters, and payload structures

• Strong collaboration skills with developers, architects, and project teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a state government or public sector environment

• Experience evaluating and integrating third-party APIs

• Knowledge of API orchestration and composite API design

• Experience developing SDKs and optimizing APIs for specific consumer use cases

• Ability to analyze API usage constraints such as SLAs, rate limits, and service terms

• Strong experience designing scalable backend integration architectures

This position is open to direct applicants only. Vendor or third-party submissions will not be considered.