Lead Solution Architect

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Typically 10+ years of software engineering and application develo

Benefits

Additional Information

Job Description: Responsible for the overall leadership, architecture, modernization, operation, security, and continuous improvement of a mission-critical, homegrown enterprise application platform that has evolved over the past 20+ years. The platform supports the creation of customized client solutions and proposal generation processes that contributed to over $1B in approved client proposals in FY2026 , serving several hundred customers across six regional instances hosted on AWS, Azure, and on-premises infrastructure. This role combines People Leadership, Solution Architecture, Technical Ownership, Platform Engineering, Security, and Application Modernization responsibilities. The successful candidate will lead a team of application developers while serving as the primary technical authority for the platform's future direction, reliability, scalability, and adoption of emerging technologies including AI. Essential Job Functions Technical Leadership & Architecture Serve as the technical owner and lead architect for a large-scale business-critical application platform supporting global customer solution development and proposal management. Define and maintain the application architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, maintainability, security, and alignment with business objectives. Lead the ongoing modernization of the application from legacy VB.NET technologies to modern C#, .NET 10, and Blazor-based architecture. Evaluate, design, and implement new capabilities while ensuring compatibility with existing frameworks, integrations, and business processes. Establish architectural standards, coding practices, development frameworks, and technical governance. Team Leadership & Delivery Lead, mentor, and develop a team of application developers responsible for the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of the platform. Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, coaching sessions, performance discussions, and career development planning for team members. Foster a culture of ownership, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. Manage work prioritization, sprint planning, backlog refinement, release schedules, and resource allocation. Partner with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams to define requirements and deliver high-value business solutions. Platform Operations & Reliability Own the end-to-end operational health of the application ecosystem across AWS, Azure, and on-premises environments. Ensure platform availability, performance, stability, disaster recovery readiness, and business continuity. Lead root cause analysis and resolution of production incidents, application defects, and system performance issues. Monitor system performance and identify opportunities for optimization across application, database, infrastructure, and integration layers. Oversee release management processes, deployment strategies, environment management, and production support activities. Security & Identity Management Lead the modernization of platform authentication and authorization capabilities, including migration to DXC Entra and FusionAuth. Ensure compliance with enterprise security policies and industry best practices. Manage SSL certificate lifecycle processes, application security configurations, and secure communications. Respond to security vulnerabilities, audit findings, penetration test results, and emerging cybersecurity threats. Collaborate with security teams to implement proactive risk mitigation strategies. Data & Infrastructure Management Provide technical oversight for database architecture, performance, maintenance, and scalability. Ensure effective management of application dependencies, infrastructure components, and supporting services. Drive initiatives to improve system resilience, monitoring, observability, backup/recovery capabilities, and operational efficiency. Collaborate with infrastructure and cloud teams on hosting strategies, migrations, upgrades, and optimization initiatives. Integration & Enterprise Solutions Design and govern integrations with internal and external enterprise systems. Ensure reliable exchange of business data across applications, services, and customer-facing processes. Maintain ownership of automated approval workflows, notification services, email communications, and related business automation capabilities. Innovation & AI Adoption Identify and implement opportunities to leverage Artificial Intelligence and automation within the platform. Lead exploration of AI-driven solution generation, recommendation engines, proposal optimization, operational efficiency improvements, and enhanced user experiences. Evaluate emerging technologies and incorporate them into the platform roadmap where appropriate.

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