Solution Architect SME (Remote)

12 days ago

Remote, WorldwideStaff+

Base Salary

$172k - $232k/yr

Responsibilities

Analyze client mainframe and mid-range architectures, interfaces, data models, batch-processing frameworks, and business processes.
Propose future-state business processes and technical architecture solutions for modernizing legacy financial applications.
Develop migration strategies for COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, and VSAM applications to distributed, server-based, and cloud environments.
Provide architecture-level recommendations for system integration, performance optimization, data migration, and application interoperability.
Create technical drawings, architecture diagrams, proof-of-concept solutions, documentation, modernization roadmaps, and data migration plans.
Lead design and solutioning activities with client financial agents, partner organizations, and multiple development teams.
Communicate requirements and adopted architecture decisions to oversight and development teams.
Guide development teams in applying modern design patterns, cloud-native principles, and DevSecOps practices.
Support application testing, validation, and deployment across environments.
Contribute to winning proposals and improve client financial application efficiency and user experience.

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
At least 10 years of experience in enterprise application architecture, systems design, and implementation.
Experience with COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, and VSAM mainframe technologies.
Experience with Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, PostgreSQL, Tomcat or WebLogic, and Linux.
Hands-on experience modernizing or migrating legacy mainframe applications to distributed or cloud-based systems.
Strong understanding of system integration, data migration, and interoperability between legacy and modern platforms.
Experience mapping business processes and technical architectures using industry-standard tools such as Microsoft Visio.
Excellent communication, collaboration, and technical documentation skills.
Preferred experience supporting federal financial systems and financial architectures such as general ledger, disbursement, or reconciliation systems.
Preferred experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP; Docker and Kubernetes; DevSecOps pipelines; and FISMA, NIST 800-53, and FedRAMP.
US Person status is required; US citizenship is not required and no security clearance is required.

Remote, full-flex work week with a scheduled 40-hour week and less than 10% travel.
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, health savings account, disability, life, accident, critical illness, and insurance options.
401(k) plan with company match and pre-tax and post-tax contribution options.
Paid vacation, sick, personal, holiday, parental, military, bereavement, jury-duty, and family leave, including up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12-month period.
Identity verification during hiring may involve virtual interviews, camera use, biometrics, and artificial intelligence.
The likely base salary range is $171,507-$232,039, with pay determined by experience, location, and contractual requirements.

10,000+ employees