Staff Solutions Architect

Insight Global
Reading, United States of America
6 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Reading, United States of America

Tech stack

Java
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Application Integration Architecture
Azure
Cloud Computing
Data Architecture
IBM DB2
Relational Databases
IBM Websphere Application Server
Kubernetes
DDD (Domain Driven Development)
Microservices

Job description

A client of Insight Global's is looking for an individual who will operate as a forward-looking architect supporting the entire Product Line rather than a single project, with a primary focus on building future-ready architecture across booking, sales, pricing, payments, and more. They will drive a multi-year transformation initiative modernizing a legacy Java monolithic application running on DB2 and WebSphere into a scalable, event-driven, domain-oriented microservices architecture. This includes designing and orchestrating loosely coupled solutions that enable faster speed to market and plug-and-play integration of new vendors and capabilities as business needs evolve. The role is heavily strategic and architectural in nature, with approximately 70% non-coding responsibilities, 25% proof-of-concept development, and close involvement in deployment architecture and production support considerations to ensure solutions are practical and resilient. The individual will collaborate closely with an existing data architect who owns the data domain, while taking ownership of application and integration architecture. This long-term role supports an ongoing transformation that will begin with the specific line of business and later be replicated across other business lines. This will require someone who can grow with the organization and continuously design for changing technologies and future scalability.

Requirements

  • 5+ year of experience as an Architect (15+ years of experience in IT)

  • Hands-on experience modernization applications from monolithic environment to smaller microservices

  • Java Development background

  • Event and domain driven development experience

  • Ability to create POC for deploying architecture and helping with production issues

  • Enterprise level experience in scales agile

  • Ability to articulate a solution to Senior Leadership

  • Ability to navigate through a difference in opinions in stakeholder meetings

  • Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

  • DB2 or other relational databases

  • Kubernetes

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