NET Applications Architect

1. Design and document end-to-end application architectures using the Microsoft .NET ecosystem
2. Define solution patterns (monolithic, modular monolith, microservices, event-driven, etc.)
3. Establish architectural standards, reference architectures, and design guidelines
4. Evaluate and recommend technology stacks and frameworks
5. ?Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams
6. Review code, pull requests, and design artifacts for architectural compliance
7. Ensure adherence to SOLID principles, clean architecture, and best practices
8. Support CI/CD pipeline integration and deployment strategies
9. Assess existing systems and recommend modernization approaches
10. Guide migrations (legacy JCL/COBOL/FOCUS .NET)
11. Identify and prioritize technical debt remediation
12. Support refactoring strategies without disrupting business operations
13. ?Produce and maintain architectural diagrams and technical documentation
14. Document design decisions and tradeoffs (ADRs)
15. Support onboarding and mentoring of internal technical staff
16. Participate in architecture reviews and governance forums
17. Analyze and document existing computing assets, including technical specifications and established business rules
18. Assist with debugging and troubleshooting existing processes when needed
19. Diagnose and resolve issues after performing root cause analysis
20. Provide guidance and assist with remediating and upgrading legacy assets
21. Coordinate with business analysts, other developers, and products owners to remediate to the new state-wide accounting system
22. Participate in code and design reviews to ensure quality and performance
23. Perform knowledge transfer with technical staff of the office of the Comptroller
24. Solution architecture diagrams and documentation
25. Technology and design recommendations
26. Architecture decision records (ADRs)

The submitted candidate must be able to apply common knowledge, skills, and abilities in the following areas:

1. Clean Architecture and Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
2. Event-driven architectures
3. API design and integration patterns
4. Web application development and front-end frameworks
5. Azure DevOps tools such as App Insights, Key Vault, and Blob Storage
6. SQL Server and relational database design
7. Data access optimization and performance tuning
8. Performance tuning and scalability
9. Reliability and fault tolerance
10. Logging, monitoring, and observability
11. Knowledge of the SCRUM Framework
12. Knowledge of financial systems such as an ERP
13. Entity Relationship Diagrams
14. Documenting and communicating technical requirements
15. Coordinating with Business Analysts to capture business requirements
16. Ability to bridge the gap between technical and business language, 1. C# or ASP.NET Core
17. WebAPIs (RESTful Services)
18. Entity Framework / ORM Frameworks
19. .NET Framework and Modern .NET (.NET 6+)
20. Microsoft Azure
21. CI/CD Pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub actions, etc.)
22. Front-End JavaScript Library (Angular, React, Vue, etc.)

Candidate MUST have a minimum of 15 years of experience in multiple IT areas and 3+ years of relevant architecture experience. Candidate must have advanced to expert level knowledge and understanding of architecture, applications systems design and integration, specifically .NET.