Systems Architect

The System Architect is accountable for the technical architecture of the ARM application. This role involves designing and validating solutions across an AWS-hosted, Pega-driven stack, defining how services and components integrate, and ensuring the platform maintains performance, scalability, and security. This is a hands-on architecture position where the contractor will produce architecture artifacts, review and guide implementation, and work directly with engineering, QA, and business stakeholders., * Design and document the application's system-level architecture across AWS infrastructure, Pega workflows, and supporting .NET/C# services.

• Define integration points, including APIs, data flows, and event contracts between components and adjacent systems.
• Produce architecture diagrams, data-flow diagrams, and technical specifications to guide implementation.
• Apply Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform / OpenTofu) practices.
• Design for scalability, fault tolerance, and security, including within an event-driven architecture.
• Partner with engineering, QA, and product/business stakeholders to translate requirements into architectural solutions.
• Review code and design artifacts from the engineering team against the intended architecture and standards.
• Monitor for architectural drift, performance bottlenecks, and integration issues.
• Evaluate new tools or patterns for architectural fit.
• Maintain up-to-date architecture documentation.

Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

Experience: 5-8 years of overall IT experience, including at least 2-3 years in a system or solutions architecture role. Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and supporting complex, cloud-native system architectures. Working expertise in integration patterns, APIs, and microservices/event-driven communication.

Technical Skills:

• AWS
• Pega
• Postgres
• .NET / C#
• React
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or OpenTofu)
• Event-Driven Architecture

Preferred Qualifications

• Snowflake / Snowpipe
• PowerBI
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD) practices
• Background in insurance or financial services processing at scale
• AI-Enabled Engineering experience

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