Title: Senior Application Architect

Location: Baltimore, MD (One week per month onsite is required)

Job Type: Contract – Hybrid

Duration: Long-Term 12 Months

Job Description

Location: The primary place of performance is HYBRID with 40% onsite requirement at the Baltimore City Headquarters or at facility location based on project need.

The Integration Architect/Specialist manages major projects that involve providing professional support services and/or the integration, implementation, and transition of large, complex systems.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides design and development of e-government solutions, and is responsible for technical design and implementation of the architecture.
• Designs, develops and maintains infrastructure and backend applications.
• Provides expertise on defining the role of broadband and wireless applications.
• Provides definition of current client's architecture blueprints.
• Provides expertise with web servers, gateways, and application servers and content management systems.
• Provides experience in web application technologies and middleware solutions.
• Researches new technologies and products for their applicability to business processes.
• Must be able to compare various solutions and determine the most suitable.
• Ensures that development efforts are well planned and in agreement with standards.

Required and Desired Skills/Certifications:

• At least 10 years of experience planning, designing, building, and implementing IT application systems.
• Must have led or been chief architect in a major IT applications implementation effort.
• Must have a strong background in software engineering principles and techniques.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as business acumen
• Ability to compile and organize information and present findings to management
• Confident in decision-making and the ability to explain technical processes or choices as needed
• Excellent multitasking skills and task management
• Ability to complete milestones and work toward multiple deadlines simultaneously
• Outstanding problem solver

Additional Requirements:

• At least six (6) years of experience in designing medium to large-scale sites and management of at least five Internet projects.

Education and Years of Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or other related scientific or technical discipline. Master’s degree preferred.