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IT Architect (Remote)
Current or Previous IRS Experience Preferred
Active IRS MBI Clearance is highly desirable.
Candidates must be a US Citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident (Green Card status) for 3 years and be Federal Tax compliant Task Description :
Statement of Work :
Modernizing a platform for electronically filing returns with the IRS. It provides SOA based web services that filers use to submit returns and provides web applications for IRS users to work with the returns. It validates filed returns, determines their disposition, and interfaces with other IRS systems for downstream processing of the returns. IBM developed and enhanced since 2001.
Task Description :
Provide architecture direction and support for the modernization of the IRS System, including collaboration with the team and IRS stakeholders to provide direction for moving to containers, the Cloud and other target environments. Drive development of architecture artifacts and maintain documentation in accordance with IRS document templates. Make recommendations for increasing DevSecOps maturity.
Primary Duties :
Develop and extend the architecture. This includes developing architecture artifacts and presenting them to the team and IRS stakeholders estimated 35%
Provide recommendations / architectural options and solutions for migrating to microservices, containers and the Cloud estimated 35%
Maintain and / or create contractual deliverables in accordance with IRS templates estimated 10%
Identify opportunities for new business with the IRS estimated 10%
Provide LoE estimates for Impact Assessments and VROMs estimated 5%
Provide recommendations for implementing DevSecOps practices estimated 5%
Required Skills / Level of Experience :
Experience in developing, in collaboration with stakeholders, including customers, partners, project teams, and vendors, architectures for large, complex programs - 10 years
Strong customer communication skills, both oral and written 10 years
Experience in leading teams of architects and / or developers 5 years
Experience modernizing complex enterprise applications, including Java applications, for the Cloud 4 years
Experience modernizing complex enterprise applications, leveraging microservices running in containers - 4 years
Experience with Kubernetes and OpenShift 4 years
Experience with building complex AWS GovCloud solutions 4 years
Experience developing solutions leveraging Event Driven Architecture patterns 4 years
Experience with information security for large, highly sensitive Java applications 4 years
Experience maintaining requirements and traceability against business and application requirements for large, complex applications 4 years
Experience with the Linux platform 4 years
Experience with CM tools, such as IBM Engineering Workflow Management (EWM) and Git SCM 4 years
Experience with middleware products, including JBoss EAP, WebSphere Application Server, AMQ, Kafka and IBM MQ - 3 years
Experience in developing DevSecOps solutions on complex projects 2 years
Preferred Skills :
Experience with relational and NoSQL database technologies
Experience with database modeling tools, especially erwin Data Modeler
Experience with developing monitoring solutions
Experience with CMMI Level 3 Process Areas
Experience with Azure cloud for government and Google cloud for government
Experience with Agile methodologies
Experience with IaC tools such as Puppet / Chef / Ansible
Experience with AppDynamics
Active AWS Solution Architect Certification
EDUCATION
Candidate must also have a Bachelor's degree.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia, Zenius Corporation is a HUBZone-certified small business. Zenius specializes in providing Grants Management, IT Modernization, Acquisition Management, and Financial Management services to Federal agencies. Zenius is selected by Inc 5000 as one of the fastest-growing companies in the DC Metro Area award for two years in a row 2021 and 2020. Zenius is also listed by Financial Times as one of the fastest-growing companies in the Americas in 2021. Zenius is an awardee of 2019 Best of Leesburg winner (Business Management Consultant category). Learn more at.
BENEFITS
Zenius Corporation is a very employee-oriented company. Join us now and help us grow!
We offer a competitive benefits package that includes paid holidays and paid time off, medical insurance including health, vision, dental insurance, 401K matching, Flexible Spending Account and flexible schedules, as per business needs. We also work with our employees on training and professional certification plans that benefit the employee.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER :
Zenius Corporation provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Zenius complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Zenius Corporation expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.
