Application Solution Architect –

Location: Must be local to Chicago and willing to go into the downtown office on occasion

Contract: 6 Months opportunity for extension

Job Description:

Create solutions to business problems through the use of technology.

Create and own the application architecture standards to meet business needs.

Document and maintain application portfolio and roadmap.

Review new application requests and align with overall application portfolio to minimize duplication -- be part of supplier selection team for new applications.

Perform application total cost of ownership analysis; measure the financial benefits of each application in comparison to the costs of the application's maintenance and operations.

Review ongoing change requests to application architecture

Top Must Have Skills:
This is application solutions architect role. Experience in Digital usage of identity and access management platforms such as OKTA or other. Preferred

Qualifications:
* Experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems
* Previous experience with full stack development ranging from front-end user interfaces to back-end systems
* Expert level knowledge of software engineering best practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build process, testing & operations
* A mindset to take up most challenging coding tasks
* Proficiency in design, development, security & scalability of high-volume services implemented in Java, Node/Typescript, .NET, or Python etc. * Strong demonstrated experience of Enterprise Integration Design patterns in development of loosely coupled & resilient systems
* Hands on with modern UI frameworks like React with excellent knowledge of client-side security & front-end design pattern (stateless components, conditional rendering, controlled components, hooks etc.)
* Demonstratable experience of design, development, query & database optimization of distributed SQL (e.g., Oracle, MySQL) & NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra) databases
* Strong knowledge of implementation, security, capacity planning & performance tuning of solutions deployed to Cloud technologies - Azure (ACS, AKS), Google, IBM, AWS or Cloud Foundry

* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field

Required Skills : Java
Basic Qualification :
Additional Skills :
Background Check :Yes
Drug Screen :Yes
Notes :
Selling points for candidate :
Project Verification Info :
Exclusive to Apex :No
Face to face interview required :No
Candidate must be local :Yes
Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::No
Interview times set : :No
Type of project :Architecture/Design
Master Job Title :VMS Access Entry
Branch Code :Chicago