Company Description
Synectics is a customer-focused information management services firm that offers its customers data-driven solutions associated with the following core competencies: IT Modernization, Research & Statistical Analysis, Data Analytics, and Knowledge Management & Data Visualization. We are a woman-owned small business (WOSB) that is ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2013 certified and appraised at CMMI-3. Our office is located in Arlington, VA, near the Rosslyn Metro. Synectics offers a competitive salary and an impressive full benefits package that includes employee medical and dental, 401k, company paid life and short/long term disability insurance and paid leave. along with an environment that supports professional development and growth.
Job Description
We are a customer-focused information management services firm that offers its customers data-driven solutions with the following competencies: IT Modernization, Research & Statistical Analysis, Data Analytics, and Knowledge Management & Data Visualization. We are a women-owned small business (WOSB) that is ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2013 certified and appraised at CMMI-3 for Development.
We are looking for a Solutions Architect to lead overall technical vision for IT solutions for our customers by designing, describing, and managing engineering in relation to specific business problems. The ideal candidate will have the skills and experience to understand our customers' business and technical needs and design modern, sustainable IT solutions and explore technology architecture boundaries.
Responsibilities/Duties:
Experience and Qualifications:
Additional Information
Synectics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We offer a competitive salary and an impressive full benefits package that includes employee medical and dental, 401k, company paid life and short/long term disability insurance and paid leave. along with an environment that supports professional development and growth. Our hiring process is 100% online.
Synectics is a customer-focused information management services firm that offers its customers data-driven solutions associated with the following core competencies: IT Modernization, Research & Statistical Analysis, Data Analytics, and Knowledge Management & Data Visualization. We are a woman-owned small business (WOSB) that is ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2013 certified and appraised at CMMI-3. Our office is located in Arlington, VA, near the Rosslyn Metro. Synectics offers a competitive salary and an impressive full benefits package that includes employee medical and dental, 401k, company paid life and short/long term disability insurance and paid leave. along with an environment that supports professional development and growth.
Job Description
We are a customer-focused information management services firm that offers its customers data-driven solutions with the following competencies: IT Modernization, Research & Statistical Analysis, Data Analytics, and Knowledge Management & Data Visualization. We are a women-owned small business (WOSB) that is ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2013 certified and appraised at CMMI-3 for Development.
We are looking for a Solutions Architect to lead overall technical vision for IT solutions for our customers by designing, describing, and managing engineering in relation to specific business problems. The ideal candidate will have the skills and experience to understand our customers' business and technical needs and design modern, sustainable IT solutions and explore technology architecture boundaries.
Responsibilities/Duties:
- Define technical solutions for current and potential business opportunities.
- Assess current architectures and work with technical teams to define "To Be" goal state.
- Assess the business impact including cost that technical choices have on the overall solution.
- Provide specifications according to which solutions are defined, managed, and delivered
- Work with company managers and technology leaders to craft reusable enterprise solution approaches and technologies
- Lead and contribute on technical writing assignments with department/project managers and on Business Development proposal efforts
- Work with company managers and technology leaders to craft reusable enterprise solution approaches and technologies
- Represent the Company in IT/Technical Meetings with Customer Business and Product Owners and Partners
- Occasional hands-on coding, e.g., to test proofs of concept
- Assist in recruiting, hiring, and training new IT staff personnel and consultants/SMEs
Experience and Qualifications:
- 7-10 years of experience working on software/systems development projects including three years in architecture, design deploying enterprise applications in cloud platforms
- Extensive experience with demonstrable success in the Federal Government marketspace
- Knowledge of current mainstream solution architectures, including cloud-based solutions, cloud migration, hybrid cloud & multicloud solutions
- Solid understanding of leading-edge technologies to offer smart solutions to customers
- Proven experience in engineering and software architecture design
- Strong experience in application modernization, refactoring, and migration approaches to transition applications workloads from On-Premise to Cloud (AWS preferred).
- Experience participating in BD & proposal development efforts and leading the technical volume of solutions development.
- Ability to effectively articulate solutions (verbally and in writing) and discuss business problems with customers and senior management positively influencing outcomes
- Strong understanding and working experience of Agile methodologies, DevOps and DevSecOps frameworks
- Technical skills of a software developer and the business skills of a project manager or business analyst
- Ability to identify and document business processes
- Strong working experience in developing enterprise web applications using Java or Microsoft technologies
- Experience working with a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, data scientists, developers, and users to comprehend data requirements and design a robust data processing pipeline, implementing ETL processes, and developing data and metadata service components
- Ability to research and make recommendations on software products and services in support of procurement and development efforts
- Experience with Enterprise Architecture frameworks including FEA, TOGAF and DoDAF
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology Management or Engineering, or other IT related degree. Master's degree preferred
- AWS Solutions Architect Professional preferred
- Azure certifications preferred
- Previous project management experience
- Business Intelligence solutions
- Data Analytics, Machine Learning solutions (Cloudera desired)
- Scalable SQL Query solutions (Apache Impala desired)
- Agile enterprise/program teams (Scrum, SAFe, etc.) preferred
- Big Data Solutions Enterprise Data Warehouse design, implementation, and integration
- In-depth understanding of coding languages (Java, JavaScript)
- Familiarity with the use of Databricks
- Familiarity with the application of blockchain technology to predictive analytics
Additional Information
Synectics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We offer a competitive salary and an impressive full benefits package that includes employee medical and dental, 401k, company paid life and short/long term disability insurance and paid leave. along with an environment that supports professional development and growth. Our hiring process is 100% online.