Solution IT Inc. is looking for Java Solution Architect for one of its clients in New York / Hybrid
Job Title : Java Solution Architect
Key Responsibilities :
- Architect end-to-end payment and platform systems (on-premises hybrid cloud-native) that meet demands of low latency high throughput resilience security and data privacy.
- Define and promote architecture principles reference models patterns (e.g. microservices event sourcing CQRS async & sync messaging domain-driven design) and guide teams in adoption.
- Document architecture using modern modelling tools and techniques (e.g. C4 UML deployment / sequence / data diagrams); ensure architecture artifacts are clear actionable and accessible to engineering and product teams.
- Evaluate design trade-offs (latency vs throughput vs cost; consistency vs availability; complexity vs maintainability; security vs usability) and make decisions transparently.
- Be highly hands-on : able to dig into Java / Spring Boot microservices event flows integration architectures observability failure handling and recovery strategies.
- Collaborate closely with product leadership to translate roadmap items (e.g. tokenization passkeys BNPL) into architecture design providing options implications and trade-off analysis.
- Provide mentorship and leadership in architecture governance : review design proposals perform risk assessments drive architectural reviews lead a Center of Excellence for architecture practices.
- Engage across engineering domains : partner with cloud infrastructure security devops data teams to ensure architecture meets cross-cutting non-functional requirements and is delivery-ready.
- Drive innovation : explore new open-source technologies event frameworks data streaming AI / ML integration real-time analytics and bring pragmatic proposals into the platform roadmap.
- Influence culture : promote architecture best practices drive continuous improvement contribute to knowledge-sharing forums build architecture community within the organization.
Required Skills :
15 years of professional experience in software engineering and architecture roles with extensive hands-on coding and systems design.Deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot microservices event-driven systems (e.g. using Kafka Axon etc.) synchronous and asynchronous communications domain-driven design.Strong knowledge of distributed system design : high throughput low latency fail-fast resilient architectures graceful degradation fault isolation.Experience in cloud platforms (AWS GCP Azure) and hybrid cloud / on-prem integrations. Skilled in architecture modelling and documentation using modern tools and frameworks (C4 UML etc.).Excellent understanding of integration patterns messaging service orchestration observability (logging metrics tracing) caching databases (SQL & NoSQL).Proven capability to articulate design trade-offs influence senior stakeholders (engineering leads product leadership executives) and lead architecture decisions.Strong communication skills : ability to simplify complex architecture concepts present to non-technical audiences (product / business) and collaborate effectively with engineering teams.Experience in payments fintech commerce platforms or similarly complex regulated high-scale systems is highly desirable.Proven track record of setting standards leading architecture practice mentoring teams driving governance and improving architectural maturity in an organization.Preferred Qualifications :
Certifications such as TOGAF AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional) CISSP or equivalent.Familiarity with DevOps / CI-CD practices containerization (Kubernetes Docker) Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation).Exposure to AI / ML stream processing real-time analytics platforms.Experience working in a product-engineering facing role in a payments / commerce environment with exposure to tokenization payment passkeys BNPL etcWork Site : New York NY (3 days / Hybrid)
Duration : 12 months
Expected Start Date : Immediate
Number of Positions : 1
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About Solution IT
Solution IT is a national IT consulting company specializing in : Technology Staffing and Oracle E-Business Solutions based in Boston Massachusetts.
Key Skills
Business Process,VMware,Cloud,HTML5,Windows,Project managements,AWS,Infrastructure,Web Services,JQuery,Java,Computer Engineering,Solutions design,Technical Solutions,Analytics
Employment Type : Full Time
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1