Urgent Search IT Architect – Build Solutions

Posted: 07/21/2025 Industry: ENGINEER Job Number: 198742 Pay Rate: $64 / hour

Job Description

No relocation offered, No Corp to Corp offered, No 3rd party recruiter candidates accepted.

Functional Title: IT Architect – Build Solutions : 197879

Pay Range: 51.00-64.00 per hour (Depends on experience)

Contract: Long term ongoing, can last up to 3 years.

Benefits: PTO, Sick Pay, and Holiday Pay Offered

Interview: 1st interview can be done via TEAMS, and the 2nd interview will be an in-person interview. The manager will not pay for travel to and from the 2nd in-person interview.

This team welcomes candidates with AI experience in M365 engineering or architecture, especially those with a foundational knowledge of CoPilot.

Position Scope

Oversee the software development cycle, gathering requirements and directing the activities of the design team. Resolves issues that arise during the development cycle. Examine functional specifications and translate them into system guidelines that shape project development. Aligns projects with enterprise-level systems. Conducts research on existing systems and devises solutions that work within those systems. Answers questions regarding software capabilities and requirements.

Position Responsibilities

- Designs architecture for Microsoft based technology stacks, concentrating on the configurations of the IIS service within the different usage scenarios.
- Manages product and maintenance for Microsoft IIS Service and other Microsoft middleware components (e.g., BizTalk) worldwide.
- Develops the CLIENT Microsoft technology stack landscape and 3rd level support for IIS services worldwide.
- Steers the vendors and providers as needed.
- Conducts ramp-up, handover fixes and new solutions to operations team with all relevant documentation.
- Conducts strategic positioning and license planning.
- Serves as a consultant on projects relating to requirements management, evaluation, and prioritization of maintenance activities (cost/benefit), technical release management (in negotiation and collaboration with the responsible CLIENT functions and departments).
- Drives enterprise level architecture and N-tier web applications for high availability. Ensures products are robust, scalable, and extensible.
- Architects serverless web applications for CLIENT Cloud, Kubernetes, Micro Services and Containerization.
- Designs framework for globally used PKI security solutions.
- Designs and architects web security solutions, security ciphers standardization and certificate lifecycle management.
- Performs other duties as assigned by CLIENT Operations Supervisor.

Education and Experience

- BS Degree in Computer Science or the equivalent of 4 years professional related IT experience.
- 7+ years of application and solutions development experience with Microsoft .net and asp
- 7+ years enterprise architecture and operations experience
- 5+ years of experience using Microsoft IIS and other Microsoft Middleware (e.g., MS SQL, Windows Server, Biztalk, etc.) to design IT architecture and system integration with other products within a complex systems and solution building landscape.
- 5+ years of experience designing and architecting different Microsoft based technology stacks with a concentration on the configurations of the IIS service within different usage scenarios.
- 5+ years of experience with business-critical IT systems, global IT architectures, projects, and services.
- 3+ years of knowledge of non-functional requirements.
- 3+ years of knowledge of Client/Server Architecture.
- 3+ years of knowledge of IT license management.
- 3+ years of knowledge of back-end infrastructure and software.
- 3+ years of knowledge of diagnostic tools.
- 3+ years of knowledge of software deployment methodologies.
- 3+ years of knowledge of continuous integration and continuous deployment.
- 3+ years of knowledge of IT Security and risk assessment.
- 3+ years of knowledge of relational database analysis, design, and performance tuning ability.
- 3+ years of Object-Oriented architecture and design skills.
- 3+ years of knowledge of modern operating systems.
- 3+ years of experience designing networked system infrastructure, reducing latency, maximizing throughput, and ensuring high availability.

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