 
Arthur Grand Technologies is currently seeking a highly motivated of IT Architect for one of our clients. Position: IT Architect (AWS GovCloud solutions)Location: RemoteDuration:Full Time Permanent  Statement of Work:This is a platform for electronically filing returns with the CLIENT. It provides SOA based web services that filers use to submit returns and provides web applications for CLIENT users to work with the returns. It validates filed returns, determines their disposition, and interfaces with other CLIENT systems for downstream processing of the returns. Task Description: Provide architecture direction and support for the modernization of the System, including collaboration with the team and CLIENT 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 CLIENT 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 CLIENT 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 CLIENT templates – estimated 10%Identify opportunities for new business with the CLIENT – 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+ yearsStrong customer communication skills, both oral and written – 10+ yearsExperience in leading teams of architects and/or developers – 5+ yearsExperience modernizing complex enterprise applications, including Java applications, for the Cloud – 4+ yearsExperience modernizing complex enterprise applications, leveraging microservices running in containers - 4+ yearsExperience with Kubernetes and OpenShift – 4+ yearsExperience with building complex AW S GovCloud solutions– 4+ yearsExperience developing solutions leveraging Event Driven Architecture patterns – 4+ yearsExperience with information security for large, highly sensitive Java applications – 4+ yearsExperience maintaining requirements and traceability against business and application requirements for large, complex applications – 4+ yearsExperience with the Linux platform – 4+ yearsExperience with CM tools, such as IBM Engineering Workflow Management (EWM) and Git SCM – 4+ yearsExperience with middleware products, including JBoss EAP, WebSphere Application Server, AMQ, Kafka and IBM MQ - 3+ yearsExperience in developing DevSecOps solutions on complex projects – 2+ years  Preferred Skills:Experience with relational and NoSQL database technologiesExperience with database modeling tools, especially erwin Data ModelerExperience with developing monitoring solutionsExperience with CMMI Level 3 Process AreasExperience with Azure cloud for government and Google cloud for governmentExperience with Agile methodologiesExperience with IaC tools such as Puppet/Chef/AnsibleExperience with AppDynamicsActive AWS Solution Architect Certification    Thanks,Afrah FaizaArthur Grand Technologies IncArthur Grand Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer (including disability/vets)