Job Description

Java Solutions Architect – Houston (Hybrid 2–3 Days Onsite)

Seeking a senior onsite Solution Architect who can take full ownership of architectural design and technical strategy for cloud-native applications. This person will act as the main onsite liaison for offshore development and QA teams as well as client stakeholders. The role demands strong hands-on expertise in AWS, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kubernetes, CI/CD, cloud design patterns, performance engineering, and automation.

Role Overview

• Lead the overall architecture for key components such as the Fee Pricing database, API services, Maintenance UI, Test Manager, Release Manager, and Salesforce/custom integrations.
• Create and maintain interface control documents, data models, and system-level documentation.
• Work closely with product, QA, PMO, architecture teams, and vendor partners to ensure seamless alignment and system integration.
• Oversee cloud-native deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and release governance.
• Ensure the platform meets audit, traceability, and regulatory standards.
• Drive automation across testing, deployment, and configuration management.
• Provide technical direction across backend, frontend, DevOps, and integration areas.
• Support operations after go-live, including monitoring, incident management, and ongoing enhancements.

Technology Stack

Backend: Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL

Cloud: AWS

Frontend: React

DevOps: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CI/CD

Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Lead end-to-end architecture for distributed, scalable cloud-native systems.
• Design secure, resilient solutions using AWS services.
• Build containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
• Establish architectural standards, engineering best practices, and coding guidelines.
• Evaluate technology choices and produce architectural artifacts such as blueprints, sequence diagrams, and deployment models.
• Run design discussions, architecture reviews, and technical governance sessions.

Offshore Coordination

• Act as the single onsite point of contact between the client and offshore engineering teams.
• Communicate requirements, design choices, and sprint priorities clearly.
• Review offshore work, resolve blockers, and ensure compliance with architectural standards.
• Host daily sync-ups, assist with backlog refinement, and maintain steady onshore–offshore collaboration.

Required Expertise

1. Cloud Architecture – AWS

Hands-on experience with:

• EKS / ECS
• EC2, Auto Scaling
• VPC, subnets, security groups, NACLs
• Lambda
• RDS, DynamoDB
• S3, CloudFront
• API Gateway, load balancers
• IAM, Secrets Manager, KMS

2. Kubernetes & Container Orchestration

Strong knowledge of:

• Kubernetes core components
• Deployments, StatefulSets, HPA, autoscaling
• Ingress (Nginx/ALB)
• Service mesh (Istio/Linkerd preferred but optional)
• Helm / Helmfile

3. CI/CD & Automation

Experience building pipelines using:

• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• GitLab CI
• Azure DevOps
• Including automated deployments, gated workflows, and optimization techniques.

4. Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Experience with:

• Terraform (preferred)
• CloudFormation
• Reusable modules
• Managing infrastructure across multiple environments

5. Cloud Design Patterns

Deep understanding of:

• Microservices
• Event-driven systems
• CQRS
• Saga orchestration
• Sidecar/Ambassador patterns
• Resilience patterns (Hystrix/Resilience4j)
• Retry, fallback, throttling, caching strategies

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