Cloud-Native Enterprise Software Architect

Archer; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

TransUnion LLC is seeking an Architect, Software Development to lead enterprise architecture for Trusted Call Solutions and Mobile Messaging products. The role reports to Senior Director of Software Development and is hybrid, requiring two days per week on-site.

You will define architecture roadmaps, drive modernization, and mentor senior engineers across Product, Engineering, Security, and Ops. Strong focus on microservices, cloud-native patterns, and secure, scalable messaging platforms.

Qualifications

• 12+ years designing and building enterprise software with Java-based backends.
• Microservices, OO design, integration patterns, data modeling, and performance optimization.
• Experience defining architecture roadmaps, reference architectures, specs, non-functional requirements, and implementation estimates.
• Experience evaluating technology solutions, communicating architectural tradeoffs, and influencing stakeholders to drive decisions.
• Strong production operations, observability, reliability engineering, capacity planning, troubleshooting, and operational readiness for mission-critical apps.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern the target architecture for enterprise-grade applications, messaging platforms, APIs, data services, and integrations.
• Translate product strategy and business objectives into architecture roadmaps, technology standards, implementation plans, and modernization strategies.
• Lead architecture and solution design reviews for new products, major enhancements, integrations, data platforms, and security initiatives.
• Establish scalable architecture patterns for microservices, distributed systems, event-driven platforms, Kafka messaging, Cassandra databases, and REST APIs.
• Drive modernization efforts that transition legacy platforms toward cloud-ready and cloud-native architectures while balancing customer commitments, stability, and delivery timelines.
• Mentor senior engineers and technical leaders while promoting engineering excellence, CI/CD standards, and modern software development principles.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Spring Web

Spring Security

Spring Data

Apache Kafka

Cassandra

RESTful API design

Linux

AWS

Job description

TransUnion LLC is seeking an Architect, Software Development to lead enterprise architecture for Trusted Call Solutions and Mobile Messaging products. The role reports to Senior Director of Software Development and is hybrid, requiring two days per week on-site.

You will define architecture roadmaps, drive modernization, and mentor senior engineers across Product, Engineering, Security, and Ops. Strong focus on microservices, cloud-native patterns, and secure, scalable messaging platforms.