Hybrid Cloud & Microservices Solution Architect

NextPath Career Partners; Reading (Berks County); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

NextPath Workforce Solutions in Reading, PA seeks a Solution Architect to design scalable enterprise solutions for a large client. This hybrid, contract-to-hire role combines architecture leadership with hands-on collaboration across teams and leadership to deliver modern, integrated platforms.

Responsibilities include guiding modernization efforts, conducting architecture reviews, and ensuring alignment with enterprise standards while mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise/application architecture experience.
• Deep expertise in Java, Spring, microservices, API design and system integration.
• Cloud-native architecture experience, preferably AWS.
• Experience with containerized workloads using Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence across teams.
• Proven ability to design solutions with downstream impacts across multiple apps and systems.
• Experience operating in large enterprises with modernization and integration focus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with application teams to design scalable, secure solutions.
• Conduct architecture reviews and guide teams through approvals.
• Ensure solution alignment with enterprise standards and capabilities.
• Serve as a liaison between development teams, business stakeholders and leadership.
• Review modernization initiatives, including WebSphere to OpenShift transitions.
• Provide technical insights to support decision-making and design validation.
• Lead design reviews, develop architecture patterns, ensure performance and security.
• Mentor junior team members on architectural best practices.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Java

Spring

Microservices

API design

System integration

Cloud-native architecture

Communication

Architecture governance

Leadership

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Job description

NextPath Workforce Solutions in Reading, PA seeks a Solution Architect to design scalable enterprise solutions for a large client. This hybrid, contract-to-hire role combines architecture leadership with hands-on collaboration across teams and leadership to deliver modern, integrated platforms.

Responsibilities include guiding modernization efforts, conducting architecture reviews, and ensuring alignment with enterprise standards while mentoring junior engineers.