Information Technology Architect

SoTalent; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sotalent in Irving, Texas seeks an IT Architect II to lead cloud-based integration design across products and partner ecosystems. You will shape API-led and event-driven frameworks to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions.

You will mentor engineers, set standards for APIs, security, observability, and continuous deployment, and collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams to align technology direction and enable rapid, reliable changes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in CS/IS or related field.
• 7+ years of software engineering with architectural design exposure.
• Strong expertise in integration architecture, APIs, and event-driven systems.
• Experience building scalable, secure, and highly available systems.
• Ability to influence decisions and collaborate across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive enterprise integration architecture across systems, services, and platforms.
• Collaborate with product, business, and engineering teams to translate requirements into robust architectural solutions.
• Establish standards, design patterns, and best practices for APIs, integration, security, and operational readiness.
• Lead the design of API-first and event-driven integration models, including asynchronous workflows and messaging patterns.
• Develop scalable and resilient architecture using modern patterns such as retries, fault tolerance, caching, and circuit breakers.
• Guide the implementation of messaging systems (e.g., Kafka or equivalent) and ensure proper event design and lifecycle management.
• Ensure secure integration practices through authentication, authorization, and data protection approaches.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring engineers and promoting engineering excellence.
• Drive collaboration across teams to align on architectural decisions and technology direction.
• Support production environments by ensuring observability, monitoring, and continuous improvement of systems.

Skills

Architectural design knowledge

Cross-team collaboration

Leadership and mentoring

Effective communication

Cloud-based integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka

Docker

API management

Job description

IT Architect II-IM Application Development

Location: Irving, Texas, United States

Industry: Hospital and healthcare

Work Setting: Hybrid

Our client is looking for an experienced IT Architect to lead the design and evolution of modern, cloud-based integration solutions across products and partner ecosystems. This role will focus on building scalable, secure, and high-performing integration frameworks using API-led and event-driven architectures.

You will play a critical role in shaping the organization’s integration strategy, enabling seamless data exchange, and ensuring systems are designed for long-term scalability, reliability, and ease of change.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive enterprise integration architecture across systems, services, and platforms
• Collaborate with product, business, and engineering teams to translate requirements into robust architectural solutions
• Establish standards, design patterns, and best practices for APIs, integration, security, and operational readiness
• Lead the design of API-first and event-driven integration models, including asynchronous workflows and messaging patterns
• Develop scalable and resilient architecture using modern patterns such as retries, fault tolerance, caching, and circuit breakers
• Guide the implementation of messaging systems (e.g., Kafka or equivalent) and ensure proper event design and lifecycle management
• Ensure secure integration practices through authentication, authorization, and data protection approaches
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring engineers and promoting engineering excellence
• Drive collaboration across teams to align on architectural decisions and technology direction
• Support production environments by ensuring observability, monitoring, and continuous improvement of systems

Technical Environment

• Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Event-driven systems: Kafka or similar messaging technologies
• Microservices architecture, containerization (Docker), and modern deployment frameworks
• Databases and data platforms including relational systems, caching tools, and analytics pipelines
• Observability tools for logging, monitoring, and tracing
• CI/CD pipelines and modern engineering practices

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including significant exposure to architectural design
• Strong expertise in integration architecture, APIs, and event-driven systems
• Solid knowledge of cloud-native design principles and microservices-based architectures
• Experience building scalable, secure, and highly available systems
• Proven ability to influence technical decisions and collaborate across multiple teams
• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Skills

• Experience with healthcare interoperability standards such as HL7 or FHIR (nice to have)
• Exposure to messaging platforms, caching systems, and data processing tools
• Hands-on experience with modern frameworks and API management practices
• Familiarity with observability tools and production support best practices
• Exposure to AI/ML-enabled applications or modern data-driven solutions
• Strong architectural thinking with a focus on scalability and reliability
• Ability to simplify complex systems and create practical, reusable solutions
• Leadership and mentoring mindset
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Collaborative approach with cross-functional teams
• Focus on delivering high-quality, production-ready systems