Software Architect

Bright-Vision-Technologies; City of Albany (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Software Architect for a hybrid role based in Albany, NY. You will lead the SDLC for complex projects, modernize legacy systems, coordinate among multiple technical groups, and implement new capabilities in real time.

Responsibilities include development, testing, performance tuning, and mentoring staff. The role requires extensive experience with SOA/J2EE, IBM WebSphere/CP4BA stack, and OpenShift, with a strong focus on scalable, secure architectures.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software architecture and systems design.
• Ability to guide large teams and set technical direction.
• Experience with modernization of legacy systems and multi-tier architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead all phases of the System Development Life Cycle for complex projects.
• Guide technical design for modernization of legacy systems and coordinate across teams.
• Make changes across multiple systems in real time to support user requests and features.
• Develop tax processing components and maintain existing processing systems.
• Support production tasks, analyze issues, and propose solutions for defects.
• Coordinate development activities and integration testing with the team.
• Create technical design documents and program specifications.
• Lead requirements gathering sessions and analyze system designs.
• Code, unit test, and perform integration testing; write and tune SQL.
• Support user testing and performance tuning of applications.
• Mentor less experienced staff and share knowledge.

Skills

Software architecture

Team mentoring

SDLC leadership

SQL

Performance tuning

Tools

WebSphere Process Server

IBM CP4BA

J2EE

IBM MQ

OpenShift

Jenkins

GitLab

WAS

Job description

Software Architect – Hybrid

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.

Job Title:Software Architect

Location: Albany, NY12227 (Hybrid)

Salary Range:

$100,000–$150,000 Annually

Duration:

Long Term

The resource would need to report on-site (Albany) for the first week. Position location is hybrid 50% on-site either Albany or Manhattan.

Sponsorship:U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, EAD Holders, and H-1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this position.

Job Summary:

The selected candidate will be responsible for all phases of the System Development Life Cycle for complex projects. The responsibilities will include both new development as well as maintenance tasks. Specific tasks will include:

• Guiding the technical design for modernization of legacy systems.
• Coordinating the technical solutions among various technical support groups.
• Making changes in multiple systems in real time to enable changes requested by user group.
• Implementing technical solutions.
• Developing tax processing system components and maintaining existing processing systems.
• Supporting production tasks including analysis of issue, proposing and implementing solutions for defect resolution.
• Coordinating with development team on development activities and integration testing.
• Developing technical design documents and program specifications.
• Guiding requirements gathering sessions.
• Guiding the analysis of requirements and system design work.
• Coding and performing unit and integration tests of programming assignments.
• Writing and tuning SQL.
• Supporting user testing efforts.
• Performance tune new and existing applications.
• Mentoring less experienced staff.

Mandatory Qualifications

Software Architect – Makes high-level design choices and dictates technical standards, including software coding standards, tools, and platforms. Designs multi-leveled architecture or component interactions of a large-scale software system.

Expert 84+ Months: Candidate is able to provide guidance to large teams and/or has extensive industry experience and is considered at the top of his/her field.

Requested Qualifications

• 84 months experience with Government Taxation organization which includes technical design, development, maintenance and end user support of tax or audit systems.
• 84 months experience in designing processes (Choreography/Orchestration Processes) using technologies Like WebSphere Process Server (WPS), IBM CP4BA (BAW – IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation), IBM CP4I (IBM Cloud Pak for Integration).
• 84 months experience in Design, Development and Management of Business Rules Architecture System involving Rules Entry UI System invoking portable Runtime Engine deployable in WPS (WebSphere Process Server), Decision Service Design and Development using ADS (Automation Decision Services – IBM Cloud Pak for Automation CP4BA).
• 84 months experience with SOA Component Development Architecture using J2EE Technologies (JMS, CTG, IBM EAD4J, JADE, Spring Framework, BPEL, IBM SCA/SDO Component Architecture) and working with develop tools like Elastic, Jenkins, GIT lab and JFROG.
• 84 Months Experience in system analysis and design experience for multi-tiered transactional systems and writing technical documents for multifaceted component-based systems.
• 84 months experience with Java Programming in an IBM Development Environment using IBM’s Rational Application Developer (RAD), WebSphere Integration Developer (WID) and using WebSphere Application Server (WAS)/ WebSphere Process Server as Runtime Environments.
• 36 months experience using IBM Red hat OpenShift Cloud Platform and Micro Services Architecture.
• 84 months of experience in Java Messaging Services using IBM MQ Series, IBM CP4I MQ (IBM Cloud Pak for Integration).
• 84 months of experience in IBM DB2 Data Modeling, creating logical Data Models, performance tuning of applications interacting with database systems.

Bright Vision Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement

Bright Vision Technologies (BV Teck) is committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status as defined by applicable federal, state, or local laws. This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, leaves of absence, termination, layoffs, and recall.

BV Teck expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment or discrimination. Any improper interference with employees' ability to perform their job duties may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.