Technical Architect

Pyramid, Inc; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 171,924,000 - 200,579,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. is seeking a skilled Technical Architect for a 12-month contract in Northridge, CA.

The role is onsite and focuses on assessing applications, rationalization, and modernization while coordinating with stakeholders to ensure alignment with security and regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate will lead architecture decisions, define target-state patterns, and craft transition plans for complex enterprise environments, including TSA-related considerations and

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in application or solution architecture.
• 5 years of experience assessing enterprise application portfolios.
• 3 years of experience delivering application rationalization or modernization programs.
• Experience with TSA exit, separation, divestiture, or carve-out initiatives.
• Experience with SaaS, facilities, workplace, and physical security applications.
• Strong understanding of Azure and/or AWS architecture and integration patterns.
• Ability to develop current-state and target-state architecture and executive presentations.
• Strong stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, analytical, and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Inventory and assess applications, interfaces, data flows, infrastructure dependencies, support models, costs, risks, and business criticality.
• Lead stakeholder workshops to capture functional, technical, security, compliance, operational, and continuity requirements.
• Define application disposition criteria and develop evidence-based recommendations for retain, modernize, rationalize, replace, replatform, or retire decisions.
• Create target-state architecture, integration patterns, migration sequencing, transition plans, and decommissioning roadmaps.
• Support TSA exit, separation, or carve-out planning by identifying dependencies, exit risks, interim solutions, and cutover requirements.
• Establish architecture governance, decision records, standards, and traceability across the rationalization program.
• Collaborate with business, application, infrastructure, security, compliance, data, and operations teams to validate recommendations and implementation feasibility.
• Present findings, options, risks, costs, and recommendations to technical and executive stakeholders.

Job description

Technical Architect - 12 month contract

Immediate need for a talented Technical Architect. This is a 12 months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Northridge, CA (Onsite). Job ID: 26-27180. Pay Range: $60 - $70/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities

• Inventory and assess applications, interfaces, data flows, infrastructure dependencies, support models, costs, risks, and business criticality.
• Lead stakeholder workshops to capture functional, technical, security, compliance, operational, and continuity requirements.
• Define application disposition criteria and develop evidence-based recommendations for retain, modernize, rationalize, replace, replatform, or retire decisions.
• Create target-state architecture, integration patterns, migration sequencing, transition plans, and decommissioning roadmaps.
• Support TSA exit, separation, or carve-out planning by identifying dependencies, exit risks, interim solutions, and cutover requirements.
• Establish architecture governance, decision records, standards, and traceability across the rationalization program.
• Collaborate with business, application, infrastructure, security, compliance, data, and operations teams to validate recommendations and implementation feasibility.
• Present findings, options, risks, costs, and recommendations to technical and executive stakeholders.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience

• 10 years of experience in application or solution architecture.
• 5 years of experience assessing enterprise application portfolios.
• 3 years of experience delivering application rationalization or modernization programs.
• Demonstrated experience with TSA exit, separation, divestiture, or carve-out initiatives.
• Experience architecting and managing SaaS, facilities, workplace, and physical security applications.
• Strong understanding of Azure and/or AWS architecture, infrastructure dependencies, and integration architecture.
• Ability to develop current-state and target-state architecture, application disposition recommendations, transition roadmaps, and executive-level presentations.
• Strong stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, analytical, and written communication skills.
• Experience in manufacturing, medical devices, life sciences, or another regulated industry.
• Facilities technology, workplace technology, or physical security domain experience.
• Exposure to operational technology (OT), building management systems, or building automation.
• Knowledge of life sciences compliance, computerized system validation, data integrity, records retention, and audit controls.
• Experience with EHS management systems.
• Knowledge of utilities monitoring, energy management, or sustainability platforms.
• Experience with workplace or space management systems.
• Familiarity with audit support, operational controls, and application decommissioning.
• Knowledge of application portfolio management tools, architecture repositories, and common rationalization frameworks such as TIME or 6R.

Our client is a leading IT Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions.

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.