Principal Tech Consultant - Solution Architect

NTT DATA Services • New York, NY

1d • $139,000 - $223,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are currently seeking an experienced Java Full Stack & AWS Solution Architect with strong hands-on engineering capabilities to design and deliver scalable, secure, resilient, and high-performing cloud-native enterprise applications. The ideal candidate should have deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, React/Angular, REST APIs, and AWS architecture, with the ability to translate business requirements into end-to-end technical solutions. The role requires a combination of solution architecture, hands-on development, technical leadership, and cloud engineering.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in Java/J2EE, Full Stack development, and enterprise software engineering.
• 7+ years of experience with Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, and distributed application architecture.
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing solutions using AWS cloud services and cloud-native architecture.
• 4+ years of experience with React/Angular, containerization, CI/CD, and enterprise application architecture/design.

Nice To Haves

• Strong hands-on coding experience and ability to develop critical components or reference implementations.
• Experience architecting high-volume and highly available enterprise applications.
• Experience with AWS serverless and event-driven architecture.
• Experience with application modernization and migration from legacy/on-premise platforms to AWS.
• Knowledge of API Gateway, API security, service-to-service authentication, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience with Kafka and asynchronous/event-driven processing.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes/EKS architecture and container orchestration.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Knowledge of application security, IAM, encryption, secrets management, and secure coding practices.
• Experience defining observability, logging, tracing, monitoring, and SRE requirements.
• Experience leading technical teams and mentoring senior engineers.
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent certification is preferred.
• Experience in Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, or other large enterprise environments.
• Strong architecture, technical leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end architecture for enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, modern UI frameworks, and AWS.
• Design scalable, secure, highly available, and fault-tolerant cloud-native solutions.
• Remain hands-on with development, prototyping, and implementation of critical application components.
• Design and develop Microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven applications.
• Define frontend architecture using React or Angular and establish reusable UI patterns and standards.
• Design AWS architectures using appropriate compute, container, serverless, storage, database, networking, and security services.
• Develop architecture diagrams, solution designs, API specifications, integration patterns, and technical standards.
• Lead application modernization and migration of enterprise workloads to AWS.
• Design integrations across APIs, databases, messaging platforms, third-party systems, and enterprise applications.
• Conduct architecture, design, and code reviews and ensure adherence to engineering standards.
• Develop Proof of Concepts (PoCs) to validate architectural approaches and emerging technologies.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor Full Stack engineering teams.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, business stakeholders, Security, DevOps, QA, and infrastructure teams.
• Ensure solutions meet requirements for performance, scalability, security, observability, resilience, and maintainability.
• Troubleshoot complex application and production issues and provide architecture- and code-level solutions.
• Drive CI/CD, automated testing, containerization, and DevSecOps best practices.

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision insurance with an employer contribution
• flexible spending or health savings account
• life and AD&D insurance
• short and long term disability coverage
• paid time off
• employee assistance
• participation in a 401k program with company match
• additional voluntary or legally-required benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed