Software Architect Lead - Java

CGI•Pittsburgh, PA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

CGI is looking for a Software Architect Lead-Java. This role must be filled on the client site, 5 days per week, from one of the following locations: Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Dallas. Your future duties and responsibilities include leading the technical solution for the team's proofs of concept, prototypes, and eventual end products or solutions. You will team up with client stakeholders, third-party partners, fintechs, software vendors, and academia to design and build innovative prototypes and solutions that tackle real-time issues and advance the core of how we do business. You will interact with Business sponsors and act as a liaison between business and technical teams to ensure the technical delivery meets business needs. You will regularly take abstract, early-stage product or solution concepts and build them with technology. You will work alongside a strong design thinking team and be an expert in using technology to advocate for the customer. You will facilitate software ideation and design sessions to rapidly identify solutions, align stakeholders, and drive timely and achievable results. You will lead in the overall design of cross-functional, multi-platform, and Web-based application systems and oversee all application system processes. You will develop application architecture and blueprints aimed at reflecting enterprise business logic. You will define application components, platforms, interfaces, and development tools, and direct mapping activities on specific technology platforms. You will provide technical guidance to application development teams and consult on integration and conversion activities. You will conduct reviews and analyze organizational needs and goals to develop and implement applications.

Requirements

12+ years of experience in architecture, design and development of end of end java full stack applications with Java 11, 17, API Development with Springboot, MongoDB, Restful/SOAP web services and Web based application
Must have hands on development and delivery experience with multiple programming languages, primarily Java, Springboot and with working knowledge of others including JavaScript, Angular, Node.
Expertise with modern, Agile based application development methodologies and emerging technologies like microservices, API management, web scale architectures, DevOps engineering, container based delivery, cloud automation, continuous integration (CI), and CD.
Proven success facilitating software design and ideation sessions
Demonstrated understanding of relational and NoSQL database models, and "big data" analysis tools and techniques

Nice To Haves

cloud based infrastructure and architecture solutions, including Microsoft Azure / Amazon Web Services / Google Cloud Platform

Responsibilities

Lead the technical solution for the team's proofs of concept, prototypes and eventual end products or solutions.
Team up with client stakeholders, third party partners, fintechs, software vendors, and academia to design and build innovative prototypes and solutions that tackle real time issues and advance the core of how we do business.
Interact with Business sponsors and act as a liaison between business and technical teams in order to ensure the technical delivery meet the business needs.
Regularly take abstract, early stage product or solution concepts, and build them with technology.
Work along a strong design thinking team, and be an expert in using technology to advocate for the customer.
Facilitate software ideation and design sessions to rapidly identify solutions, align stakeholders and drive timely and achievable results.
Leads in the overall design of cross functional, multi platform, and Web based application systems; oversees all application system processes.
Develops application architecture and blueprints aimed at reflecting enterprise business logic.
Defines application components, platforms, interfaces, and development tools. Directs mapping activities on specific technology platforms.
Provides technical guidance to application development teams. Consults on integration and conversion activities.
Conducts reviews, and analyses organizational needs and goals to develop and implement applications.