Lead Technical Development Architect - St. Louis - Vaco, LLC
St. Louis, TN 63101
About the Job
This is a permanent opportunity to join a highly respected national organization that is a proven leader in their field!
Architect Summary
The Lead Architect will display proven expertise developing high-value cross-platform applications that address both functional and non-functional requirements within a primarly .Net and AWS environment.
Responsibilities Include:
- Provide technical guidance and direction, ensuring architectural best-practices are focused on scalability, performance, security, and overall business objectives.
- Partner with cross-functional teams, technical resources, vendor partners, Product Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Agile Release Trains, and business stakeholders to ensure architectural decisions align with goals and priorities.
- Define and prioritize architectural epics and features within a comprehensive system architecture design.
- Articulate architectural decisions and strategies to stakeholders across the organization, ensuring clarity and alignment.
- Evaluate and enhance architectural processes, tools, methodologies, and technologies to improve the development efficiency and effectiveness.
- Mentor peers and technical team members, fostering growth and providing opportunities career development.
Experience & Qualifications:
- 10 years of experience in software architecture with a focus on large-scale enterprise and cloud-centric applications.
- Experience in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment is highly desirable.
- In-depth knowledge of architectural patterns, design principles, and best practices.
- Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, and collaboration skills across all levels of an organization.
- Proficiency in modern programming languages and frameworks.
- Experience with cloud-based architectures and technologies, with a desire towards AWS.
- Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools.
- Experience / Certification in SAFe or other Agile methodologies is highly preferred.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or AWS Professional designation is desirable.
Additional Details:
- Employment Type: Direct-Hire Position
- Schedule: Hybrid (3 days onsite per week)
- Start Date: Immediate
- Location: St. Louis, MO
- Total Compensation: $175k to $220k based on skills and experience
- Employment Status: No form of Corp-to-Corp or Employment Sponsorship is being considered.
Interested Candidates are Encouraged to Apply for Immediate Consideration!
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
EEO Notice
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.