Description
TITLE: SOFTWARE ARCHITECT
TYPE: 3 months + CONTRACT
LOCATION: MCLEAN VA
ABOUT US
Synergis is a woman-owned company that serves a myriad of clients across nearly all industries, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. The outcomes of these relationships are demonstrated in a growing list of more than 300 clients and industry recognitions by Inc. magazine and the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
From its foundation in 1997, Synergis has been successfully recruiting and placing IT professionals in all areas of information technology. Recently named the Best Place to Work in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Synergis has been successfully recruiting and placing IT professionals for over 10 years. For more information about Synergis, please visit the company website
Synergis is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
CLIENT DETAILS
Our client, winner of the Fix It Award and Steve Frazer Award, is a corporate giant in the provision of information to both businesses and consumers. The company possesses proprietary technology, innovation, and leadership that consistently enrich the lives of those they serve.
At the core of their success are smart, dynamic people-like you! National recognition, advancement opportunities, diversity, and great benefits are just a snippet of the perks that come along with joining this team. Winners work here and you can too!
JOB SUMMARY
Financial services company seeking a Software Architect experienced in developing in scalable architectures. This person will build a platform that will accommodate two applications at first, with a growing application model. This will be on a small, flat team using Agile methodology and they need someone that can deliver from the 1st day and ramp up fast. Work is 50% architecture/50% development. They will also mentor the group for development and some offshore support. Primary flavors are C# .NET 4.0 and SQL server, as well as the latest technologies.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Research and application of new technologies that create paradigm shifting competitive advantages
- Defining, applying and supporting scalable web architectures and components
- Defining, applying and supporting modularized systems and components
- Defining, applying and supporting a security framework that is modular and extensible
- Defining, applying and supporting the process of release management
- Defining, applying and supporting deployment structures
- Defining and creating interfaces to modularized systems
- Defining and applying usability guidelines
- Applying (and if needed) developing new patterns to current and future solutions
- Defining and applying policies and procedures that allow an application to have ease of maintenance (supportability)
- Optimizing performance in the small (modules) and the large (entire paths of workflows in the system)
- Balancing all the competing priorities against value to the business
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent education and experience
- Two (2) or more years of related software quality assurance experience
- Experience in a Microsoft .NET and Microsoft SQL Server environment
- Develop the next generation of scalable, massively parallel, big data based visualizations
- Design and develop mobile interfaces
- Remain current on evolving technologies and standards including but not limited to LAMP,
- Greenplum, Aster, Hadoop, Nginx, Riak, Redis, ExtJS, .NET framework, HTML DOM, and CSS.
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, particularly the ability to verbalize or express complex technical concepts effectively in verbally and in writing
- Ability to work either independently or in a team environment, depending on the task
- Strong interpersonal skills and willingness to demonstrate commitment to internal clients
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, meet deadlines, manage internal client expectations