Technical Lead Architect

Position: Technical Lead Architect
Location: Reading, PA - Hybrid (Onsite 2-3 days/week)
Job Type: Contract
Duration: 9 months to start
Job Description:
We are looking for someone who has hands-on experience and the ability to write proper code in Angular/Java/Spring.
Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture design and development of enterprise-level applications and solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams, ensuring high-quality and scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement technical solutions that meet business requirements.
• Ensure adherence to best practices in software development, including coding standards, testing, and continuous integration.
• Architect and design highly available and scalable cloud-native applications, leveraging AWS Cloud, OpenShift, and Tanzu Kubernetes.
• Oversee the integration of Confluent Kafka for real-time data streaming.
• Lead front-end development using Angular 17, Node.js, HTML5, CSS (Bootstrap), JavaScript, JQuery, and Typescript.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and ensure code quality with Jasmine and Karma testing frameworks.
• Utilize GIT for version control and manage code deployment pipelines using Bamboo/Jenkins.
• Architect and develop robust backend systems using Java 8 JDK, Spring Framework, DB2, Maven, Docker Desktop, and IntelliJ.
• Drive cloud and containerization strategies, utilizing Docker and Kubernetes.
• Required Skills and Qualifications:
• Cloud & Containerization Expertise: Proficiency in AWS Cloud, OpenShift, and Tanzu Kubernetes.
• Messaging & Streaming: Extensive experience with Confluent Kafka.

Deliverables:

• Process Flows
• Mentor and Knowledge transfer to client project team members
• Participate as primary, co and/or contributing author on any and all project deliverables associated with their assigned areas of responsibility
• Participate in data conversion and data maintenance
• Provide best practice and industry specific solutions
• Advise on and provide alternative (out of the box) solutions
• Provide thought leadership as well as hands on technical configuration/development as needed.
• Participate as a team member of the functional team
• Perform other duties as assigned.