system architect.

job summary:
Randstad Federal is seeking a System Architect in support of a program at IRS

 
location: BETHESDA, Maryland
job type: Contract
salary: $90 - 100 per hour
work hours: 8am to 4pm
education: Bachelors
 
responsibilities:
Provide architecture direction and support for the modernization of the IRS MeF System, including collaboration with the MeF team and IRS stakeholders to provide direction for moving MeF to containers, the Cloud and other target environments. Drive development of architecture artifacts and maintain documentation in accordance with IRS document templates. Make recommendations for increasing MeF DevSecOps maturity.

Primary Duties:

• Develop and extend the MeF architecture. This includes developing architecture artifacts and presenting them to the MeF team and IRS stakeholders - estimated 35%
  
  
• Provide recommendations/architectural options and solutions for migrating MeF to microservices, containers and the Cloud - estimated 35%
  
  
• Maintain and/or create contractual deliverables in accordance with IRS templates - estimated 10%
  
  
• Identify opportunities for new business with the IRS - estimated 10%
  
  
• Provide LoE estimates for Impact Assessments and VROMs - estimated 5%
  
  
• Provide recommendations for implementing DevSecOps practices on MeF - estimated 5%

Required Skills/Level of Experience:

• Experience in developing, in collaboration with stakeholders, including customers, partners, project teams, and vendors, architectures for large, complex programs - 10+ years
  
  
• strong customer communication skills, both oral and written - 10+ years
  
  
• Experience in leading teams of architects and/or developers - 5+ years
  
  
• Experience modernizing complex enterprise applications, including Java applications, for the Cloud - 4+ years
  
  
• Experience modernizing complex enterprise applications, leveraging microservices running in containers - 4+ years
  
  
• Experience with Kubernetes and OpenShift - 4+ years
  
  
• Experience with building complex AWS GovCloud solutions - 4+ years
  
  
• Experience developing solutions leveraging Event Driven Architecture patterns - 4+ years
  
  
• Experience with information security for large, highly sensitive Java applications - 4+ years
  
  
• Experience maintaining requirements and traceability against business and application requirements for large, complex applications - 4+ years
  
  
• Experience with the Linux platform - 4+ years
  
  
• Experience with CM tools, such as IBM Engineering Workflow Management (EWM) and Git SCM - 4+ years
  
  
• Experience with middleware products, including JBoss EAP, WebSphere Application Server, AMQ, Kafka and IBM MQ - 3+ years
  
  
• Experience in developing DevSecOps solutions on complex projects - 2+ years

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with relational and NoSQL database technologies
  
  
• Experience with database modeling tools, especially erwin Data Modeler
  
  
• Experience with developing monitoring solutions
  
  
• Experience with CMMI Level 3 Process Areas
  
  
• Experience with Azure cloud for government and Google cloud for government
  
  
• Experience with Agile methodologies
  
  
• Experience with IaC tools such as Puppet/Chef/Ansible
  
  
• Experience with AppDynamics
  
  
• Active AWS Solution Architect Certification

 
qualifications:

• Experience level: Experienced
• Minimum 10 years of experience
• Education: Bachelors

 
skills:

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At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.