Architect IV C2C requirements Houston, TX (Hybrid)

Job Title: Architect IV

Location: Houston, TX (Hybrid)

Contract

Skills – API, Azure, Regulatory, Compliance, Data Architect

Technical skills fore Solution Architect 

System & solution design: Ability to design end-to-end architectures and define components and flows. 

Application architecture: Knowledge of layers, patterns (monolith, microservices), system boundaries, and responsibilities. 

Integrations & APIs: Design of system integrations, APIs, events, and messaging. 

Data architecture (foundational): Understanding data flow models, ownership, and data quality. 

Azure Cloud & infrastructure awareness: Solid understanding of Microsoft Azure cloud platforms, environments, resilien and operations.
Security by design: Identifying risks and designing secure solutions from the start. 

Non-functional requirements (NFRs): Scalability, performance, availability, resiliency, and maintainability. 

Technical standards & governance: Applying architectural standards and participating in architecture reviews. 

Technology selection: Evaluating and selecting technologies frameworks, and tools.

Technical debt management: Identifying, documenting, and prioritizing technical debt Change management approval

Required Functional / Domain Knowledge 

Business domain understanding: Demonstrated lability to gain aptitude on business domain the solutions support, including key processes, workflows, and business objective 

Business capabilities & processes: Ability to map business capabilities and processes to technical solutions. 

Stakeholder context: Understanding of business stakeholders’ priorities, constraints, and decision drivers. 

Product & application landscape: Knowledge of existing applications, platforms, and dependencies within the domain. 

Regulatory & compliance awareness: Awareness of domain-specific regulations, compliance requirements. an, governance constraints. 

Operational impact: Understanding hew solutions impact business operations, support models, and day-to-day usage

Change & impact analysis: Ability to assess functional impact of technical changes on users, processes, and downstream systems.