Technical Architect

Arthur Grand Technologies is currently seeking a highly motivated and skilled Technical Architect for one of our clients. Role:: Technical Architect Locations: New York, NY • New Jersey (Jersey City / Newark) • Charlotte, NC Work Arrangement: Hybrid The candidate must have strong expertise in Java or .NET and C# & DCOM, along with Object-Oriented Programming (OOPs) principles. Additionally, experience with AWS or Azure cloud platforms and a background in banking or financial services (Capital Markets) is essential. The candidate should be capable of working at an Architect level. Nice to have MFC Required Skills:: Key Responsibilities Architecture Ownership: Define end-to-end solution architecture across apps, data, integration, and infrastructure; produce ADRs, HLD/LLD, NFRs, and security models. Legacy Modernization: Assess monolith/client-server systems and design migration paths using Strangler Fig, Anti-Corruption Layer, adapters/wrappers, façade and repository patterns; manage interop between COM/DCOM, .NET, and native components. Modern Patterns: Establish architectures with microservices, hexagonal (ports-and-adapters), DDD, CQRS, event-driven designs, and API-first principles. Integration Strategy: Design REST/gRPC APIs, messaging (Kafka/RabbitMQ), contract/versioning and backward compatibility; secure partner integrations and data flows. Reliability & Performance: Champion observability (metrics/logs/traces), capacity planning, performance tuning, caching, and resiliency (circuit breaker, bulkhead, retry/backoff). Security by Design: Drive threat modeling, secure coding standards, encryption in transit/at rest, identity/roles, secrets management, and vulnerability remediation. Cloud & DevOps Collaboration: Guide AWS/Azure solutioning; partner with DevOps on CI/CD, IaC (Terraform/Bicep), artifact lifecycle, release governance. Technical Leadership: Lead and handle teams of architects/engineers; set coding/review standards; pair program when needed to unblock complex issues; coach seniors. Global Delivery: Coordinate with distributed teams across US/EMEA/APAC time zones; align architecture with delivery cadences and SLAs; ensure EST overlap. Stakeholder Management: Translate technical choices into business outcomes; present trade-offs/risks to senior leaders and clients. Required Qualifications 12+ years in software engineering/architecture; 5+ years in architect/tech-lead roles and 3+ years of direct team leadership/management. Strong hands-on with C/C++ / Visual C++ (Win32/MFC; COM/DCOM) and at least one of Java (Spring/Spring Boot) or .NET (.NET 6+/ASP.NET Core). Demonstrated end-to-end legacy modernization to cloud-ready architectures (service decomposition, data refactoring, strangler/ACL approaches). Deep knowledge of architectural patterns (layered, SOA, microservices, hexagonal, DDD, CQRS, EDA) and NFRs (scalability, reliability, security, performance). Integration expertise: REST/gRPC, message brokers, schema/versioning strategies, and consistency models (transactional vs. eventual). Experience with AWS/Azure, containers/orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes), and DevOps (CI/CD, IaC, artifact management). Excellent communication and documentation skills; proven ability to lead design workshops and influence senior stakeholders. Track record working with global teams and delivering across distributed time zones. Working experience on Fixed Income securities trading domain and platforms, with real-time transactions KPIs is highly desirable. Nice to Have Financial-services domain exposure and familiarity with regulatory/security frameworks. Performance engineering (profiling native code, memory management), static/dynamic analysis, secure interop (P/Invoke, COM visibility). Observability stacks (Open Telemetry), SRE practices, and platform reliability. Education Bachelor’s/master’s in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience. About Arthur Grand Technologies:Arthur Grand Technologies is a leading provider of staffing and technology consulting services. Our company is managed by a team of professionals who have worked for big 5 consulting firms for 20+ years. We are a minority-owned staff augmentation and technology consulting company. At Arthur Grand Technologies, we value our employees & contractors and strive to provide them with challenging, interesting work, market-relevant benefits, and opportunities for professional growth. If you have the necessary qualifications, and are excited to join a dynamic team, please send your resume to Wasim.j@arthurgrand.com for immediate consideration. Thank you for considering Arthur Grand Technologies. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Best regards,Mohamed wasimWasim.j@arthurgrand.comArthur Grand Technologies Incwww.arthurgrand.comArthur Grand Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer (including disability/vets) Job Type: Contract Work Location: Hybrid remote in New York, NY