Technical Lead / Solution Architect

Job#: 3043205 Job Description: Technical Lead / Solution Architect Location: Merrifield, Virginia (Hybrid) Role Overview An opportunity is available for a Technical Lead / Solution Architect to guide the architecture, technical strategy, and implementation of a strategic enterprise platform. This platform is designed to centralize release impact analysis, test selection, and governance processes. This role involves defining and building an enterprise-scale quality engineering and release certification platform that integrates AI-enabled recommendations, test automation, analytics, and DevSecOps best practices. Key Responsibilities • Lead the overall technical architecture, design, and implementation strategy for the enterprise platform. • Define the platform's application, integration, data, analytics, security, governance, and AI architecture patterns. • Establish the canonical data model for releases, requirements, test cases, test executions, defects, and audit records. • Design and govern integrations with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, and other enterprise systems. • Partner with engineering teams to establish implementation patterns, coding standards, and DevSecOps practices. • Conduct architecture reviews, design reviews, and technical decision-making sessions across multiple workstreams. • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers and architects. • Collaborate with product owners, technical program managers, and business stakeholders to align technical solutions with objectives. • Drive platform scalability, operational readiness, resiliency, security, and maintainability. • Support the creation of technical roadmaps, architecture artifacts, design documentation, and implementation plans. • Evaluate emerging technologies to improve release certification, test automation, and analytics. Required Qualifications Education: A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related technical field is required. Experience: Candidates must have 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in a Technical Lead, Solution Architect, Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, or equivalent technical leadership role. This includes demonstrated experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale platforms with multiple integrations and large data volumes. Technical Skills: Strong experience with cloud-native architecture, microservices, APIs, and event-driven systems is necessary. Deep understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps is also required. Additional skills include experience designing enterprise data models, implementing security controls like RBAC, and a strong understanding of observability and monitoring strategies. Preferred Qualifications • Experience in Quality Engineering, Test Automation, Test Management, or Release Management platforms. • Experience in the financial services, banking, or another highly regulated industry. • Experience building AI-enabled solutions using Generative AI, AI agents, machine learning, or recommendation engines. • Experience designing solutions for traceability, auditability, compliance, and governance. • Familiarity with Oracle Banking platforms, Zafin, and enterprise testing ecosystems. • Experience with test data management platforms such as GenRocket or similar solutions. • Understanding of release certification, production readiness, and quality gates. • Experience with Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe. • Prior experience as the lead architect for a strategic enterprise platform initiative. Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. 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