System Architect Location: Washington, DC, US Job ID: ATR 17656 Job Description Job Title: System Architect – Application Modernization Location: Washington, DC Eligibility: U.S. Citizenship or Green Card/Permanent Residency required. Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance. Our client is seeking a System Architect to join a contract supporting Application Modernization with the U.S. Postal Service. The System Architect will drive impactful outcomes by leading solution design discussions, translating business needs into scalable technical strategies, and ensuring alignment between stakeholders. You will develop architecture diagrams, interface requirements, and implementation plans to support long-term organizational growth. By resolving project issues and guiding technical teams, you will help deliver high-quality, client-focused solutions on time. HOW A SYSTEMS ARCHITECT WILL MAKE AN IMPACT - Lead/facilitate solutioning discussions with the customer and vendor. - Identify system interface requirements and develop solution to meet the requirements, including creation of technical architecture diagrams. - Ensure technical teams understand short term and long-term goals of the program and business efforts by facilitating communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. - Work with business units to understand long-term system vision and create the technical implementation strategy to ensure scalability and long-term organization growth. - Help clarify requirements and propose solutions that meet business milestones as well as directing the technical implementations. - Engage current customers to understand critical needs, socialize and vet solutions, and advise on strategies to achieve desired results. - Identify and select the best technical solutions and approaches to meet anticipated or actual requirements. - Lead solution design and the development of key artifacts including, but not limited to architectural models, process diagrams, concepts of operation, etc. - Will jump in when necessary to help diagnose larger system issues and work with project managers to confidently complete projects on time. - Additional tasks will include helping to determine high-level and detailed estimates, creating technical workflow and other supporting documentation to help drive the implementation of large enterprise systems projects as well as helping to implement best practices around technical development and deployment. WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED: - BA/BS degree (computer science/systems, information systems/technology, engineering/engineering technology, software or related degree) - Effective written and verbal communication skills (both technical and non-technical) - 15+ years of technical leadership experience - Track record of leading and managing successful application modernization implementations, particularly mainframe to web/mobile environments - Deep experience in developing and managing workflows, user interfaces, decision rules, and data models. - Thorough understanding of and experience in software development lifecycle and Agile delivery methodology - Experience and/or certification in Microsoft Azure - Experience with UI/UX and mobile development - Ability to obtain a public trust clearance. 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