System Architect

Role: System Architect

Location: Remote but can be called sometimes with advance notice

• Design, build, test, and maintain modern Azure architectures (capture, storage, AI enrichment, search, portals) that update legacy applications and align with LADBS business requirements and goals.
• Implement CI/CD frameworks in Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions, delivering repeatable and reliable deployment pipelines with automated testing.
• Work with the LADBS cloud solutions architect to align new solutions with platform architecture, networking, identity, and security infrastructure.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to improve system reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Ensure new architectures support records retention, legal hold, public records access, and large-scale growth over the system lifetime.
• Document processes and perform periodic system reviews to ensure adherence to established standards and processes.
• Evaluate and advise on technical aspects of the modernization product backlog with the project lead.
• Define Azure infrastructure Reference Architectures for common solution archetypes.

Qualified candidates must possess the following skills and experience:

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a Systems Architect or forward-deployed engineer, with a track record of delivering and operating robust, scalable systems directly alongside business users.
• Proficient in .NET Core, Python, C#, and Git.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and software development.
• Strong organizational, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities, with the capacity to work in a dynamic, team-oriented setting and adapt quickly to change in a fast-paced work environment.
• Certifications in a related field would be an added advantage (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert).
• Experience in Azure cloud technologies and AI services.
• 3+ years of project management and leadership.