Solution Architect (Part time)

Ashburn, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Niyam IT Inc. (Niyam)

Niyam IT was founded in 2007 by a group of consultants who shared a unique vision: a technology company steeped in orderly process yet driven by passion and innovation. Over the following decade we fine-tuned our craft and built an impressive track record of successful outcomes securing our reputation as the go-to provider of smart innovative solutions.

Today Niyam is at the forefront of the industry leading the way in crafting mission-critical technologies for Emergency Preparedness & Response Natural Resource Management Law Enforcement & Justice Health IT and Global Citizen Services.

What We Offer:

Flexible Work Hours: Life doesnt always fit into a 9-to-5 schedule. We offer flexibility to help you manage your work-life balance effectively.
Remote Work: Niyam understands the value of flexibility. We offer remote work.
Career Growth: Niyam is not just a job; its a career journey. We provide a supportive environment for your professional development and offer fully paid opportunities for training and advancement within the company.
Great People: Our people are the blueprint of who Niyam is to the industry and community.
Great Environment: Niyam fosters a great environment where innovation collaboration and personal growth thrive.
Diversity & Inclusion: We believe in the strength of diverse perspectives. Your unique ideas are welcomed and celebrated every day at Niyam.

Join us in creating a workplace where innovation diversity and well-being thrive. Your journey at Niyam awaits. Apply today!

Niyam is seeking an experienced Solution Architect/Technical Lead to support one of our federal clients. The Solution Architect serves as the technical leader for the program partnering closely with the Project Manager to define and guide the overall solution architecture in alignment with business and product objectives. This role is responsible for shaping architectural standards leading technology selection and system design and ensuring secure scalable and reliable solutions that meet both functional and nonfunctional requirements. The Solution Architect remains hands on when needed contributing to development reviewing critical components and promoting clean code automated testing and modern DevOps practices. Working within an Agile environment this individual collaborates with Product Owners Scrum Masters developers and enterprise stakeholders to break down complex initiatives into practical incremental deliverables while mentoring team members and guiding architectural decision making. The role also supports production readiness operational stability and continuous improvement clearly communicating technical direction risks and tradeoffs to both technical and nontechnical audiences to ensure successful delivery of mission focused solutions.This position is a part-time role and will be onsite at client location in Ashburn VA up to three (3) days per week.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Define and own end-to-end solution architecture aligned with business and product goals.
Establish or support existing architectural principles standards and technical guardrails.
Lead technology selection system design and integration strategies.
Actively contribute to software development through hands-on coding as needed.
Design develop and review critical components and shared services.
Support agile delivery by shaping technical backlog items and solution increments.
Break down complex solutions into scalable incremental and shippable components.
Collaborate closely with Product Owners Scrum Masters and development teams.
Provide technical leadership during sprint planning execution and reviews.
Guide architectural decision-making and document key decisions (e.g. ADRs).
Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to coding and quality standards.
Ensure non-functional requirements are met including security performance scalability and reliability.
Promote clean code automated testing CI/CD and DevOps best practices.
Identify manage and reduce technical debt and architectural risk.
Mentor and coach developers on architecture design patterns and modern development practices.
Collaborate with enterprise architecture security platform and operations teams.
Communicate architectural direction risks and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Support production readiness incident resolution and operational stability.
Drive continuous improvement across architecture code quality and delivery practices.
Support demonstrations of the solutions or technologies under consideration to internal or client teams.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

US Citizenship with ability to successfully complete a federal background investigation.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Software Engineering or related field (equivalent practical experience may be considered).
8 years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated ownership of production systems.
Technical Certification(s) in one or more of the following areas; architecture SAFe Agile Cloud AI or SecDevOps.

Preferred Skills:

AI/ML technologies.
Agile SAFe delivery.
CI/CD.
DevSecOps.

Application Deadline:This position will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

Niyam IT Inc. is an Equal Opportunity (EEO) Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race color creed religion sex sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy marital status partnership status age citizenship status veteran or military status medical condition genetic information national origin disability unemployment status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal state and/or local laws.If you require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability to complete your application or if you face challenges using our online application system and need an alternative way to apply please reach out to us at 1 703.429.2450 or email

Required Experience:

Senior IC

About Niyam IT Inc. (Niyam)Niyam IT was founded in 2007 by a group of consultants who shared a unique vision: a technology company steeped in orderly process yet driven by passion and innovation. Over the following decade we fine-tuned our craft and built an impressive track record of successful out...