Solution Architecture Lead

VGroup Inc

Job Location:

West Sacramento, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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Direct End Client: California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS)

Job Title: Senior Solution Architecture Lead
Duration: Up to 24 Months (with an option to extend up to an additional 24 months)
Location: West Sacramento CA (Onsite)
Hours Per Week: 40
Interview Type: On-Site Interview & Technical Skills Assessment
Ceipal ID: SCASOLA507PT
Job Code:

Scope of Project:

The Contractor must be able to perform all work on-site at the CalSTRS headquarters facility in West Sacramento CA. At CalSTRS discretion a different approach (i.e. fully in-office fully remote or different work hours) may be utilized based on CalSTRS business need and/or directive. Work must be performed during CalSTRS business hours and shall not be permitted on California State Holidays identified on the California Department of Human Resources website unless pre-approved in writing by CalSTRS management. All work schedules must be pre-approved in writing by CalSTRS management and must adhere to all applicable CalSTRS policies and procedures. The Contractor is responsible for any travel costs (including travel time) that they may incur while providing the services identified in this Statement of Work.

The Senior Solution Architecture Lead (Contractor) will serve as the principal system architect and subject matter expert responsible for designing validating and implementing robust scalable and secure technology solutions but excluding solutions that involve investment and/or using investment-tech.

This role will lead multiple concurrent technical initiatives oversee end-to-end solution architecture and ensure all technology implementations align with CalSTRS enterprise architecture standards security policies and business objectives. The candidate shall have advanced expertise in AI technologies cloud platforms data engineering machine learning and integration best practices and will act as a trusted technical advisor to technical teams business partners and executive leadership.

The Contractor will report directly to the CalSTRS Enterprise IT Solutions and Innovation Director and is expected to work onsite at CalSTRS headquarters unless written approval is granted by the Chief Technology Officer.

Responsibilities:

Lead the architecture design implementation and optimization of enterprise-level IT solutions leveraging Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) technologies cloud platforms data analytics systems and data warehouse architectures to ensure scalability performance and security.
Lead system architectural design and implementation including Large Language Model (LLM) evaluation prompt integration data modeling data integration and deployment strategies across complex environments.
Develop comprehensive technical documentation including solution designs coding standards architectural patterns policies and best practices.
Provide technical leadership and architectural oversight for data warehouse initiatives including data Extract Transform and Load (ETL) architecture data pipelines data modeling and enterprise data governance.
Review refine and approve architectural artifacts system diagrams integration patterns and solution designs for mission-critical applications.
Ensure all technology solutions comply with enterprise architecture standards cybersecurity policies and strategic business goals.
Serve as a trusted technical advisor to project teams business partners leadership and executive stakeholders.
Validate application system and integration designs to meet enterprise requirements for scalability resiliency performance and security.
Collaborate closely with developers engineers Database Administrators (DBAs) infrastructure teams and enterprise architects to ensure successful and aligned solution delivery.
Provide mentorship and thought leadership in cloud-native design microservices architecture containerization Application Programming Interface (API) design and modern integration patterns.
Support production issue resolution by providing deep technical expertise during high-priority incident investigations and remediation.
Ensure strict adherence to security compliance and enterprise architecture principles throughout all solution design and implementation activities.
Champion continuous improvement of architecture practices technical processes frameworks and solution methodology across the organization.

Required/Preferred Skills:

Mandatory Qualifications

A minimum of ten (10) years of IT experience with expert-level skills in enterprise architecture design data modeling and implementation for data warehouse systems and advanced data analytics platforms.
A minimum of three (3) years of experience designing architecture that integrates Generative AI capabilities into Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse platforms.
At least five (5) years of cloud architecture experience (such as Azure AWS or GCP) including deployment strategies and the use of infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.
At least five (5) years of experience leading cross-functional technical teams providing mentorship and driving technical excellence in complex enterprise environments.
Five or more (5) years of experience in designing and implementing secure scalable integration architectures for complex enterprise environments including APIs microservices event-driven systems and data integration.

Desirable Technical Qualifications

Five or more (5) years of hands-on experience with C# / Python SQL databases and advanced SQL queries.
Five or more (5) years of experience developing comprehensive technical documentation including architecture diagrams design specifications standards and best-practice guidelines for enterprise-scale systems.
Three or more (3) years of experience with Snowflake or AWS Redshift.
Three or more (3) years of experience of using Power BI to create data analytics dashboards.
The proposed project person will be able to adhere to working on-site five (5) days per week at CalSTRS Headquarters West Sacramento CA. If no provide a short explanation. (no points)

V Group Inc. is a NJ-based IT Services and Products Company with its business strategically categorized in various Business Units including Public Sector Enterprise Solutions Professional Services Ecommerce Projects and Products. Within Public Sector business unit we cater IT Professional Services to Federal State and Local. We have multiple awards/contracts with 30 states including but not limited to NY CA FL GA MD MI NC OH OR CO CT TN PA TX VA NM VT and WA.

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For more details please connect with Prafull Tamrakar at or call at . Direct End Client: California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) Job Title: Senior Solution Architecture Lead Duration: Up to 24 Months (with an option to extend up to an additional 24 months) Location: West Sacramento CA...