Modern Web Application Solution Architect (Contract, Hybrid)

• 12+ month Contract
• Contract Rate: $95-130/hr on W2
• 2-3 days onsite in southern Dallas
• Must attend onsite interview

Summary:

The Modern Web Application Solution Architect will provide architecture leadership for the design, modernization, and delivery of enterprise web applications. The architect will work across application development, security, infrastructure, DevSecOps, integration, and enterprise architecture teams to define solutions that are secure, scalable, resilient, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise standards.

The ideal candidate has strong architecture experience across modern front-end and server-side technologies, particularly React/Next.js, Angular, Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, APIs, and containerized application platforms. Experience designing applications for Red Hat OpenShift is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Define end-to-end architecture for modern enterprise web applications, translating business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.
• Establish architectural standards and design patterns for modern web technologies, including React, Next.js, Angular, Node.js, Nest.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
• Design application components, APIs, integrations, data flows, and deployment architectures using appropriate patterns such as microservices, modular monoliths, and event-driven architecture.
• Guide API and enterprise system integrations using REST, GraphQL, and asynchronous messaging, ensuring security, performance, reliability, and lifecycle management.
• Provide architectural direction for cloud-native and containerized applications running on Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift.
• Incorporate security, scalability, availability, performance, resiliency, and observability into application designs and establish production-readiness standards.
• Lead architecture and technical design reviews, evaluate technology options and trade-offs, and document architectural decisions and standards.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, development, security, DevSecOps, infrastructure, data, and integration teams to drive application modernization and establish reusable architecture patterns.

Qualifications:

• Significant experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale applications, including experience as a Solution Architect, Application Architect, Technical Architect, or equivalent technical leader.
• Strong understanding of modern web application architecture and software engineering practices.
• Strong knowledge of modern JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems and experience with React/Next.js and/or Angular.
• Strong understanding of Node.js application and API architectures.
• Experience with REST APIs, distributed systems, integration patterns, and service-oriented or microservices architectures.
• Experience designing applications for containerized environments using Docker, Kubernetes, or comparable technologies.
• Strong understanding of application security, identity, authentication, authorization, CI/CD, and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience designing for availability, scalability, performance, resiliency, and observability.
• Ability to work across multiple technical organizations and communicate effectively with engineering teams, architects, technology leaders, and business stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Architecture and deployment experience with Red Hat OpenShift.
• Experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with API management, gateway technologies, enterprise identity solutions, and messaging/event-streaming technologies such as Kafka.
• Knowledge of service mesh, distributed tracing, and cloud-native observability technologies.
• Experience with DevSecOps and automated software delivery practices.
• Experience modernizing legacy applications into modern web and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience in large, complex, highly regulated, utility, energy, or critical-infrastructure environments; utility experience is not required.

About PRG

With 20+ years of success in the staffing industry, Peyton Resource Group focuses on matching talent to the precise needs of our clients. Your success is our commitment, and we back up that commitment by only recommending opportunities that align with your goals. Our candidate-centric approach ensures you are in the driver’s seat of your career, and our team of recruiters will partner with you and support you every step of the way.

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