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Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship not available.

Our client is seeking a Sr IT Architect in Atlanta, GA.

Role Description

Role Overview: The Sr IT Architect is a seasoned member of a team delivering new technology capabilities to the Company’s owners, customers, and partners within the organization. The Sr IT Architect helps set the vision and parameters that Agile delivery teams operate within. In addition, the Sr IT Architect helps develop and support governance processes that ensure that team deliverables meet the Company’s standards for performance, availability, quality, security, and maintainability.

Key Accountabilities:

Lead the design of cloud-native, scalable, and cost-effective architectures on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Provide expertise in designing solutions for data processing, storage, analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence on GCP.
Architect hybrid and multi-cloud environments, integrating GCP services with on-premises and other cloud platforms.
Define, document, and evangelize the data integration patterns between GCP and the ecosystem (AWS, Salesforce, SaaS, PaaS, and On-Prem).
Implement security best practices for GCP environments, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and data protection.
Design and enforce security controls such as network isolation, firewalls, and VPNs to safeguard sensitive data and applications.
Create and maintain detailed architectural artifacts (e.g., architecture diagrams, design documents, data models) to visualize, communicate, and document the cloud solutions and architectures using tools like Lucidchart.
Document decision-making processes, trade-offs, and rationale behind architecture choices to support future scaling, optimization, and troubleshooting.
Develop a unified architecture that is scalable across the organization and ensures the use of industry and enterprise technology standards, incorporating industry best practices.
Translate industry technology direction to business value and serve as a key advisor to stakeholders, providing new research and innovative approaches.
Accountable for the development of high-level business cases, influencing senior leadership, business partners, architects, and key stakeholders within the architecture team and other functional areas on the adoption of technical solutions and driving the solution to completion.
Research and evaluate, or provide direction to others researching and evaluating, new technologies coming to market and their potential application to IT strategies and business plans.
Analyze systems and processes from end to end, partnering with IT and business colleagues as appropriate.
Provide guidance and enterprise-wide influence leading to solutions that are well-engineered, operable, maintainable, scalable, and delivered on schedule.
Advise in decisions regarding strategic partnerships, vendor selection, and acquisitions.

Skills & Requirements

Education:

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a relevant field of work or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.

Experience:

Typically, a minimum of 10-15+ years of progressive work-related experience with demonstrated proficiency in multiple disciplines, technologies, or processes related to the position.
Technical Skills and Knowledge:

Technical mastery and competency in all architecture, with vast knowledge of the capabilities and constraints of technologies supported.
Expert understanding of the designs and technology footprints of multiple products within a product family.
Champion engineering process disciplines (e.g., Scrum, Agile, Kanban, ITIL).
Champion industry process improvement programs (e.g., CMMI, ISO-9000, FDA, Six Sigma).
Required Skills:

Middleware Focused:

Java
REST
Enterprise Caching Architectures
Messaging Based Architecture (e.g., Kafka)
Micro Service Architecture
Public Facing APIs and API Gateways
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Data Transformation and ETL
Data Focused:

Big Data
Data Design Principles and Best Practices
Reporting and Analytics Design Platforms
Data Platforms knowledge for Data Residency decisions
BI tools
GCP Analytic Tools
Decision Science Experience, Including Machine Learning or Artificial Intelligence
Forecast and Demand Planning Applications
Master Data Management Applications
Hot Skills:

Cloud Focused:

Google Cloud & Big Query
Salesforce and Data Cloud
AWS and cloud-native architectures
Data Focused:

Hospitality Data
Big Data
Relational Data
AI/ML
Data Pipelines
BI Tools & Reporting
Middleware Focused:

Web Application
Native Application
Property Management System
Kubernetes.

Benefits/Other Compensation

This position is a contract/temporary role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, 401K and Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit).

Why Hays?

You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the industry and market trends. Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there’s a position you really want, you’re fully prepared to get it.

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Hays is committed to building a thriving culture of diversity that embraces people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better we serve our candidates, clients, and employees. We are an equal employment opportunity employer, and we comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, genetic information, HIV-positive status, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. One of Hays’ guiding principles is ‘do the right thing’.
We also believe that actions speak louder than words.
In that regard, we train our staff on ensuring inclusivity throughout the entire recruitment process and counsel our clients on these principles. If you have any questions about Hays or any of our processes, please contact us.

In accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law protecting qualified individuals with known disabilities, Hays will attempt to reasonably accommodate those individuals unless doing so would create an undue hardship on the company. Any qualified applicant or consultant with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should call or text 813.336.5570.

Drug testing may be required; please contact a recruiter for more information.

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