Solution Architect Technical Lead Details

Freddie Mac - McLean, VA

Employment Type : Full-Time

Job Description

At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you’ll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation.

Position Overview:

Are you looking for a career that allows you to work with the latest and greatest technologies? Do you have record of enabling enterprise change and transformation through architectural leadership? The Freddie Mac Solutions Architecture Team is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to provide architecture solutions for the Enterprise domain. Apply now and learn why there’s #MoreAtFreddieMac!

Our Impact:
  • Establish alignment across the architecture team for technology evolution

  • Establish target states that achieve identified business outcomes

  • Establish roadmaps that incrementally deliver value

  • Assure alignment in execution across other architecture domains

Your Impact:
  • Provide in-depth technical consultation to clients and IT management to ensure development of efficient application systems utilizing established standards, procedures and methodologies. Contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas.

  • Present and communicate the solution architecture to various partners, both technical and business, and be able to explain how the solution design will meet business needs

  • Ensure alignment of architecture to business objectives, roadmaps and strategic solutions, as well as to Freddie Mac’s architecture principles and standards

  • Assist in creating and defining application and technical patterns as vital

  • Create the architecture document for assigned projects, including architecture patterns, decisions, and rationale for those decisions

  • Conduct system architecture studies of new and existing IT systems to permit development of integrated systems.

  • Lead discussions as well as identify and compare alternative solutions to determine the optimal solution that will meet business needs.

  • Influences key decisions for the technical and infrastructure architecture

  • Advises the system and infrastructure configuration from application performance, scalability, and capacity perspective.

Qualifications:
  • 8+ years of hands-on experience in solution, application, or information architecture applied to large-scale enterprise systems.

  • At least 4 years of AWS Cloud Architecture experience plus experience with digital transformation and Cloud migration

  • Hands-on experience with multiple technology areas like API, Microservices, Event Streaming, Logging & Monitoring, Databases (SQL, NoSQL), Containers, Serverless Frameworks, AI & ML etc.).

  • 8+ years of hand-on experience in the programming language with two or more of the following Angular, Java, C++, various scripts Python, R.

  • Knowledge and understanding of Accounting, Human Resource systems, Corporate services is highly desirable

  • Bachelors degree or equivalent experience required; Masters degree preferred

Keys to Success in this Role:
  • Attention to detail and self-motivated, possessing strong judgment with excellent decision-making skills and excellent analytical, organization, and time management skills.

  • Ability to lead/influence issue resolution across various groups in the organization

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to succinctly present subject matter, specifically translating technology problems/solutions to business partners and senior leadership as well as translating high level directives into technical approaches consumed by technical groups

  • Highly motivated and upbeat self-starter with proven organizational and time management skills; demonstrable experience operating at high standards of quality and accuracy within a fast-paced changing environment

  • Technical and Architectural leadership with knowledge of both legacy and modern cloud based distributed systems

  • Ability to influence business and IT leaders through proven collaboration skills

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

Today, Freddie Mac makes home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. Join our smart, creative and dedicated team and you’ll do important work for the housing finance system and make a difference in the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Time-type:Full time

Job Category:Information Technology

FLSA Status:Exempt

Posted on : 3 years ago