Architect / Technical Lead

Amdex - Potomac, MD

Full-time - Senior

Potomac, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

AMDEX is seeking an Architect / Technical Lead in support of our federal government customer. The Architect/Technical Lead is a member of the project team who takes responsibility for implementing the system architecture using best practices while providing overall technical direction for the team. This includes coding, unit testing, using design patterns, learning new technologies, and becoming an expert in the system. The candidate will also be expected to provide architectural support, advice with all components of the system and overall technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates ability to work with system owners, business owners, technical teams, and functional teams to design, implement, test, and validate a system.
• Provide technical direction to the contract team including application developers, database developers, testers, business analysts, and customer support specialists.
• Design and develop new code and/or support operations, maintenance, and enhancements of existing code.
• Develop conceptual and technical design including use of OOA and OOD techniques.
• Review and signoff on contractor team's requirements analysis, design, development, and testing during each release cycle.
• Oversee all implementation and deployment activities.
• Ensure high quality of the technical deliveries. Submit incident reports and lessons learned when requested.
• Effectively model organization's business processes and integrate them with existing Enterprise systems and capabilities.
• Assess/Analyze and provide level of effort estimates for change requests, defects, and other technical tasks.
• Support release planning, scheduling, and task assignments.
• Provide assessment, consultation, and recommendations for future technical initiatives and upgrades.
• Mentor junior team members

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of experience in technical leadership of a team.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in system integration and development and package implementations.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in IT projects of similar size and complexity with same/similar technology.
• Experience with cloud computing and cloud-based technologies.
• Solid understanding of all parts of Software Engineering (e.g., Requirements, Design, Implementation, Testing) and the Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC).
• Ability to work with key owners and stakeholders to document requirements.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly.

Benefits

• Medical | Dental | Vision (Base plan employee premiums 100% company paid)
• Employer Paid Life and Disability Insurance, STD and LTD
• Employee Assistance Plan and Employee Discounts
• 11 Federal Holidays | PTO accrual with carryover
• 401(k) Plan with company match | Flexible Spending Accounts: Medical, Dependent, Transit
• Tuition Reimbursement & Training Assistance