Application Architect

Genesis10 is currently seeking an Application Architect with our client in the financial industry located in Charlotte, NC and Plano, TX. This is a 7+ month contract position.
Responsibilities:

• Complete administrative and technical tasks related to compliance deliverables and infrastructure requests for the applications they support
• Support vendors, development teams, and Technology Managers to ensure technical security, risk, and other compliance activities are completed on-time and per requirements
• Partner closely with control functions, risk management, and GIS and are familiar with the applicable policies, standards, contacts and procedures so that the compliance deliverables are completed effectively and efficiently
• Communicates with management the overall status and health of the applications
• Looks for areas of improvement in monitoring, application stability, and speed of determining root cause
• Provides monitoring of the environment during release or independent change and tracks changes to the production environment for management and executive communications
• Manage changes, defects, and projects across various testing and PROD environments

Requirements:

• 2 or more years of hands on experience in high-volume, multi-tiered, distributed transactional applications in a production environment
• Ability to plan, design, create programs, and document through AGILE framework and DEVOPS using XLR/Ansible
• Application Container knowledge
• Self-driven, generalist, innovative, result-oriented, motivating, leadership, and project management skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (both to a technical and non-technical audience)
• Experience working with Servers, Vulnerabilities, and Software patches
• Understanding or working experience with SDLC/Agile teams and utilizing JIRA and Confluence
• Core Java
• Spring boot
• Kafka
• Understanding of supporting business processes and the ability to work with partners to clarify requirements, estimate, design, develop, test, deploy, and support Java/Windows application in card issuance

Desired Skills:

• Financial Services expertise
• At least 3 years of experience in Java/J2EE technologies and frameworks like Spring
• 2 years of experience working with Java 8 or higher
• 2 years of experience developing Restful Web services
• 2 years of experience developing micro services with Spring Boot
• 2 years of experience with XML/JSON data
• 2 years of experience with Relational databases like Oracle
• 2 years of experience with using build automation tools like Maven, Jenkins, etc.
• 2 years of BitBucket, Jira, Code Quality, defect tracking tools
• MongoDB experience

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.
If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!
About Genesis10:
Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.
For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF)
• Remote opportunities available

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.
Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.