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Software Architect III — Security & AI, Web Application Development

Job summary

Greenwood Village

Work model

Office first
1 week ago
Job description

Location and Details

  • Location: Greenwood Village, CO (Hybrid: 4 days onsite, 1 day remote)
  • Type: Contract
  • Category: Architecture
  • Industry: Communications
  • Reference ID: JN-062026-107353
  • Rate: $65.00 - $75.00/hr (W2)

Description

Our client seeks a Software Architect III to design and deliver secure, scalable cloud-native web application platforms on AWS. You will own end-to-end architecture from Terraform-provisioned infrastructure and GitLab CI/CD pipelines to AI-powered integrations that improve developer productivity. You will partner with the director of data platforms and principal development leads to enhance in-house solutions, assess ETL and reporting tooling, and lead AI integration strategy by embedding LLM-based capabilities, intelligent automation, and security-first practices including least-privilege IAM, automated patching, and encryption by default.

Note: Applicants must be willing and able to work on a W2 basis.

Responsibilities

  • Own architecture for cloud-native web applications on AWS, emphasizing security and scalability.
  • Design infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and implement GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
  • Lead AI integration strategy, evaluating and embedding LLM-based tooling and intelligent automation.
  • Partner with leadership and principal engineers to evolve custom in-house software solutions.
  • Assess and recommend tooling for ETL and reporting systems.
  • Implement least-privilege IAM, automated vulnerability patching, and encryption-by-default patterns.
  • Support EKS, serverless patterns, and platform engineering best practices.
  • Establish monitoring and operational readiness with solutions such as Datadog.

Experience Requirements

  • Object-oriented full-stack programming experience in languages such as Java, Python, or Go.
  • Background in full-stack cloud-based web application development, systems, and design.
  • Hands-on AWS cloud-native integrations and solutions.
  • Proficiency with Terraform.
  • Preferred: Go and multi-threaded applications.
  • Preferred: Data lakes, data warehouses, and big data processing such as Spark.
  • Preferred: EKS platforms and Argo CD.
  • Preferred: Python or Java for backend services.
  • Preferred: Experience with monitoring tools such as Datadog.

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About Eliassen Group

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm helping organizations achieve more through technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

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