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Randstad USA


Senior IT Application System Architect Rail and Logistics
Randstad USA • Washington, DC, United States • via Randstad USA
2 days ago
$75–$85 an hour
Full–time and Contractor
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Qualifications
Bachelor's degree, specialized training, or equivalent work experience
Requires a minimum of fifteen (15) years of experience in multiple IT areas, with ten (10) years or more in technology architecture roles
Required Domain Experience: Extensive, demonstrated experience defining and implementing solutions for rail transportation companies is mandatory
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Benefits
salary: $75 - 85 per hour
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc
In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility)
Responsibilities
As the Senior IT Application System Architect for Rail & Logistics, you will be the principal technical leader responsible for designing and governing the transformation of mission-critical Rail Transportation application systems
This role demands extensive experience (15+ years) and deep architectural expertise to guide large-scale modernization efforts, particularly the shift from legacy platforms like IBM Mainframe and TPF to state-of-the-art event-driven microservices architectures built on technologies like Java and Spring
You will leverage architectural frameworks (like TOGAF) and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to ensure all application solutions are scalable, secure, and strategically aligned to solve complex, multi-domain business challenges within the logistics sector
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job summary:
As the Senior IT Application System Architect for Rail & Logistics, you will be the principal technical leader responsible for designing and governing the transformation of mission-critical Rail Transportation application systems. This role demands extensive experience (15+ years) and deep architectural expertise to guide large-scale modernization efforts, particularly the shift from legacy platforms like IBM Mainframe and TPF to state-of-the-art event-driven microservices architectures built on technologies like Java and Spring. You will leverage architectural frameworks (like TOGAF) and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to ensure all application solutions are scalable, secure, and strategically aligned to solve complex, multi-domain business challenges within the logistics sector.

location: Washington, Washington, D.C.
job type: Contract
salary: $75 - 85 per hour
work hours: 9am to 5pm
education: Bachelors

responsibilities:
• Application & System Modernization: Lead the architectural design and implementation of large-scale system modernization, specifically replacing legacy Rail Transportation systems (Mainframe/TPF) with modern Java and Spring-based microservices in an event-driven architecture.
• Architectural Governance: Define, document, and enforce architectural principles and standards for application design, software development, and integration across various business domains.
• Framework Application: Apply expert knowledge of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks and Bodies of Knowledge, including TOGAF, Business Architecture Guild (BizBok), and DAMA (DMBok), to drive structure and coherence in the technology portfolio.
• Agile & Delivery: Provide architectural leadership and guidance within a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment to ensure technical designs enable agility, continuous integration, and rapid delivery.
• Technical Design Authority: Act as the subject matter expert for architectural modeling, event-driven architecture patterns, and enterprise information management (EIM) to ensure robust, scalable, and secure system solutions.
• Cross-Domain Problem Solving: Successfully design and deliver application solutions that resolve complex business problems that span multiple operational and technical domains within the enterprise.

qualifications:
Bachelor's degree, specialized training, or equivalent work experience.

Requires a minimum of fifteen (15) years of experience in multiple IT areas, with ten (10) years or more in technology architecture roles.

Required Domain Experience: Extensive, demonstrated experience defining and implementing solutions for rail transportation companies is mandatory.

Five (5) years or more practicing knowledge and experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

Demonstrated knowledge of EA Frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, BizBok, DMBok).

Broad experience across diverse IT technologies, including transitioning from legacy systems (IBM Mainframe, TPF) to modern stacks (Java, Spring, microservices).

Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical business leaders.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, ****** Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd


Enterprise Architect
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd • Florida, United States • via Royal Caribbean - Royal Caribbean Group
6 days ago
Full–time
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Job highlights
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Qualifications
15+ years of experience with IT infrastructure architecture, data centers, middleware, database, and cloud IaaS/PaaS/SaaS services in a large enterprise
Demonstrates extensive broad knowledge and capabilities among a variety of technical concepts and functional areas
Demonstrates leadership, facilitation, coaching, mentoring and interpersonal/group communication
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We are proud to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world
Responsibilities
This role will be pivotal in aligning business objectives with innovative technology solutions, ensuring scalable, efficient, and secure enterprise systems
The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of business processes, technological trends, and architectural frameworks to drive digital transformation and operational excellence
This role will focus on developing and maintaining technology strategies and standards for our state-of-the-art ships, dry docks, private destinations and terminals
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Journey with us! Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our incredible team of employees at Royal Caribbean Group. We are proud to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world.

We are proud to be the vacation-industry leader with global brands — including Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises — the most innovative fleet and private destinations, and the best people. Together, we are dedicated to turning the vacation of a lifetime into a lifetime of vacations for our guests.

The Royal Caribbean Group’s IT Architecture Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Enterprise Architect reporting to the Director, Enterprise Architect.

This role will work in-person in Miramar, Florida.

Position Summary:

We are seeking a highly experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the development and execution of our organization’s enterprise architecture strategy. This role will be pivotal in aligning business objectives with innovative technology solutions, ensuring scalable, efficient, and secure enterprise systems. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of business processes, technological trends, and architectural frameworks to drive digital transformation and operational excellence. This role will focus on developing and maintaining technology strategies and standards for our state-of-the-art ships, dry docks, private destinations and terminals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Sets and communicates the strategic technology vision and direction for enterprise IT systems.
• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture framework that aligns with organizational goals and industry best practices.
• Proactively work with shipboard product managers to identify architectural solution blueprints needed for solution build, manage the commitment and timeline.
• Define and document detail level architecture and general design for new and next in class ships. Maintain the new build and dry dock infrastructure standards in Confluence.
• Drive the creation and validation of non-functional requirements concerning items such as consistency, performance, security, resiliency etc. These are especially critical in complex business scenarios.
• Develop long-term technology roadmaps that support business strategies, including cloud adoption, application modernization, and digital initiatives.
• Ensures architectural integrity and consistency across the enterprise, in terms of infrastructure, application and data.
• Liaison with other architects to understand the integration scenarios and provide solutions to the cross-program blueprint level dependency analysis.
• Lead the design and review of complex systems and solutions, ensuring alignment with architecture standards, security policies and performance metrics.
• Leads creating the review material for presentation to architecture review board (ARB) where required and get closure on the solution path to be undertaken for implementation.
• Ensure alignment of enterprise architecture standards during all phases of the respective project.
• Develop and maintain project pipelines, reviews and validations across all cross functional teams and departments.
• Collaborate with executive leadership, business units, and IT teams to understand needs and translate them into scalable enterprise technical solutions.
• Maintain a collective portfolio level documentation of solution blueprints that express the makeup of the program (as built over several sprints and increments) and the solutions continuous alignment to enterprise architecture standards.
• Identify opportunities for improvement in any area, whether it be people, process or technology (within or in the adjacent scopes) of the program in an ongoing manner.
• Identifies the need for changes to methodologies and procedures. Works with management team to institutionalize these processes.
• Remains current with industry trends to advise and advocate architectural approaches for IT systems and solutions that meet business needs.
• Develop and document technology roadmap of shipboard infrastructure. Provide best practices for maintaining technological maturity within the fleet and for new builds.
• Provide guidance on new concepts and strategic initiatives to ensure that enterprise standards are met and documented.
• Lead POC’s (Proof of Concept) to prove solution direction in coordination with product and engineering lead around resource capacity and priority.
• Contributes to the establishment and use of best practices in IT policies, standards, and procedures.
• Help forecast technological trends and potential risks in the implementation of defined IT policies, standards, and procedures.
• Performs other duties as required. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or manager.

Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills:
• 15+ years of experience with IT infrastructure architecture, data centers, middleware, database, and cloud IaaS/PaaS/SaaS services in a large enterprise
• Demonstrates extensive broad knowledge and capabilities among a variety of technical concepts and functional areas.
• Demonstrates leadership, facilitation, coaching, mentoring and interpersonal/group communication.
• Effectively works with all levels of Information Technology and corporate organizations
• Considered subject matter expertise across multiple technology disciplines.
• Able to lead and collaborate with people at all levels of responsibility to formulate, communicate and implement enterprise technical strategies
• Capable of making and selling independent decisions and recommendations
• Demonstrates ability to coordinate creativity, analysis and problem solving of many individuals which leads to consensus on solutions
• Considered a consultant on methodologies, tools, best practices and processes across multiple technology areas

We know there's a lot to consider. As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance, and more relevant details to answer any additional questions. Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group. We'll hope to see you onboard soon!

It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, ****** orientation, sexuality, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Royal Caribbean Group and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment.

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