Front End UI Architect in Washington DC (Onsite, Hybrid) || Contract

Job description:
The Front-End UI Technical Architect shall define UI architecture, considering scalability, modularity, and maintainability. This includes designing micro front-end patterns, ensuring seamless integration across components and services. Technical architect will be leveraging React and related libraries (e.g., Redux, Flux, Webpack) for efficient UI development. Familiarization with asynchronous services patterns is a must.

SKILLS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Overall exp , 13 + years.
About 8+ years of experience in architecting micro front-end development and solutions on React
Proven track record of building large-scale, production-grade UI applications.
Proficiency in React.js and related technologies
Familiarity with micro front-end patterns (e.g., single-spa, module federation)
Strong understanding of responsive design principles.
Proficiency in at least one wireframing/prototyping tool (e.g., Axure, Omnigraffle).
Command over DOM manipulation and performance optimization.
Ability to deliver functionality incrementally adopting agile practices.
Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git)
Experience with IT projects in the Financial Industry
Experience with IT projects utilizing multiple technologies and frameworks, particularly agile/hybrid agile.
Excellent problem-solving skills.
Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
Staying informed about emerging front-end technologies and trends.
Deep knowledge and experience of Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platforms and services in an enterprise environment. Experience with IaaS/PaaS cloud architectures and patterns (e.g., horizontal scaling, immutability, 12-factor design).
Prior experience with leading cloud native solution development initiatives.
Experience with delivering effective strategies for cloud integration.
Experience designing and implementing CI/CD toolchains leveraging Microsoft TFS, Git/SVN, Chef, Jenkins, etc. Experience with cloud infrastructure and application templates (e.g., using AWS Cloud Formation, Azure Resource Manager).
Familiarity with micro-frontends, implementing microservices and container-based architectures and deployments (e.g., Docker, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes).
Prior success in designing cloud applications, supporting changes to development, testing, deployment, migration/transformation, and configuration management processes consistent with a DevOps approach.
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to define technology roadmaps and evaluate total-cost-of-ownership of solutions.
Experience evaluating cloud service designs and alternatives to achieve desired balance of performance, risk, and cost.
Familiarity with deployment patterns/strategy (blue/green, canary, rolling, draining).
Experience managing programs and/or multiple projects, including simultaneous task assignments.
Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with all management levels.
Strong documentation, analytical and problem-solving skills
Organized, agile, persistent, and proactive. Ability to work on multiple tasks within tight deadlines.
Ability to learn new technologies quickly, self-starters and motivated, and able to work with others, and communicate effectively.
Actively seeks knowledge needed to complete assignments and shares knowledge with others, communicating and presenting information in a clear and organized manner.
Delivers information effectively in support of team or workgroup. Good writing and editing skills, with a strong command of English and an ability to convey complex ideas in a clear, direct, and lively format.
Able to take personal responsibility and accountability for timely response to client queries, requests or needs, working to remove obstacles that may impede execution or overall success.
Strong experience in Modern Integration cloud and in-premise and/or hybrid, APIs, and ESB/SOA; and Data/Dataflow governance, strategy, & implementation.