.Net Solutions Architect

Location: Richmond, VA - Local candidates only 
Hybrid: Required to attend onsite meetings in Richmond, VA
Contract Length: 10 month contract - contract to be extended an additional 6-12+ months
Seeking a solutions architect to perform operations and maintenance support on legacy .NET applications and as needed backup to full-time resources supporting .NET implementations.
This individual will be expected to work with the current development team to quickly learn the base system to support and expand it. Qualifications:
- 5+ years experience in solutions architect experience.
- 5+ years experience in MVC, C#, .NET, VB.net, ASP.net, Oracle and/or SQL
- Experience with Entity Framework, jQuery, Ajax
- 5+ years experience designing and implementing applications
- 5+ years experience in technical leadership position to provide consultation and advice on major implementations that consider various technical options.
- 5+ years developing and implementing technical standards
- 5+ years experience with utilizing Azure Dev Ops pipeline building for automated code deployments
- 5+ years experience with architecture design to include hybrid on-prem/Azure Cloud environments, familiarity with NIST security standards
- Familiarity with SIEM/Splunk desired
- Ability to collaboratively develop and deliver solutions with both onsite and remote teams.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving skills, interpersonal and teamwork skills.
- Experience in communicating and coordinating with internal business customers and IT analysts to determine software requirements and system impacts.
- Hands-on knowledge of identity and access management technology, such as single sign-on (SSO), two-factor authentication, privileged access management, etc.
- Experience migrating and supporting services from basic authentication to SAML2.0 and OIDC authentication
- Hands-on knowledge of SSO tools such as Okta preferred