Senior Software Architect (Systems & Network Architecture) – Contract (Hybrid)

The Role:

We are seeking an experienced Software Architect, for a project based assignment, with a strong infrastructure and systems architecture mindset to help analyze and document the architecture of existing enterprise applications within a complex production environment.

In this role, you will work closely with the existing engineering and infrastructure teams currently supporting these systems to reverse engineer several applications and produce clear architectural documentation that captures hosting environments, infrastructure dependencies, network connectivity, and service interactions. You will examine where applications are hosted, how services communicate, and what infrastructure supports them, translating this information into high-level system design documentation.

This position is ideal for an architect who enjoys digging into existing environments, understanding how applications operate in production, and translating that knowledge into clear architecture diagrams and documentation that can support future planning, modernization efforts, and operational improvements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reverse engineer existing enterprise applications to understand system architecture, hosting environments, and infrastructure dependencies
• Produce high-level architecture documentation including system diagrams, data flows, network flows, and service interactions
• Analyze how applications are deployed and hosted across infrastructure environments
• Identify network communication patterns including service endpoints, integration points, and connectivity requirements such as ports and protocols
• Document infrastructure requirements, service design considerations, and system capacity needs
• Work closely with engineering and infrastructure teams to validate architectural understanding of existing systems
• Create architecture artifacts that clearly describe how systems interact and operate in production environments
• Identify potential architectural risks, performance constraints, and system design limitations

Required Skills:  

• 7+ years of experience in solutions architecture, systems architecture, infrastructure architecture, or a related role
• Strong understanding of enterprise application architecture and distributed systems
• Experience analyzing or reverse engineering existing production systems and infrastructure environments
• Familiarity with infrastructure concepts including application hosting environments, network connectivity, and system dependencies
• Experience creating architecture diagrams and technical documentation for complex systems
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to quickly understand unfamiliar systems
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical environments into clear documentation

Nice to have Skills:  

• Experience working in large enterprise or high-scale environments
• Familiarity with cloud or hybrid infrastructure architectures
• Experience documenting network flows, service communication patterns, and system dependencies
• Background in infrastructure architecture, platform architecture, DevOps, or network architecture
• Experience collaborating closely with cross-functional engineering and infrastructure teams

Education & Certifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or relevant years of work experience

Work Schedule:

• Hybrid role (Beverly Hills & DTLA)