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The Solution Architect – Cross Line of Business designs end-to-end technology solutions that span multiple RSM business lines and platforms. This role combines expertise in application, microservice, API, integration, and process orchestration architectures to enable seamless business processes and data exchanges across enterprise systems.
Key Responsibilities:
• Translate cross-line-of-business business requirements into end-to-end solution designs spanning multiple enterprise applications, SaaS platforms, and custom-built solutions.
• Design microservice and API architecture for custom-built solutions; define service boundaries using Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles.
• Define and implement integration patterns using REST APIs, messaging, Azure Service Bus, and event-driven architecture principles.
• Support the architecture and delivery of cloud-native solutions, leveraging React-based frontends, .NET and Python backend services, SQL / NoSQL datastores, Azure services, containerized workloads, APIs, and messaging technologies.
• Design business process orchestration and workflow solutions that automate and streamline processes across multiple business lines.
• Collaborate with product owners, business stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Develop solution architecture artifacts including architecture diagrams, integration specifications, API contracts, and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and ensure designs remain current as solutions evolve.
• Participate in architecture reviews and design discussions to ensure solutions align with enterprise standards and best practices.
• Provide architectural guidance to delivery teams during design, development, testing, and implementation phases.
• Ensure non-functional requirements including security, scalability, availability, performance, and maintainability are considered in solution designs.
Qualifications & Experience
• 5+ years of software engineering, application design, or solution architecture experience, including experience contributing to solution architecture and technical design activities.
• Experience designing and developing enterprise applications using React, .NET, Python, or similar modern technology platforms.
• Knowledge of solution architecture principles, including application architecture, integration architecture, microservices, and API-based design.
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and Microsoft Azure services, including application hosting, messaging, data, and container platforms.
• Experience designing or implementing system integrations using REST APIs, messaging technologies, and event-driven architecture patterns.
• Understanding of software quality attributes, including security, scalability, resiliency, performance, maintainability, and observability.
• Experience creating and maintaining architecture artifacts, including solution diagrams, integration specifications, architecture decision records (ADRs), and technical documentation.
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate technical options and make architecture recommendations that balance business and technology objectives.
• Familiarity with workflow orchestration platforms such as Camunda or similar technologies is preferred.
At RSM, we offer a competitive benefits and compensation package for all our people. We offer flexibility in your schedule, empowering you to balance life’s demands, while also maintaining your ability to serve clients. Learn more about our total rewards at https://rsmus.com/careers/working-at-rsm/benefits https://rsmus.com/careers/el-salvador.html.
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About RSM
RSM is a leading global network of assurance, tax and consulting advisors focused on helping businesses navigate change and realize their full potential. With more than 56,000 professionals across more than 120 countries, RSM combines global reach with a distinctly client-centric approach, taking the time to understand each organization’s unique challenges, ambitions and opportunities.
At the heart of RSM’s model is a simple belief: clients need more than technical expertise. They need advisors who understand their business, anticipate what’s ahead and help them move forward with confidence. This commitment to delivering a personalized experience, grounded in deep industry and business knowledge, is reflected in RSM’s promise to instill confidence in a world of change.
RSM US LLP, a member of the global RSM network, brings this approach to the U.S. middle market. As the fifth-largest accounting firm in the United States, RSM US has grown from its founding in 1926 to more than 21,000 professionals serving clients across 119 locations in the US, Canada, the UK, and Ireland with additional offices across its international footprint.
Together, RSM’s scale, specialized expertise and understanding of the middle market position the firm to help clients address today’s most pressing challenges while building for what comes next.
Military Support
VALOR (Veterans and Allies Leading Outreach) is RSM’s employee network group dedicated to strengthening the recruitment, retention, development and success of veterans, active and reserve military members, military spouses, families and allies. Through connection, advocacy and professional development, VALOR creates a community where military-connected professionals can build meaningful relationships, advance their careers and bring the unique skills and experiences gained through service to RSM and its clients.
VALOR champions the continued growth and success of its members by connecting them to resources, mentorship, networking and leadership opportunities across RSM. Members share career and military-related resources, advocate for one another and provide a strong network of support, including for colleagues continuing to serve when military commitments or deployments take them away from the workplace.
Beyond RSM, VALOR extends its impact into local communities and the broader military-connected ecosystem through regional and national strategic business alliances, events and initiatives. These efforts create opportunities for professional development, leadership growth, networking, business development and community engagement, while helping RSM attract and retain exceptional military-connected talent.
At its core, VALOR is about turning the strengths of military service into lasting impact for our people, our clients and the communities we serve.
Internships and RSM Excellence Academy
At RSM, you’ll be valued as an individual while interning with our firm. We recognize your accomplishments and unique potential, and mentor you as a future leader. By working directly with RSM professionals and leaders, you’ll move quickly along the learning curve to jump-start your career in accounting, consulting, tax, or operations.
Internships include orientation and training where interns will be prepared to work in client service through a combination of formal and informal training. Interns will receive hands-on experience working with a variety of clients, while teaming up with RSM colleagues and leaders. RSM will provide interns with lunch-and-learn workshops, sporting events, and community service projects. Interns will gather with their peers and co-workers to develop both personally and professionally. Interns will be paired with both a navigator and a career advisor to help transition into their new role. The navigator is a peer aligned with you to help with questions. The career advisor ensures your experience meets your expectations and that you’re doing the right things to work toward that job offer.
The RSM Excellence Academy consists of a three-day summer leadership conference with a stipend and the opportunity to participate in an internship with RSM during the following summer. The Excellence Academy is open to all qualified students who are three years from graduation. The Excellence Academy is designed to align with RSM’s strategic pillar of driving an unrivaled, inclusive culture and talent experience. We recognize efforts of inclusivity and intend to develop outstanding business, accounting, and technology students for internships and full-time employment. Participants will have an opportunity to build relationships that will assist them in their educational and career development. We hope that this experience will provide students with an overall understanding of the professional services industry, RSM’s culture, and the advantages of working in the middle market.