HBITS 08-14882 Software Architect - Expert
Knowledge Builders Inc. · Albany, NY
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Jul 12, 2026
Albany, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software architect role supporting two large-scale New York State government portals — one used by the public to apply for health and human services benefits, and one used by caseworkers to process those applications. Day-to-day work spans infrastructure setup, Java application support, performance tuning, server capacity planning, and guiding a development team on architecture standards, design patterns, and secure coding practices. Suits a seasoned enterprise Java architect with deep JEE experience.
Senior level · 7+ years · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 4 people in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1–6
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $130,723 (middle half $99,021–$164,663).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting is for a contract/staff-augmentation engagement ('services of a candidate are required'), consistent with a government IT staffing vehicle — employment type is treated as Contract.
The role title is 'Software Architect' but the day-to-day work is heavily hands-on (coding, migration, performance tuning, server configuration), making 15-1252 Software Developers the best fit; 15-1299 is noted as a runner-up given the explicit architect framing.
All experience thresholds are stated in months: 84 months (~7 years) for most skills and 72 months (~6 years) for the advisory/mentoring requirement. The years demanded values are converted to the nearest whole year (7).
Location is inferred as the Albany, NY metro based on the New York State OTDA (Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance) context; no explicit city is stated in the posting.
No compensation figures are provided.
The posting references 'rules engines and business process management' alongside Struts/Spring/Hibernate but names no specific product (e.g. Drools, jBPM), so no separate skill was emitted for that phrase.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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