TAYLOR HOLMES
Mt. Pleasant,SC
Summary
Experienced and knowledgeable Solutions Architect with strong foundation in designing, documenting, and implementing robust solutions across diverse industries. Proven ability to develop scalable architectures while ensuring seamless integration with existing systems. Demonstrated expertise in leveraging cloud technologies and fostering collaborative environments to drive project success.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Solutions Architect
TEKsystems - NBC Universal Destinations
Remote
04.2025 - 09.2025
- Created solution architecture design artifacts and data models for the Universal Team Member Experience (TMX) value stream of applications and products.
- Translated stakeholder requirements into architecture designs.
- Researched, analyzed, and documented the Identity and Access Management (IAM) subsystem across Team Universal, Universal Destination Experiences (UDX), and NBC Universal (NBCU).
- Created UML component diagrams to capture the current and future state system landscape including on-prem and cloud-based platforms and systems.
- Enhanced solution architecture for a Mobile-Food and Drink Ordering (MFDO) capability including web and mobile-based software products and integration with the Oracle Simphony Point-of-Sale platform.
Solutions Architect
Hilton Grand Vacations
Remote
02.2023 - 09.2024
- Primary Solutions Architect for a net-new travel experience booking and fulfillment application hosted on the MS Azure Cloud platform.
- Collaborated with Product team and business analysts to derive functional and non-functional requirements. Translated stakeholder requirements into architecture designs.
- Designed and socialized a microservices architecture leveraging APIs to extend and abstract the functions of legacy property management, contracts, and accounting systems.
- Created UML behavioral and structural diagrams to model the actors, web-app workflows, system and component interfaces, system dependencies, API sequences, data sources, and information flows.
- Designed IAM strategy leveraging integration with Azure Active Directory (AAD) to achieve team member authentication and role-based authorization.
Enterprise Software Architect
Savvee Consulting
Charleston, SC
01.2013 - 04.2022
- Enterprise Software Architect SME supporting the US Navy NAVAIR Systems Command's Application-based Architecture (ABA) program.
- Coordinated with government, fleet, and industry stakeholders to design and implement a modular open-system architecture (MOSA) to host heterogeneous mission applications for the U.S. Navy's P-8A Poseidon aircraft Family-Of-Systems.
- Assessed and consulted on technologies, platforms, and vendor offerings across the enterprise technology portfolio.
- Directed software architecture activities for an Agile scrum team to create a prototype system achieving multi-year funding for production implementation.
- Led a team of Systems Engineers in soliciting, deriving, tracing, and managing functional and technical requirements leveraging model-based techniques.
- Architected and developed data models and integrations with Boeing real-time avionics to demonstrate SOA, microservices, and geospatial data management solutions.
- Architected and implemented service-oriented, event-driven, publish-subscribe, and request-response architecture patterns. Implemented hardware and software virtualization techniques.
- Designed integrations for Identity & Access Management (IAM), Security information and event management (SIEM), and off-board data distribution.
- Researched, architected, and enhanced predictive data analytics solutions applied to mission scenarios.
- Contributed to government acquisition activities through multi-year capability planning, capability modeling, and requirements management.
Sr. Software Engineer/Architect
Gov Solutions Group
Charleston, SC
01.2006 - 09.2012
- Sr. Software Engineer/Technical Architect supporting the US Navy's Navy ERP modernization initiative.
- Led architecture, software engineering, system integration, and data analysis in the functional area of user management for the implementation phase of the Navy ERP (SAP R/3 ECC 6.0) system across the SPAWAR Systems Command.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to solicit business requirements for IAM and User Lifecycle Management.
- Architected and developed a User Lifecycle Management (ULM) system leveraging Java/JSP, LDAP, Oracle 11g database, ETL processes and the Oracle 10g Fusion stack. The system provisioned end user accounts and authorization roles for more than 10,000 users within the Navy ERP system. Additionally, four other Navy SYSCOMS implemented it to support concurrent Navy ERP migration initiatives.
- Successfully achieved DoD IA accreditation applied to the ULM system for deployment to US Navy Data Center hosting environments.
- Coordinated with DevOps to execute iterative software deployments to Navy production environments. Earned SPAWAR Innovation Award.
Sr. Software Engineer
P.D.I.T.
Charleston, SC
01.2002 - 01.2006
- Sr. Software Engineer SME supporting the US Navy's Task Force Web (TFW) enterprise modernization initiative.
- Championed the web-enablement and SOA modernization of US Navy mission applications through the design, development, and delivery of the TFW Enterprise portal system-of-systems.
- Architected and implemented core Java and .NET software components for the TFW Enterprise Portal system utilized by ashore and afloat instances.
- Collaborated with U.S. Navy mission application owners to assess, analyze, develop, and implement practical web-enablement strategies.
- Designed and demonstrated SOA prototypes used to train and mentor mission application support teams.
- Implemented data models and SOA to facilitate data integration between heterogeneous and monolithic mission information systems.
- Presented technical sessions at Navy Application Developer conferences demonstrating and socializing SOA integration patterns.
- Achieved DoD Information Assurance accreditation enabling deployments to US Navy Data ashore and afloat hosting environments.
- Contributing author of the Navy Enterprise Application Development Guide defining architecture best practices and software development standards. Earned SPAWAR Lightning Bolt Award.
Lead Software Developer
Integrys Consults, LLC
Greenville, SC
01.2001 - 01.2002
- Software Developer lead of a multi-disciplined team in the original development of a data-driven web portal for the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism (www.discoversouthcarolina.com).
- Integrated disparate SC-PRT static web sites into a single, data-driven public internet portal with site content administrated by SC-PRT personnel.
Software Developer
Nuvox Communications
Greenville, SC
04.1999 - 01.2001
- Architected and developed a web-based telecom order entry & provisioning system supporting the remote sales team at regional telecom start-up TriVergent Communications.
- The browser-based system enabled the company to receive and process digital orders for telecom services via the internet, including an intranet-based workflow and back-office API integration with the MetaSolv commercial switch provisioning system.
QA Analyst
DataStream Systems
Greenville, SC
01.1996 - 04.1999
- Developed and executed automated test plans ensuring software quality and functionality.
- Analyzed requirements and design documents to create comprehensive test cases.
- Collaborated with developers to identify and resolve defects in a timely manner.
- Conducted regression testing to confirm bug fixes and validate system improvements.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems
Clemson University
Clemson, SC12.1995
Skills
- Architectural diagram creation
- Data architecture development
- Stakeholder collaboration
- Requirements gathering
- Requirements analysis
- Cloud migration strategy development
- Web application development
- Mobile app design
- Microservices architecture design
- Systems design
- Data integration strategies
- API design and management
- Process analysis
- Systems design analysis
- Critical thinking
- Technical analysis
Timeline
Solutions Architect
TEKsystems - NBC Universal Destinations
04.2025 - 09.2025
Solutions Architect
Hilton Grand Vacations
02.2023 - 09.2024
Enterprise Software Architect
Savvee Consulting
01.2013 - 04.2022
Sr. Software Engineer/Architect
Gov Solutions Group
01.2006 - 09.2012
Sr. Software Engineer
P.D.I.T.
01.2002 - 01.2006
Lead Software Developer
Integrys Consults, LLC
01.2001 - 01.2002
Software Developer
Nuvox Communications
04.1999 - 01.2001
QA Analyst
DataStream Systems
01.1996 - 04.1999
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems
Clemson University