Solution Architect

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive full stack solution design based on industry best practices such as microservices, streaming technologies, and event driven architectures that support modular, decoupled and integrated designs.
• Collaborate with domain architects, subject matter experts, delivery leads, and product owners to develop solutions for business problems in a timely manner, while providing insights and consultation to software delivery leaders and technical leads across various domains and teams.
• Strong experience enhancing non-functional requirements such as reusability, scalability, maintainability, performance, availability, and reliability.  
• Lead identification and implementation of software patterns and artifacts (reference architecture, libraries and reusable framework) for common use cases and evangelize effective pattern utilization during software development to uphold sound architectural principles and good design practices.
• Provide support for operations and support teams, including root cause analysis and preventative analysis.
• Create and maintain comprehensive architectural documentation that aids in sustaining system integrity and facilitate knowledge sharing.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, preferably with a software engineer background with a proven track record of consistently delivering high impact software products in a timely manner.
• 3+ years of experience as an Application or Solutions architect delivering enterprise solutions at scale using modern cloud native technologies (AWS preferred).  
• Experience implementing reusable software components, and shared libraries for enterprise-wide use in one or more languages like Java, C#, JavaScript, and Python is a must.
• Deep understanding of microservices architecture, cloud computing, and non-functional aspects of software architecture.  
• Good understanding of InfoSec, and DevSecOps principles using AWS technologies is a must. Relevant certifications, such as AWS Solutions Architect Associate, are highly desirable.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the capability to advise on engineering topics to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Mentor and coach software developers on system design, code quality, and maintainability.  

Top Skills (Must Have):

• Strong software engineering background (10+ years) in full stack application development.
• 3+ years of solid experience as application or solutions architect
• Hands on coder in one or more languages like Java, C#, Python, and JavaScript.
• AWS Solutions architect skillset