Solutions Architect

Technical / Solution Architect
The Technical / Solutions Architect will be the technical leader in all phases of the application/product development cycle, including requirements analysis, conceptual design, project estimation, detailed design, software construction and deployment and will facilitate and lead the core development process as well as ensure proper interaction with existing technology and selected add-on technologies.

The Solution Architect is the driving force behind the delivery of technical solutions. By guiding the selection and implementation of appropriate technologies, the Solution Architect ensures that solutions are secure, accurate, performant, maintainable and aligned with Enterprise Architecture standards and patterns.

The Solution Architect remain intimately engaged with technical solutions by actively reviewing technical designs and implementations. They are offered the opportunity to continuously develop their skillsets by contributing to the implementation of POCs and product features, as well as through participation in guilds, training, and conferences.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or Software Engineering Experience
• 10+ years of application development experience with large scale business applications in agile or fast-paced development environment
• 8+ years of technical and/or management consulting experience architecting enterprise and application solutions
• 5+ years designing, developing, and implementing business applications from business concept through to production
• 5+ years of consulting and delivery of AWS based solutions
• 5+ years experience leading business application development teams of 5+ team members
Skills/Knowledge
• Solid knowledge of Java/Open Source and Cloud Native Application development, including experience working on initiatives that included full stack development of multi-tiered distributed systems implemented based on clean architecture patterns, involving complex business domains, either relational or non-relational persistent storage, and web or desktop user interfaces (e.g. Angular or React).
• Experience building systems with high security standards. Familiarity with common vulnerabilities and attack vectors and how to prevent them.
• Experience building cloud native applications or migrating applications to the cloud a plus.
• Prior experience working with site reliability engineering (SRE), deployment Ops, cloud engineering.
• Demonstrable ability to break large architectural and implementation problems into logical smaller solutions.