We are looking for a Solution Architect to join our client's team on a contract basis. Client for this project is a large global professional services firm.
Responsibilities
- Identify key business stakeholders and establish communication with;
- Identify business goals and objectives;
- Gather primary functionality, quality characteristics of software behavior and given constraints;
- Elaborate business, information, and technology architectures mapping;
- An elaborate architecture vision that satisfies architecturally significant requirements, through trade-off analysis, proof of concept implementation, and benchmarking.
- Set up and manage architecture design and documentation processes;
- Document and communicate architecture decisions and trade-offs to major stakeholders;
- Review and validate design decisions made by downstreams and ensure they do satisfy the solution architecture vision.
Requirements
- Fluent English;
- Commercial experience in software development (more than 7 years);
- Commercial experience in solution architecture design (more than 3 years);
- Experience with data management, data integration, and data transformation approaches;
- Understanding of containerization and orchestration;
- Understanding SDLC processes and their reasoning;
- Experience with guiding software development, testing, deployment, and project management;
Excellent knowledge in Computer Science, Computing Theory:
- Architectural & Design Patterns;
- Paradigm & Principles;
- Database theory;
- Code testing practices;
Practical experience with:
- Microservices architecture;
- Cloud technologies (Microsoft Azure): Azure DevOps; Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS); Azure Databricks; Azure Service Bus;
- DBMS: Microsoft SQL; MongoDB;.NET 10;
Business skills:
- Excellent client-facing, business consulting, and communication skills;
- Ability to efficiently communicate verbally and visually.
- Ability to explain and prove the differences, pros and cons of suggested design decisions.
- Ability to influence senior client decision makers;
- Develop long-lasting relationships with business and technical stakeholders
- Leading and supporting medium to large size solution delivery projects;
- Analysis of business, product and technology requirements.
Desirable
Certifications on:
- Architecture framework (SEI, TOGAF, etc.);
- Cloud providers (Microsoft Azure)
- Delivery processes (SAFe, Agile, etc);
Experience with:
- Release Management tools & Configuration Management tools;
- Infrastructure as a code tools
- Experience in Pre-sales, Proposal/Bid preparation;
- Databricks experience is a plus.
Personal skills:
- Ability to relate positively to and engage with a wide range of people
- Strong self-motivation, reliable and flexible team-player. High attention to details
- Always seeking to improve processes and suggest alternative better solutions
- Be ready to embrace change, be flexible
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