Solution Architect

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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