Solution Architect

Project Description:

- We are looking for a Solution Architect to become part of a cross-functional development team digitalizing processes for a well-known retailer.

Responsibilities:

• Identify key business stakeholders and establish communication with them;
• Identify business goals and objectives;
• Gather primary functionality, quality characteristics of software behavior, and given constraints;
• Elaborate business, information, and technology architectures mapping;
• Elaborate architecture vision that satisfies architecturally significant requirements; through trade-off analysis, proof of concepts 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 downstream and ensure they do satisfy 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 of Computer Science and computing Theory:

Architectural & Design Patterns;

Algorithms;

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;

Azure Even Hub

• DBMS:

Azure SQL DB;

Cosmos DB;

Business skills:

Excellent client-facing, business consulting, and communication skills;

Ability to efficiently communicate verbally and visually.

Ability to explain and prove 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.

Nice to have:

Certifications on:

• Architecture framework (SEI, TOGAF, etc.);
• Cloud providers (Microsoft Azure)

Experience with:

• Release Management tools & Configuration Management tools;
• Infrastructure as a code tool;