Solution Architect

10 Oct 2024

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Position: Solution Architect

Location: Hybrid (1 day per month) - open to non-local but should be willing to travel when needed on site or at conferences

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Job Description:
  • Deliver well-architected end-to-end solutions for various major/complex initiatives across business domains with a cloud-native/API-first mentality ensuring that all business requirements are met aligning with the business growth strategy and that the solution is resilient, performant, secure, and future-proof while meeting all standards and best practices.
  • Define target state architectures for programs, transformation initiatives, architecture domains, and modernization efforts, where required, including analysis of build-vs-buy scenarios, reasonable options for short-term vs longer-term timeframes, and reduction of technical debt.
  • Provide architecture oversight and direction to 2 scrum teams (approximately 15-20 people) through review and approval of detailed designs ensuring they are in line with the solution architecture and both business and IT strategies.
  • Provide solutions that look to deliver reusable capabilities and reuse as much as possible themselves.
  • Govern and control changes to architecture through alignment to standards, design approaches, architecture documentation, and governance.
  • Provide mentoring and thought leadership to the broader organization with respect to architecture education, evangelization, and innovation through deep collaboration across numerous forums.
  • Mature the architecture practice through delivery of standards, patterns, templates, and best practices as well as maximal leverage of an architecture repository.
  • Research new technologies and present proposals to management on technologies that would solve problems in the current state and/or provide value-added capabilities to the organization.
  • Partner with architects, business stakeholders, delivery team, peers, and SMEs to become knowledgeable about the current state of the technology portfolio.
  • Timely and accurate reporting to IT leadership.
  • Other projects or assignments as determined by supervisor.

Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other related field or equivalent experience in a solution architecture role.
  • Master’s degree preferred.

Experience/Knowledge
  • 15+ years’ experience in a similar environment building, solutioning, or delivering end-to-end solutions in a mission critical capacity.
  • 5+ years’ experience in leading and architecting complex solutions.
  • 3+ years’ experience architecting solutions for multiple teams using Agile Scrum/SAFe methodologies.
  • Preferred strong knowledge of life insurance company operations and problem domains.
  • Experience architecting solutions in both on-premises and cloud-native environments (Azure) with varying integration points across SaaS offerings, internal systems, and external partners.
  • Experience architecting solutions from front-end to back-end including data architecture using modern data platforms.
  • Experience architecting solutions ensuring critical non-functional requirements are met (Security, redundancy, resiliency, high availability, auditability, circuit-breaking, etc.).
  • Experience architecting containerized solutions (Docker, Kubernetes, AKS).
  • Experience architecting event-driven and microservices-based architectures
  • Experience architecting API-first solutions with modern Authentication/Authorization approaches.
  • Experience with architecture patterns and frameworks (GoF, DDD, TOGAF).
  • Experience in digital transformations and/or legacy modernization efforts as well as delivering architectures optimized for serving omni-channel environments.
  • Experience in using EA tools (LeanIX) and Jira/Confluence.
  • Exposure to Microsoft .NET Stack, C#, Angular, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD.

Skills
  • Clear and experienced understanding of software development life cycle procedures and processes, including agile methodologies.
  • Excellent troubleshooting, listening and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
Thanks & Regards,Ron HullEmail: ron (at) pullskill.comPhone: 2o1 497 1o1o Ext-1o3

  • ID: #46340303
  • State: Maryland Frederick 21701 Frederick USA
  • City: Frederick
  • Salary: Depends on Experience
  • Job type: Contract
  • Showed: 2022-10-10
  • Deadline: 2022-12-05
  • Category: Et cetera