Solutions Architect @ Plano, TX - 12 Months with EXT - Hybrid role

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Position : Solutions Architect

Location : Plano, TX

Duration : 12 Months with EXT

Job Description:

• This team is working on the project of migration from Data Center to Cloud, so strong knowledge with AWS and other cloud platform is highly required.
• Proficiency in cloud platforms, particularly AWS (Amazon Web Services), including services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, CloudFormation, EKS, API Gateway, DynamoDB and other cloudnative technologies.
• Experience with microservices architecture and serverless computing
• Infosec Sound understanding and working knowledge of InfoSec and DevSecOps principles using AWS technologies. (preferred)
• Should be able to understand basic concepts of infosec.
• Develop and implement cloudnative architectures.
• Atleast 5 years of relevant experience as Solutions architect, in total 1015 years of experience.
• Tools Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management tools like Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Indepth understanding of security principles and best practices, including identity and access management, encryption, and secure coding practices.
• Demonstrated ability to translate them into secure solution design

Client is looking for:

• Enterprise Domain Architecture team, focusing on delivering robust, secure, scalable, and maintainable to support business needs and competitive advantage in the marketplace, is looking for a seasoned solution architect.
• In this role, candidate will be responsible for designing solutions spanning applications, APIs, containerized services, and leveraging AWS services, with a key focus on driving reusable software components, and compliant with all standard, patterns and NFR framework.
• Candidate will collaborate closely with product stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to transform highlevel architectural requirements into actionable, technical solutions.

Candidate will be doing:
Architect and Design:

• Develop and implement cloudnative architectures that are scalable, secure, and reliable use of container technologies and orchestrate services on AWS infrastructure.
• Drive the use of container technologies and orchestrate services on AWS infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.

Technical Leadership:

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams, ensuring all organizational architecture standards, patterns frameworks, and industry best practices in architecture and design are followed.

Collaboration:

• Partner with enterprise domain architects, product owners, and domain experts to turn highlevel business needs into detailed, actionable technical specifications and implementation plans.

Innovation:

• Stay up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies, continuously exploring new tools and methodologies to improve cllient's solutions.

Documentation:

• Create and maintain highquality technical documentation that supports the development process, including architecture decision records, design specs, system architecture diagrams, and reusable patterns.

Solution Level Architecture Support:

• Maintain an endto-end domain level architecture landscape views - logical, security, and deployment diagrams - current state and target state landscape views.
• Develop and maintain OKR / Project level solution architecture and design logical, security, and deployment arch views diagrams, low level solution design, ensuring compliance with NFR and other solution patterns.

Solution Governance:

• Presenting and obtaining approval on solution design form governance bodies.

Qualifications/ Candidate bring (Must Haves):
Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in solution architecture, with a strong focus on cloudnative technologies and modern technology stacks.

Technical Expertise:

• Proven experience designing and architecting enterprise scale transactional systems following microservice, event driven architecture style.
• Sound understanding and working knowledge of InfoSec and DevSecOps principles using AWS technologies. (preferred)
• Should be able to understand basic concepts infosec
• Proficiency in cloud platforms, particularly AWS (Amazon Web Services), including services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, CloudFormation, EKS, API Gateway, DynamoDBand other cloudnative technologies.
• Expertise in containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Experience with microservices architecture and serverless computing.
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices and tools, such as CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, Git, Harness, Artifactory, and Terraform.
• Knowledge of networking concepts, including VPC, VPN, and load balancing.
• Experience working with monitoring and logging tools such as DynaTrace, AWS CloudWatch, and Prometheus.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management tools like Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.

Must Haves:
Security Knowledge:

• Indepth understanding of security principles and best practices, including identity and access management, encryption, and secure coding practices.
• Demonstrated ability to translate them into secure solution design.

Problem-Solving Skills:

• Strong analytical and problemsolving abilities, with a track record of designing and implementing complex technical solutions.

Independent Worker and Team Player:

• Ability to work independently to drive complex technical projects to completion, as well as collaboratively with crossfunctional teams.

Communication:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively convey technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.

Added bonus if candidates have (Preferred):
Ability to code:

• Handson coding with one or more languages: Java, JavaScript, Python, or C# (Java preferred).
• Expertise in developing and deploying applications using microservices architecture, container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• Track record of including automated testing throughout the life cycle.
• Experience implementing reusable software components, and shared libraries for enterprisewide use.
• Independently troubleshoot, debug, and optimize code to ensure high availability and performance.
• Investigate and resolve complex software issues, providing support to the operations team.

Certification:

• Relevant certifications, such as AWS Solutions Architect Associate, Kubernetes, etc. are highly desirable.

Experience working with Enterprise Architecture:

• Experience working with enterprise architecture function in domain aligned environment, working with domain leadership, and presenting in architecture governance forums.

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