Architect - Build Solutions

Position Type:

• Contract
• Onsite

• BS Degree in Computer Science or the equivalent of 4 years professional. related IT experience.

• 7+ years of:
  • Application and solutions development experience with Microsoft .net and ASP
  • Enterprise architecture and operations experience
• 5+ years of:
  • Experience using Microsoft IIS and other Microsoft Middleware (e.g. MS SQL, Windows Server, Biztalk, etc.) to design IT architectures and system integration with other products within a complex systems and solution building landscape.
  • Experience designing and architecting different Microsoft based technology stacks with a concentration on the configurations of the IIS service within different usage scenarios.
  • Experience with business-critical IT systems, global IT architectures, projects and services.

• 3+ years of knowledge of:
  • Non-functional requirements.
  • Client/Server Architecture.
  • IT license management.
  • Back-end infrastructure and software.
  • Diagnostic tools.
  • Software deployment methodologies.
  • Continuous integration and continuous deployment.
  • IT Security and risk assessment.
  • Relational database analysis, design, and performance tuning ability.
  • Object-Oriented architecture and design skills.
  • Modern operating systems.
  • Experience designing networked system infrastructure, reducing latency, maximizing throughput, and ensuring high availability.

• Oversees the software development cycle, gathering requirements and directing the activities of the design team.
• Resolves issues that arise during the development cycle.
• Examines functional specifications and translates them into system guidelines that shape project development.
• Aligns projects with enterprise-level systems.
• Conducts research on existing systems and devises solutions that work within those systems.
• Answers questions regarding software capabilities and requirements.
• Designs architecture for Microsoft based technology stacks, concentrating on the configurations of the IIS service within the different usage scenarios.
• Manages product and maintenance for Microsoft IIS Service and other Microsoft middleware components (e.g. BizTalk) worldwide.
• Develops the Microsoft technology stack landscape and 3rd level support for IIS services worldwide.
• Steers the vendors and providers as needed.
• Conducts ramp-up, hand over fixes and new solutions to operations team with all relevant documentation.
• Conducts strategic positioning and license planning.
• Serves as a consultant on projects relating to requirements management, evaluation and prioritization of maintenance activities (cost/benefit), technical release management (in negotiation and collaboration with the responsible functions and departments).
• Designs large scale distributed web applications/systems.
• Drives enterprise level architecture and N-tier web applications for high availability. Ensures products are robust, scalable and extensible.
• Architects serverless web applications for Cloud, Kubernetes, Micro Services and Containerization.
• Designs framework for globally used PKI security solutions.
• Designs and architects web security solutions, security ciphers standardization and certificate lifecycle management.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Group operations supervisor.