Cloud-Native Application Architect

  • Plano, TX
  • Posted 4 days ago | Updated 21 hours ago

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Skills

Innovation
Strategic Planning
Customization
Finance
Systems Engineering
Stacks Blockchain
Conflict Resolution
Problem Solving
Functional Requirements
Test Strategy
Performance Testing
Performance Tuning
Presentations
Systems Architecture
Web Security
Mentorship
Accountability
Agile
JIRA
Regulatory Compliance
Process Flow
Application Support
Scalability
Capacity Management
Information Technology
Java
Golang
Python
Microservices
Kubernetes
Software Design
Cloud Computing
Amazon Web Services
Reliability Engineering
Distributed Computing
UML
Authentication
Authorization
SAML
OAuth
X.509
TOGAF
Roadmaps
Release Management
Machine Learning (ML)
Modeling
Health Insurance
Insurance
Team Building
Collaboration
Wiki
Knowledge Base
Status Reports
Account Management
IT Consulting
Managed Services
Recruiting
Artificial Intelligence
Cyber Security
Enterprise Architecture
Value Engineering
Lean Methodology

Job Details

Join the forefront of automotive innovation as a Cloud-Native Application Architect. This dynamic role offers the opportunity to shape the future of intelligent transportation by designing cutting-edge, scalable cloud solutions that bring vehicle connectivity to life. Lead the development of enterprise architecture strategies, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive the adoption of modern technologies to create secure, reliable, and high-performance systems. If you're passionate about leveraging cloud-native architectures to revolutionize mobility, this is your chance to make a significant impact in a fast-evolving industry.
Description
  • Contribute to an overall Enterprise Architecture strategic plan. Establish, develop, and promote standard architecture, frameworks, and guidelines.
  • Analyze complex business and technical problems related to the implementation of new technology and/or the customization of existing technologies.
  • Partner with other technology teams to work with business executives and end users to conceptualize new application projects, recommend technologies and implementation strategies, then architect/design for the requirements of the project within financial and timeline.
  • Author and/or review architecture/design and other technical documents, ensuring high-quality deliverables and systems development across tech stacks and applications teams.
  • Review code and technical approaches for problem-solving to ensure functional and non-functional requirements are met in an effective and high-quality manner.
  • Provide guidance and mentor technical teams across multiple architecture styles and technologies to ensure high-quality design/implementation, re-use of enterprise/common patterns, improve code quality and testability/maintainability by ensuring standard design practices and removing duplication of effort.
  • Help ensure high-quality software delivery by providing guidance on testing strategy, providing technical consultation to plan/design performance testing and profiling of the application, and providing feedback/guidance for tuning performance and other non-functional elements.
  • Define and communicate complex technical and operational solutions and translate complex topics into simple business language to drive the value alignment. Preparing technical solution and architecture documents, artifacts, work products, and presentations.
  • Enforce standards, frameworks, and architecture principles and governance to keep the overall architecture evolving toward the target state. Create level 1 architecture diagrams to define vehicle-to-cloud, channel-to-cloud, and system architecture for the connected vehicle program. Work with the cybersecurity and web security teams to ensure compliance with the technical solution being implemented.
  • Perform as an individual contributor and colleague who enjoys collaborating with, learning from, and mentoring program team members on security disciplines to bolster the overall security posture to lower the business risk profile.
Requirements
  • Perform as an accountable resource and take ownership of assigned projects and tasks for delivery with quality and promptly using Agile/JIRA best practices.
  • Partner with application teams as a trusted advisor to ensure compliance and adoption of organizational and regulatory standards, processes, and industry best practices for developing and deploying microservices in public cloud environments.
  • Guide the technical leads to create the component and process flow diagrams and assist the application support team with performance, scalability, reliability, and capacity planning.
  • 10 years' experience in Information Technology, 5-8+ years in an Architecture environment.
  • Should have achieved mastery in one of the application languages, such as Java, Golang, Python, by developing a Service-oriented or microservices architecture (primarily Kubernetes) and distributed application design principles for creating proof of concepts.
  • Good understanding of application code development, system integrations, SecDevOps practices in a cloud environment, primarily AWS, with awareness about site reliability engineering principles, coupled with a willingness to learn and expand knowledge.
  • Experienced in a distributed system representation using UML or C4 to ensure that a standard system depiction is across the architecture team.
Added Bonus:
  • Good knowledge of authentication/authorization standards, protocols, and frameworks such as OpenID, SAML, OAuth, JWT, CA, X.509, MTLS, etc., with a conceptual knowledge of IT Architectural frameworks like TOGAF, with a good understanding of service mesh and TechRadar practices.
  • Maintain application-level roadmaps, short-term, and long-term strategic plans to align with the forward-looking deliverables and architecture guardrails around the development and release management process.
  • Understand the changing business needs of the organization/projects and recommend viable strategies for the future.
  • Exposure to mobile technologies, OCPP protocol, and Machine Learning Modeling.
Benefits:
  • 401(k).
  • Dental Insurance.
  • Health insurance.
  • Vision insurance.
  • We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity, equality, inclusion, and respect for people.
  • The salary will be determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, location, relevant education, qualifications, experience, technical skills, and business needs.
Additional Responsibilities:
  • Participate in OP monthly team meetings and participate in team-building efforts.
  • Contribute to OP technical discussions, peer reviews, etc.
  • Contribute content and collaborate via the OP-Wiki/Knowledge Base.
  • Provide status reports to OP Account Management as requested.
About us:
At OP, we help you harness the power of technology for maximum impact. A technology consulting and solutions company, we offer advisory and managed services, innovative platforms, and staffing solutions across a wide range of fields including AI, cyber security, enterprise architecture, and beyond. For nearly two decades, we've been challenging the status quo of the consulting industry serving up fresh, ingenious thinking through a radically lean structure. Together, this strategy delivers unprecedented performance at an unparalleled pace for faster results that propel your business forward.
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