Overview
On Site
$55 - $65
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
Skills
AWS
Virtualization
Kernel
Kubernetes
Docker
CI/CD
Job Details
Position: Tech Solution Architect
Location: Portland, Oregon
Overview
We are seeking a Solution Architect to lead the architecture and technical direction of our Developer Experience Platform, which includes a unified Developer Portal, Virtual Test Environments (ARM & x86), and integration with CI/CD pipelines. This role requires working closely with the customer s architecture group, aligning on design decisions, and acting as a technical product owner for a team of 15 20 developers. The Solution Architect will balance strategic oversight and hands-on leadership, ensuring the platform meets scalability, security, performance, and virtualization requirements.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- 12+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in solution or platform architecture.
- Proven track record of leading large teams (15 20 engineers) across multiple Scrum teams.
- Strong expertise in platform architecture, backend integration, APIs, and CI/CD systems.
- Hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, EKS, VPC, IAM, Terraform/CloudFormation).
- Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and Linux (Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu).
- Expertise in virtualization and kernel-level work (QEMU, KVM, ARM/x86 emulation, kernel tuning).
- Programming language expertise in GoLang, Python, and TypeScript/JavaScript.
- Experience designing for multi-tenancy, scalability, and high availability.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional (preferred) or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate.
- Exposure to observability/monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch).
- Experience working as a technical product owner or directly with customer architect groups.
- Background in aviation, in-flight connectivity, or large-scale enterprise platforms.
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