Solution Architect (Cloud)

Our direct Client in Newark, NJ has an immediate opening for a Solution Architect specialized in Cloud. The individual will be part of a team of 12 to 15 solution architects that will be working on a 3 - 5 year roadmap consisting of over 40 major projects that aim to transform the organization.

This position is Hybrid, but requires candidates to be onsite, in Newark, 2 days per week (consecutively).

Solution Architect Design Responsibilities:

• IT Innovation and involvement in new technology evaluation as needed
• Participate in technical evaluation and selection of packaged software, participating in RFP creation and evaluation where appropriate, participate in the identification, feasibility assessment, and pilot of emerging technologies.
• Participate in the delivery of technology strategy, architecture and design services in partnership with various groups within the organization
• Involved in enterprise-wide technical architecture solutions and leads the integration of specific architecture, Business, Information/Data, Applications, Technology, Solutions, and Security viewpoints

Solution Architect Project Responsibilities:

• Conducts technology reviews and audits that ensure computer systems are built to architecture principles, follow standards, and are optimized to maximum efficiency
• Provides technical guidance and renders decisions regarding Information Technology (IT) design
• Work with Enterprise Architecture group using standard practices and principles and building blocks for every solution needed

Solution Architect Operational Responsibilities:

• Baseline of delivery cycle time and efficiency of solution design
• Traceability of solution against strategic direction
• Standard Solution Pattern definition and traceability

Solution Architect Experience Required:

• Solid technical development application design and solutions architecture background (may encompass enterprise architecture)
• Solid understanding of digital cloud technologies and environments including AWS, Azure, OpenShift (OCP) and others
• Experience in containerization concepts, docker images, etc
• Specific experience with:
  • The innerworkings, design, and scaling of Containerization/Kubernetes
  • Service orchestration using Openshift (OCP - Open Compute Project) would be a huge plus
• Ability to learn and understand new technologies (e.g. Kafka) and build into designs
• Ability to understand how containers work, how to design containers, how they scale, etc
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins) strategies and Docker images
• Ability to draw architectural diagrams using tools like VIZIO, DrawIO, etc.
• Past experience involving architectural documentation levels (C1, C2, C3 stages) is a plus
• Past experience involving C4 architectural documentation level would be an added bonus
• Experience with Healthcare Interoperability and FHIR is a plus

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