What are the responsibilities and job description for the Solutions Architect III position at Convergenz?
Job Description
The Solution Architect (SA III) provides technical leadership for agile teams and defines and communicates a shared technical vision for the solution under development. The SA is able to architect end to end solutions by understanding and translating customer needs into technical solutions. The SA will play a key role in the design of the Azure architecture for mobile and web applications.
JOB DUTIES
Skills/Expertise
Knowledge
Education
JOB DUTIES
- The SA III established direction and provides strong technical leadership guidance to team members
- The SA III is expected to demonstrate mastery of the following activities:
- Define the technical and architectural vision for the solution under development by technical trade-offs and analysis of alternatives
- Continuously evolve solution architecture with input and feedback from application architects and software engineers
- Outline the primary components and interfaces of the solution, and their interactions
- Plan and develop the architecture runway enablers through research, prototyping, and other activities needed to explore prospective solutions and evaluate alternatives
- Works with Product Manager, Product Owner, Application Architect and Software engineering teams to elaborate product requirements into technical requirements which are used to develop stories that can be estimated accurately
- Participates in Scrum of Scrums to understand and remove architectural impediments/blockers
- Participates in Solution Demo and program planning and identifies opportunities for improvement
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Conform with all company policies and procedures
Skills/Expertise
- Capability to design IAM solutions (B2E, B2B, B2C) leveraging IDP & SSO/SAML
- Strong understanding & expertise on API based economy for Enterprise APIs exposed to partner/3rd party/Internal including API authorization
- Solid understanding of ITIL processes including Incident management, change management & other development controls
- Previous experience to lead conversations with Cybersec/Compliance regarding enterprise security requirements documentation (SRD)
- Able to Design end-to-end solution architecture for multiple products/platforms including Cloud architecture using AZURE
- Experience of working on SDLC life cycle end to end with high level understanding of Development requirements
- Work with Product owners and product managers to turn business requirements into Solutions
- Capable to draw a Technology strategy based on Product roadmap
- Experience of working on vendor RFP/RFQ from IT side and drive the conversations with Vendors
- Solid understanding and experience of Kubernetes, Istio, Helm, Prometheus, grafana architecture
- Experience with Adobe Marketing Cloud products preferred
- Experience with mobile application development preferred
- Experience in building cloud solutions architecture using Public Clouds (IaaS and PaaS) preferred
- Experience in containerization – Docker, Docker Swarm or Kubernetes preferred
- Greater than 10 years of IT industry experience required
- 5-7 years of Java development including Springboot microservices
- > 3 years’ experience with Microservices and the best practices / design patterns
- Strong understanding of Springboot Kubernetes architecture is a Plus
- 7-10 years of experience as a Solution Architect with a proven track record of implementing innovative solutions and delivering business values required
Knowledge
- Advanced knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Lean, XP) and cross-functional teams
- Advanced knowledge of multi-tier application architecture design, application development (full SDLC) and application integration
- Advanced knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture concepts – SOAP, Web API, REST API and microservices
- Advanced knowledge implementing solution architecture including one or more of the following domains: technology architecture, information architecture, data architecture, application architecture, security architecture, and integration architecture
- Ability to overcome steep learning curve within a short period of time on any subject and speak intelligently about the subject
- Ability to multitask and work independently with minimal direction and maximum accountability
- Ability to self-manage time and priorities in a complex multi-team agile environment while maintaining high-quality deliverables
- Works through others to achieve more than individual contribution
- Strong communication skills – proficient in communicating technical solutions to technical and non-technical audiences of varying skillset and levels of the organization
Education
- High School Diploma or equivalent required
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent work or military experience preferred
- Possibility of working long hours may be required
- Limited travel may be required to support business needs
Salary : $130,000 - $150,000
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