Solutions Architect
Job Summary
Are you a visionary Solutions Architect ready to make a real impact We are on the lookout for a dynamic innovator to lead the design and deployment of transformative technological this pivotal role youll collaborate across teams to craft scalable secure and high-performance systems that shape the future of technology. If youre passionate about pushing boundaries and delivering solutions that matter this is your chance to elevate your career and drive meaningful change with us!
Responsibilities:
- Oversee the solution architecture and design for key projects delivering accurate estimates and coordinating with architects and designers across solution infrastructure and data disciplines to effectively address business challenges.
- Collaborate with delivery teams production support and Shared Services partners (such as Quality Assurance Infrastructure Engineering and Reference Architecture) to ensure alignment of solution strategies and estimates.
- Work closely with business stakeholders to identify problems create new business capabilities and design technology solutions that drive success ensuring all solutions align with business requirements while emphasizing performance scalability security and cost-efficiency.
- Provide architectural guidance by collaborating with portfolio teams IT departments and external partners. Present strategies incorporate feedback and foster collaboration with cross-functional technical teams.
- Embed within Scrum teams by engaging in daily standups and ceremonies providing architectural direction and guiding and mentoring technical teams through complex architectural challenges while ensuring alignment with best practices and project goals.
- Continuously assess and recommend specific tools platforms and frameworks that meet evolving project needs ensuring high compatibility and efficiency.
- Promote and implement modular design principles to facilitate independent component development and testing while consistently applying best security practices such as least privilege and data protection across all systems.
- Conduct quality and security assurance developing metrics to drive and maintain code quality standards and ensuring adherence to automated code review processes.
- Evaluate design options by creating high-level cost estimates for various architectural approaches ensuring solutions are scalable secure and high-performing with a focus on cost-efficiency.
- Design and review high-availability and disaster-recovery architectures proactively identifying areas for improvement and remediating issues to meet project and enterprise standards.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field.
- 10 years of IT experience with at least 3 years as a developer and 3 years as a solution architect.
- AWS Certified Solution Architect certification is strongly preferred.
- TOGAF certification is a plus.
Experience:
- Application.
- Programming languages such as Java or similar. Java preferred.
- JavaScript frameworks such as Angular and React for building user interfaces.
- RESTful APIs GraphQL and SOAP for interaction between applications and services.
- Event streaming and messaging brokers like Apache Kafka AWS Kinesis AWS SNS and SQS or ActiveMQ.
- Batch Processing (e.g. ETL and Spring Batch).
- Microservices architecture.
- Serverless including AWS Lambda.
- Containerization including Docker and Kubernetes.
- Design patterns like MVC (Model-View-Controller) Strangler and SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture).
- API gateway and management tools like Apigee and Amazon API Gateway.
- Domain Driven Design.
- Integration platforms like Spring Integration are used to connect diverse systems.
- Mobile app development frameworks (e.g. Ionic Capacitor React Native Flutter or Swift).
- Workflow and process engines such as AWS Step Functions Camunda Floowable and Pega.
- Document management systems like Hyland Alfresco.
- Content management platforms like Adobe AEM and a general eCommerce experience.
- Testing tools like Selenium JUnit or TestNG create automated unit integration and performance tests.
- Cloud and DevOps.
- Architecture and detailed design of solutions using cloud platforms like AWS Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud.
- DevOps including CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions).
- Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform and OpenTofu).
- Data.
- SQL databases such as Oracle PostgreSQL or Microsoft SQL Server for structured data storage.
- NoSQL databases like DynamoDB for handling unstructured or semi-structured data.
- Normalizing data models and understanding the trade-offs of denormalization in large-scale systems.
- Enterprise data architecture includes operational data stores data replication data lakes and data warehousing.
- Cyber and Privacy.
- Security frameworks like ISO 27001 NIST or GDPR compliance.
- Compliance standards like CCPA and GDPR are particularly relevant when dealing with sensitive business data.
- Secure coding practices and principles such as OWASP encryption techniques and identity management.
- Authentication protocols (OAuth JWT) and identity management solutions (e.g. Azure AD ForgeRock SailPoint).
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 weve 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.
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 weve 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.