Technical Architect | Principal Consultant

Job Description:

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Design, build and implement performant and robust cloud platform solutions.
• Design and build data pipelines for supporting analytical solutions.
• Provide level of effort estimates to support planning activities.
• Provide microservices architecture and design specifications.
• Fix defects found during implementation process or reported by the software test team.
• Support software process definition and improvement initiatives and release process working with DevOps team in CI/CD pipelines developed with Terraform and CDK as Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Execute security architectures for cloud systems.
• Collaborate with Product Designers, Product Managers, Architect and Software Engineers to deliver compelling user-facing products.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:

• Understand and recognize the quality consequences which may occur from the improper performance of their specific job; has awareness of system defects that may occur in their area of responsibility, including product design, verification, and validation, and testing activities.
• Mentor less experienced team members.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / related engineering field OR equivalent experience · in related field.
• 10+ years of experience in cloud application development.
• Expert proficiency in JavaScript / Typescript and/or Java with Spring Boot or Quarkus.
• Experience in architecting and developing event driven cloud-based solutions.
• Experience in AWS services including API Gateway, AppSync, Amplify, S3, CloudFront, Lambda, ECS/Fargate, Step Functions, SQS, Event Bridge, Cognito, Dynamo, Aurora PostgreSQL, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, AWS Pinpoint.
• Extensive experience in developing applications in POSIX compliant environments.
• Strong knowledge of containerization, with expert knowledge of either Docker or Kubernetes.
• Proficient in IAM security and AWS Networking.
• Expert understand of building and working with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience in designing, developing and creating data pipelines, data warehouse applications and analytical solutions including machine learning.
• Deep cloud domain expertise in: architecture, big data, microservice architectures, cloud technologies, data security and privacy, tools, and testing
• Excellent programming skills in data pipeline technologies like Lambda, Kinesis, S3, EventBridge and MSK
• Extensive experience with Service Oriented Architecture, microservices, virtualization and working with relational databases and non-relational databases.
• Excellent knowledge of building big data solutions using NoSQL databases.
• Experience with secure coding best practices and methodologies, vulnerability scans, threat modeling, and cyber-risk assessments.
• Familiar with modern build pipelines and tools
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical designs
• Familiarity with Git code versioning tools
• Good written, verbal communication skills Great team player

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Experience with RDBMS and is a plus Experience in Java, .NET, Python is a plus Azure or AWS Certification such as a Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Fundamentals, data scientist, developer, etc.

CRITICAL COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESS:

• Experience in big data solutions and analytics; using BI tools like Power BI or AWS QuickSight is a plus
• Experience with other cloud computing platforms
• Analytical Skills: Demonstrate aptitude towards analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to conceptually pull together patterns or connections that are not clearly related; ability to assess relevant facts, identify alternative approaches and provide the best course of action.
• Strategic Agility: Eagerness and ability to learn quickly and leverage a flexible mindset in response to shifting dynamics, adversity, and/or change; continually pushes oneself, their teams, and their businesses to learn, to generate new ideas exceed the expectations of end customers and clients; actively supports key decisions and promote a spirit of teamwork to demonstrate the commitment to the company.

WORK CONDITIONS:

• Disciplined Execution: Orientation towards a process-focused, decisive course of action that will ensure client/customer needs are met with a high standard of excellence, urgency and predictability; focused on the task at hand in the face of ambiguity, and applies past experiences and expertise to consistently pull through results.
• Organizational Collaboration: Ability to partner across organizational lines and work cooperatively within and outside one’s own team in order to best serve client needs and
• Must possess comfort in learning, training, and engaging with others virtually through