Solution Architect

Overview

As a Solution Architect, you ensure envisaged solutions become reality, combining client-facing technical design with delivery oversight and customer liaison.

What you'll do

• Translate customer requirements into a distinguished design, discussing both specific technical details and general business outcomes.
• Dedicate yourself to security, deployment, performance, caching, sizing, scalability and serviceability.
• Provide guidance and oversight to the development team by creating structure and clear explanations.
• Create technical architecture documentation.
• Work with the QA lead to define the test strategy.
• Lead DevOps to define and implement CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure implementations meet non-functional requirements.
• Travel significantly, spending time on-site during the inception phase and when providing training and workshops.

What you'll need

• Knowledge of the Java platform that exceeds expectations.
• Experience with Spring, Maven and Jenkins.
• Demonstrable understanding of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) and Micro-Services Architecture.
• Knowledge of JavaScript frameworks and MVC patterns.
• Knowledge of the principles of REST APIs.
• Knowledge of architectural frameworks and best practices.
• Professional experience with Enterprise Integration Patterns and Frameworks.
• Broad operational knowledge of application servers, databases, load balancers and other infrastructure components required to deploy web applications in a highly available and scalable environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English.

Nice to have

• Experience creating solutions for financial services (especially banking).
• Experience with Portal/Web Content Management.
• Familiarity with architectural patterns such as Microservices, CQRS and event sourcing.
• Experience with server virtualization and container technology such as Docker, VMWare and HyperV.
• Professional use of Integration Platforms, API Gateway, etc.
• Ideally, knowledge of RAML and/or OpenAPI.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad.
• Significant travel, including on-site time during the inception phase and for training and workshops.