Big Data Solution Architect

Penske Automotive Group - Reading, PA

Full-time - Mid Level

Reading, PA

Truck Transportation

About the position

As a Senior Software Architect at Penske, you will design and implement enterprise-level application systems while making technology recommendations across the organization. You will collaborate with a team of industry experts to create reference architectures and roadmaps for digital technology deployment, managing a diverse range of projects that leverage cutting-edge technologies to develop innovative solutions for customers.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise level application systems and make enterprise wide technology recommendations.
• Promote compliance to application architecture standards, principles, and frameworks.
• Assist in creating and maintaining reference architectures and roadmaps for digital technology deployment.
• Participate in the digital technologies governance process and support digital technology deployment projects as necessary.
• Support GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance) aspects of digital technologies.
• Research and analyze third-party software solutions, making recommendations for use or in-house development.
• Troubleshoot and debug application and software issues, contributing during production triage calls.
• Identify and address application architecture strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
• Manage projects and/or solutions to meet client group expectations.
• Work closely with the Architecture team to assess task quality and provide ongoing feedback to project members.
• Lead/Assist Application Development Leads, associates, and contractors in understanding software development frameworks, best practices, and architecture patterns.
• Be a stakeholder at Design and Deploy Tollgate reviews.
• Conduct new hire technical interviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Math, or Information Systems or equivalent development experience.
• 12+ years of diverse experience/knowledge of appropriate programming languages, frameworks, application architecture, and enterprise design patterns.
• 2-4 years of technical project leadership experience.
• Expertise in technologies, frameworks, and architecture like Java, Angular, Python, Spring, Spring Boot, XML, JSON, containers, microservices, REST APIs, CI/CD.
• Experience in architecting Web Applications using microservices and RESTful services.
• Experience in modernizing legacy applications.
• Experience in Domain Driven & Event Driven Architecture.
• Experience in Kafka & AWS.
• Proficient in software engineering, application architecture, and enterprise architecture (on-prem/cloud).
• Awareness of data security and privacy technologies and processes.
• Understanding of key digital technology trends and vendor landscape.
• Experience building and supporting mission-critical business applications.
• Demonstrated expertise in application development life cycles/methodologies.
• Ability to mentor diverse teams and effectively communicate with IT and business leaders.