.Net Technical Architect

About the position

MSRcosmos is an IT Services subsidiary of the MSRcosmos Group, a U.S.-based multinational conglomerate focused on diverse ventures ranging from IT services to real estate and education. The company believes that business success and serving humanity are symbiotic and strives to excel at both. The role is for a .Net Technical Architect (cloud) with Azure, located in Atlanta, GA, and is a contract position. Migration experience is a must-have. The candidate will need to be a strong .Net Architect with Azure experience.

Responsibilities

• Design the technical architecture to address business requirements, including the design of system configurations (hardware, software, and messaging, as appropriate).
• Solve complex problems in realms where solutions may not currently exist, necessitating new solutions, ways of working, and technologies.
• Develop relationships across the business to understand requirements and apply deep technical knowledge to solve business problems.
• Oversee implementation by working closely with development teams.
• Provide innovative and practical designs for the design and integration of new and existing systems.
• Provide technical expertise to maximize value from new and existing IT products and solutions.
• Lead tool evaluation efforts including the definition of evaluation criteria, tool identification, and actual evaluation.
• Guide others in resolving complex issues in technical architecture.
• Contribute to project management activities, such as providing estimates for tasks.
• Work across multidisciplinary teams to deliver simple and easy-to-use systems that meet user needs.
• Provide coaching and support to development teams during blueprinting and implementation phases.
• Review and develop due diligence to confirm the developed solution complies with architectural design.
• Contribute to development standards to promote optimization and consistency.

Requirements

• Master’s/Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, IT, Mathematics, or related field preferred.
• More than 15 years applied experience.
• Experience of owning the design of a major/large component of an application or software architecture.
• Possesses deep knowledge on technical architecture spanning across all aspects of each system.
• Track record of building and delivering mission-critical, 24x7 production software systems.
• Deep understanding of software engineering best practices.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and web services technology.
• Understanding of agile project management methodologies.
• Working knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.
• Working knowledge of REST and RPC service patterns and other client/server interaction models.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience managing vendors and service providers.
• Experience managing onshore, remote, and offshore teams.
• Experience in technical design development and review.
• Experience in development using the Microsoft .NET platform and responsive UI technologies like ReactJS, Angular1.5-2.
• Experience building Cloud-native solutions (MS Azure preferred).
• Experience managing cross-functional disciplines of development, test, and operational roles preferred.
• Exposure to project management principles and methodology preferred.
• Self-starter and able to handle multiple tasks and priorities.

Nice-to-haves

• Azure Cloud Certified.
• Pivotal Certified.
• TOGAF.