About the position
Responsible for overseeing Application systems, architecture, design, data workflow, logical processes, and system interfaces. Assure synergy between software and hardware architecture to maximize that relationship. Determine and develop architectural approaches and solutions, conduct business reviews, document current systems, and develop recommendations on how to proceed with the applications. With a strong emphasis on microservices architecture, APIs, and cloud-native technologies, this role ensures security, scalability, reliability and cost optimization across the platform. As a key contributor, the Senior Solution Architect will collaborate with stakeholders to deliver high-performance solutions that meet business goals, ensuring long-term success through strategic alignment, robust architecture/design, and ongoing optimization.
Responsibilities
- Collaborates with clients and other functional areas in the design of IT Roadmaps to illustrate architectural complexities and interactions of information systems.
- Analyzes, refines and documents the business requirements of the client.
- Analyzes existing systems to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.
- Plans and designs information systems and implements updates within scope of established guidelines and objectives.
- Researches new technological advances to assess current practices for compliance with systems requirements.
- Recommends solutions to address current system needs, process improvements and controls.
- Assists in the Request for Proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process.
- Provides technical architecture and support across applications and guidance to other functional areas to define software/hardware requirements and in planning and delivering infrastructure.
- Analyzes infrastructure and capacity planning.
- Employs a thorough knowledge of required procedures, methodologies and/or application standards, including Payment Card Industry (PCI) and security related compliance to write or modify software programs.
- Maintains information systems by configuring software and hardware, tracking errors and data movement, and troubleshooting.
- Solicits and incorporates feedback from internal customers and IT teams to ensure solutions are aligned with user needs and business objectives, driving customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.
- Leads by example in adopting best practices for secure, high-performance architectures, and serves as a trusted advisor for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- 12+ years experience in architecture and design
- 5+ years experience in software development in Java/Kotlin/C#
- 5+ years experience in microservices architecture and APIs
- 3+ years experience as a Team Lead
- In-depth knowledge of application security best practices
- Experience in building highly available systems
- Experience with databases and queries
- Experience with multi-threading and concurrency
Nice-to-haves
- Masters Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Experience with Kubernetes
