Remote Solution Architect

Summary

Join Softjourn as a Solution Architect to work on new projects opportunities and support ongoing project teams with needed solutions. The ideal candidate will have 2-3 years of experience in Solutions Architecture, strong problem-solving and communication skills, and knowledge of cloud services (AWS, Azure).

Requirements

• 2-3 years of experience in a Solutions Architect position
• 5+ years of senior-level development experience
• Experience with tech sales activities
• Experience with creating architecture definitions for complex projects
• Strong knowledge of the cloud services (AWS, Azure)
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Understanding of DevOps tools and CI/CD processes
• Understanding of SDLC
• Good communication and leadership skills
• Business analysis skills
• Willing to learn and improve the finance and ticketing domain knowledge
• Advanced English level

Responsibilities

• Communicating with sales and customers, preparing high-level WBS, identifying risks and assumptions, and facilitating estimation sessions
• Designing the architecture and system components on a high level, consulting existing projects, preparing architecture-specific documentation, and making decisions around technical stack and infrastructure
• Leading code audits, ensuring code quality, security, and adherence to best practices while effectively guiding development teams through the improvement process
• Controlling the high-level architecture implementation, consulting the team about solution requirements, tweaking solution architecture on the go, and communicating with a customer
• Resolving disputes and making tradeoffs on different phases of a project, resolving business issues with technical solutions, interacting with stakeholders to achieve common goals, and verifying escalations made by developers
• Identifying opportunities in existing projects, assisting with marketing technical articles, and discovering trends in software
• Acting as a midpoint between customer needs and the development team, collaborating with the BA department on solution requirements, and during a project definition phase, collaborating with PM and sales
• Identifying the need for an R&D project, leading R&D projects, assisting R&D teams, developing POC projects, and contributing to the company knowledge base
• Preparing and managing comprehensive documentation, including scope items, proposals, pre-audit materials, and audit reports

Preferred Qualifications

• .Net development experience
• Experience with complex projects in production/enterprise projects (big scale)
• Experience with Kafka and Kubernetes
• Code Audit experience