.Net API Solutions Architect

POSITION: .Net Architect/Solutions Architect
LOCATION: Chicago, IL / Milwaukee, WI / Richfield, MN / Atlanta, GA / Irving, TX (Onsite in Hybrid Model)

DURATION: 9 Months Contract

Location: Candidate can be local to either of the locations

Chicago, IL (preferred)

Milwaukee, WI (second preference)

Minneapolis, MN

Atlanta, GA

Irving, TX

Job Description

Looking for a motivated and experienced technical leader to be a key player in changing how we deliver technology for our Wealth Management & Investment Services business. This person will have a direct and far-reaching impact on Cloud adoption and migration, technology modernization, and Agile/DevOps maturity in addition to working with modern distributed technologies. The role requires working across a broad spectrum of technology and business partners to deliver a portfolio of products for our customers. There could not be a better time to join our team as we transform how we deliver technology.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• At least 7 years of experience with the concepts, philosophies, and tools behind the design of applications, information, and underlying information technologies
• At least 10 years of experience in developing and implementing applications and end-to-end solutions.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Solution and Application Architecture role (7 years) coming from an Application/ Solution /Technology Architect background.
• Very strong Interpersonal skills with excellent verbal and written communication
• Collaborative style with an ability to achieve consensus.
• Proven technical leader.
• Design of an application’s code base, layering, componentization, and framework selection a plus
• End-to-end system solutioning/exposure…Security, Performance, Availability, Scalability.
• Information Security and Financial Services domain knowledge a plus
• Hands-on experience with application architecture, design and development.

Must-Have Tech Skills:

• MS .NET and. Core Framework, REST, Microservices, Kubernetes, Docker
• Microsoft SQL Server RDBMS, Oracle RDBMS, large/complex datasets, data modeling, and performance tuning.
• T-SQL, Indexed Views, Stored Procedures, and Functions.
• Proven track record with CI/CD, Agile/DevOps, and Test Automation.
• MS Azure Containers (Docker/K8s)
• Event-driven architecture and development

Nice To Have Skills/Experience:

• Apache Kafka
• Microsoft Azure Certifications
• Columnar and document databases Apache Cassandra
• Azure Messaging platforms like Azure Service Bus and Event Grid
• Azure Data services
• Apache Spark, and other Big Data platforms

Responsibilities:

• Self-starter who can pick up new technologies/skills, be comfortable with ambiguity, and drive initiatives forward.
• Who can collaborate with development and enterprise teams and work independently with minimal support from the lead architect.
• Identify end-to-end solutions, leverage best practices, and patterns.
• Create Proof of Concepts, apply existing technologies in new ways, prove out new approaches and technologies.
• Design application architecture and assist development teams in implementing architecture and design patterns.
• Provides technical governance and guidance in partnership with application development teams.
• Research, models, and integrates business and technology architectures to align with business strategy, goals, and objectives.
• Consults on a wide spectrum of existing and emerging technologies.
• Review high-risk technology projects for compatibility with IT standards and strategic direction.
• Drive portfolio initiatives around technology simplification, resilience, stability
• Onsite few times a month if near one the locations listed below.