What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Solutions Architect - Only Local to Michigan position at NovaLink Solutions?
Job Responsibilities:
- Design end-to-end architecture for scalable microservices and distributed systems
- Drive monolith to microservices modernization using DDD and API-first principles
- Architect event-driven systems using platforms like Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, and IBM MQ
- Define and govern API contracts (REST, OpenAPI, gRPC) and integration patterns
- Implement resilience patterns (circuit breaker, retries, DLQ, saga orchestration)
- Design cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services
- Lead containerization using Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes / Red Hat OpenShift
- Establish CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub)
- Design data pipelines, migration, and real-time integration solutions
- Ensure NFRs - Scalability, performance, security (OAuth2, mTLS), and reliability
- Implement observability (logging, monitoring, tracing Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics)
- Provide technical leadership, architecture governance, and design reviews