Application Architect

The Application Architect (AA) will be responsible for leading the design improvements of global applications and technologies. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with development teams to create and promote application architecture best practices. The Application Architect will participate in the review, assessment, and introduction of application architecture patterns, driving improvements to software ecosystem. The applications will be both in our multiple cloud providers and on-premise data centers. The role will also be expected to contribute to improving the quality, reusability and time to market of applications, adhering to industry best practices. The AA is expected to develop, document and maintain the enterprise design patterns.

The AA will report to the Solution Architecture and Engineering group and will assume the following responsibilities: 

• Lead/facilitate the development of the application architecture initiative including, but not limited to design and integration patterns, messaging, data driven design, event streaming, micro-services, SDLC practices, application design, system decomposition, database design. 
• Document and maintain the Application Architecture guidelines, best practices and application design patterns for the on-premises and cloud-based applications.
• Publish reference implementations (e.g. Saga, CQRS, etc)
• Participate in the review and provide assessments of applications.
• Perform Proof of Concept for new patterns and technologies.
• Hands on development of application patterns/designs to streamline and accelerate development teams use and adaptation of patterns
• Provide guidance and recommendations on new design patterns, emerging best practices and technologies.
• Provide leadership for the adoption of best practices and patterns
• Provide insight on performance improvements in applications and processes.
• Work with the development teams to help ensure that enterprise solutions meet the strategic and tactical needs of the organization.
• The AA is expected to stay up to date with the latest industry developments and technologies so that they may provide optimal technology recommendations and guidance.
• The position is expected to train/mentor fellow architect and developers.

Qualifications

About you:

• The AA is expected to have an advanced level of experience with application design, including but not limited to large scale, highly available, highly scalable systems. Additionally, the AA should understand cybersecurity principles and some experience with cybersecurity solutions as it related to application design.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred, but extensive experience in a related technical field is acceptable.
• The ideal candidate should have at least 8 years of experience in application architecture/design/development, with a strong background in collaborating with development and infrastructure teams.
• Extensive experience with cloud hosted application development.
• Knowledgeable in event streaming platforms (Kafka/Pulsar/etc), pub-sub middleware, API gateways, OpenAPI/AsyncAPI, and domain modeling.
• Experience designing cloud native applications (containers, serverless, IaC basics). Deep infrastructure skills are a plus but not mandatory.
• Ability to facilitate domain-model workshops.
• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
• The AA should possess strong communication skills, both written and spoken, as well as strong collaboration and teamwork skills.
• Comprehensive experience working in different kinds of languages (Python, Node.js, Java, C#, etc) and technologies.
• One or more certifications is preferrable.