Solution Architect

Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

· Drive holistic design & patterns for secure cloud application environments, Cloud platform enhancements, application architecture, data services, and cloud service integrations.

· Conduct technical audits of existing architectures (Infrastructure, Performance, Developing data security as a function of design as well as Scalability, and more)

· Architect and implement cloud solutions for various application architectures, and programmatic integration of cloud applications, data services, and infrastructure. Develop application data architecture models to further enable effective service-oriented delivery.

· Review application solution designs for cloud-fit and optimality and automates deployment patterns for reusability.

· Assist LOBs in architect scalable, highly available application solutions that leverage cloud services. Collaborates with other architects, operational/infrastructure, and delivery teams to ensure new services align with application & infrastructure roadmaps.

· Consult and provide technical guidance to LOBs to refactor their application for the cloud using the 12-factor (Explained about this below) development practices for cloud-native and micro services-oriented application deployment.

· Drive the creation of Cloud migration & transformation strategy and infrastructure roadmaps across application, information, business, and technology landscapes.

· Identify and Analyze Cloud Infrastructure architecture gaps to propose new technologies. Establish pilots and POCs for proposed solutions and make recommendations for approvals.

· Document best practices and recommendations and create and maintain templates.

· Drive meetings with subject matter experts from all areas of the business including infrastructure, operations, applications, and vendors, and leads to seeking input from and planning/coordinating migrations, resources requirements, and timelines.

· Engage with external vendors to review solutions, new capabilities and products, and service offerings.

Mindset:

· self-starter, driven, and can handle multiple projects and priorities.

· passionate about driving the DevOps mindset and culture in a fast-paced, challenging environment where you get the opportunity to work with a spectrum of latest tools and technologies to drive forward Infrastructure-as-Code and Infrastructure-as-a-Service.

· Actively looking to improve the solutions you implement, understand the efficacy of collaboration and reaching out across functional borders, and are keen to work in a team of CI/CD and Infrastructure specialists.

· As a member of this team, you should possess the ability to inspire yourself and all our team. Based on your previous experiences you will inject new knowledge and skills into an already high-performing team thus excelling our efforts to new heights.

Required Core Skills:

· Deep understanding of cloud design patterns, Cloud Native Architecture and principles, cloud operations, and cloud security models

· 4-5 years of demonstrated hands-on experience in designing and configuring secure and scalable cloud platforms patterns on AWS and Azure

· In-Depth knowledge of cloud services: Application integration, functions, Cloud Databases, data warehouse and analytics, Developer Tools, Security, and identity management

· Proven and demonstrable experience in architecting, designing, and implementing high volume, high availability cloud applications with a very high degree of automation.

· Demonstrated ability to easily deal with both abstract and concrete concepts and be able to reconcile them for the appropriate audience and context.

· Proven ability to maintain both a strategic long-term outlook and enterprise perspective, while also supporting tangible, business-driven, and IT-delivered solutions.

· Quickly understand organizational dynamics and management priorities, and to be able to work effectively in a fast-paced, results-driven company.

· Demonstrate strong facilitation, negotiation, interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.

· Ability to lead an in-depth client meeting/workshop across a broad range of topics including discovery, cloud compliance, and security.

· Strong programming skills with experience in API and Node.js, SQL, Postgres, Oracle, Angular, PowerShell, AKS, EKS, Kubernetes, NodeMSP, JavaMSP, Postman, JMeter, Load Runner, NewRelic.

· Strong knowledge of Landmark drilling products EDT, EDM, ADX, DSIS, Web Framework, and DSA.

· Support 24/7 or as defined by Lead.

Other Skills:

· Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, and or equivalent industry experience

· Cloud certifications are added advantage.

· Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership Skills

· A critical thinker with strong research, analytics, and problem-solving skills

· Self-motivated with a positive attitude and an ability to work independently and or in a team.

· Ability to communicate across business units and the ability to interface with and communicate complex technical concepts to a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.

· Time management skills with the ability to manage multiple streams and lead less experienced architects.

The 12-Factor Principles:

· Codebase (One codebase tracked in revision control, many deploys)

· Dependencies (Explicitly declare and isolate the dependencies)

· Config (Store configurations in an environment)

· Backing Services (treat backing resources as attached resources)

· Build, release, and Run (Strictly separate build and run stages)

· Processes (execute the app as one or more stateless processes)

· Port Binding (Export services via port binding)

· Concurrency (Scale out via the process model)

· Disposability (maximize the robustness with fast startup and graceful shutdown)

· Dev/prod parity (Keep development, staging, and production as similar as possible)

· Logs (Treat logs as event streams)

· Admin processes (Run admin/management tasks as one-off processes)