Principal Architect - Cloud Native Application Development

Company Description

We are a leading-edge technology consulting firm committed to empowering organizations through the implementation of cloud-native and enterprise DevSecOps transformations. Our team of dedicated experts is driven by a passion for harnessing cutting-edge technologies to deliver unparalleled value to our clients. We specialize in crafting innovative technical solutions grounded in cloud-native principles, containerization, and the implementation of advanced automation-driven DevSecOps practices.

At the heart of our ethos lies a relentless pursuit of progress and the establishment of new industry benchmarks. Our unwavering commitment to excellence sets us apart and makes us the preferred choice for our clients. We recognize that delivering exceptional technical solutions necessitates the expertise of renowned professionals.

If you share our zeal for constructing cloud-native systems, developing cloud-based applications, and designing automation solutions, and if you are seeking to join a company that stands as a dominant force in the realms of Enterprise DevSecOps and Cloud Native domains, then you've discovered the ideal destination.

We cultivate a vibrant, inclusive, and collaborative environment that champions innovation and continuous learning. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to engage in exciting projects, tackle intricate challenges, and make a substantial contribution to the advancement of digital transformation for our clients. Come and be a part of a team that thrives on pushing the boundaries of what technology can achieve.

Job Description

We are seeking a Principal Architect to join our team to work on our most complex and strategic commercial pursuits. Customers we engage with are looking to be disruptive and leaders in their markets and industries. You will help our customers create a vision for transformation and a transformation strategy leveraging AWS Cloud offerings that helps them reimagine, reinvent, and transform their business to create new business models and economic value. You will help them create a roadmap for execution and establish the value of transformation and be a thought leader in Cloud driven business transformation. 

Responsibilities:

• Establishing engineering best practices and guidelines for software architecture, design and implementation for cloud native transformations within AWS cloud. 
• Providing hands-on experience, guidance, and strategy, around Design Pattern solutions and their application, Modular Code, Microservices Design, Service Oriented Architectures, Event and Test Driven Design, Model Based Systems Engineering and Model Based Design, separation of Data/Interface/Processing layers, and reusable function and code design, and similar techniques.
• Providing strategy and guidelines for consolidating and standardizing implementation solutions for future reuse, building high performing and reliable solutions using AWS cloud native services. 
• Collaborating with Software Application Product teams on every development cycle to provide consultation and guidance around design and implementation of both functional and non-functional solutions. 
• Leading design review boards and discussions with executive stakeholders.
• Cataloging and maintaining an inventory of implementation solutions across the organization.
• Working with senior leaders to create a thesis of transformation, build a common vision of transformation and its strategy.
• Build the business case for change and prepare presentations for C-level executive stakeholder communications.

 

 

Qualifications

 

• Extensive experience with enterprise-level technology transformation and modernization initiatives, at scale, in FSI and/or other banking industries.  
• 8-10 years of strong software development experience, design patterns and principles.
• Demonstrated experience leading a team of software developers using Java, JEE, Spring, Spring Boot languages/frameworks. 
• Extensive experience with AWS and strong understanding of AWS cloud native services to build enterprise software.
• Demonstrated experience with design, architecture and implementation of microservices, containers and cloud-native application development. 
• Ability to discuss architectural strategies with the executive leadership team.
• Strong understanding of static code analysis, unit testing and test driven development, security testing and automated test frameworks. Experience using Jenkins, SonarQube, GIT, Maven, Gradle.
• Proven track record of delivering high quality and consistent systems and environments for development teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills. Ability to clearly communicate design ideas and technology strategies with executive stakeholders.

Additional Information

We Value:

• Drive: Passion and energy to implement quality technical solutions. Self-motivation and intellectual curiosity
• Commitment to Quality: Passion to conceive and produce world-class solutions that drive real-world value for the customer
• Customer Focus: Consultative approach to solving problems for customers. Expectations management.
• Communication: Superior communication skills. Ability to clearly articulate problems, solutions, risks, rewards etc. (written and verbal)
• Technical Skills: Love for technology. You have to be inherently passionate about technology.
• Business Acumen: Technology ultimately is used to enable the business. We look for people who understand how the businesses can be enabled through their technical solutions

What we offer:

• Ability to make a noticeable difference for the organization and our customers
• Tremendous growth opportunity by becoming part of a rapidly growing organization. It’s not your tenure but what you can bring to the table that defines how your career will be shaped. You control your growth.
• Complex but interesting challenges to improve the depth and breadth of your technical and business skills. Our consultants are business technologists and understand how technology drives business. 
• Competitive pay and benefits

Work authorization requirement: US Citizen

Oteemo is an equal employment and affirmative action employer. We evaluate qualified applicants on merit and business needs and not on race, color, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other factor protected by law. Oteemo complies with the law regarding reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled employees.