SKILLS AND BACKGROUND REQUIRED TO BE SUCCESSFUL:
o General Architecture expertise including Architecture frameworks, architecture tools, and architecture standard methodologies
o Experience drawing architecture diagrams with appropriate tools
o Demonstrable experience in creating architecture standards, reference architecture, and architecture decision records,
o Ability to use necessary tools to present designs using tools including Office tools (PowerPoint, word, diagramming tools)
o Experience working in a multi Cloud environment working with cloud platforms like Azure and GCP.
o Experience in Data center migration to cloud.
o Experience in identifying, managing, and reducing technical debt.
o Hardware and software provisioning and lifecycle management.
O Software Application design and application development
o Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform.
o Virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V) is essential for optimizing resource utilization.
o Microservices designs, containers and container management.
o Continuous integration/deployment/Development.
o Database architectures, ETL, BI, Sophisticated Analytics, HA (Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL).
o Integration architecture (real-time, streaming, APIs, batch)
o Cloud Governance (Auditing, Log management, Policies, tagging, compliance).
o Architecture design for PaaS and SaaS, multi-cloud, and on-premise
o The design of scalable, resilient application architectures, plan for capacity, and consider disaster recovery and business continuity. Anticipating future growth and technological advancements ensures adaptability.
o Knowledge in securing networks against threats, including knowledge of firewalls, VPNs, and load balancers.
o Cloud Native designs and technologies
o PaaS, SaaS solutions
o Experience creating architecture standards and working with enterprise architecture frameworks
o Expertise in cloud IT security and understanding risk management principles.
o In-depth knowledge of data security frameworks and standards.
o Ability to develop security architectures and designs for systems.
Soft Skills:
o Superb communication and management skills with the ability to create presentations and architecture recommendations.
O Excellent presentation skills with a high degree of comfort speaking and making pitches with executives, engineering management and developers.
O Ability to work independently, handle own workload including setting goals and plans to achieve and hold themselves accountable.
O Proven ability to lead through influence.
o Ability to work in both Agile and waterfall project management methodologies.
Certificates / Training:
- Relevant certifications in, Cloud, IT Service Management (ITIL), and security
- Public cloud certification (Azure, GCP, or AWS)
- Training in Architecture frameworks
Experience:
- 4 + years’ experience as an enterprise Architect within a formal enterprise architecture team with review board, standards, and reference architectures.
- 10+ years architecture and design experience with a focus on platform implementations spanning Business, Application, Data, Security, and Platform architecture
- 10+ years working in an IT corporate environment
- Consulting experience is a plus
Education:
- Bachelors, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field
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