IT Solutions Architect II

IT Solutions Architect II

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ or more years’ experience designing and implementing distributed applications in an enterprise environment
• 7+ years of experience in cloud architecture, with a focus on AWS.
• 5+ years of experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• 5+ years of experience in Agile Software Development
• Strong understanding of AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and VPC.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing large-scale, distributed systems.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Node.js.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the identification, design, scope, and development of technical solutions for enterprise IT infrastructure regarding cloud engineering and developer productivity platforms and offerings
• Lead multiple work streams to ensure design, build and implementation adheres to enterprise vision
• Lead the development and deployment of cloud-based infrastructure and developer productivity platforms, ensuring best practices in security, performance, and reliability.
• Drive continuous improvement in developer productivity through automation, tooling, and process enhancements.
• Define and describe component stacks, integrations dependencies and data flows for technical and business users
• Serve as a key member of the customer facing team in helping to ensure customer success in building and migrating applications and services on WKC platforms.
• Work closely with Domain Architects to help align solutions with enterprise/domain-wide strategic technology direction.
• Partner with business functions, platform development and delivery teams and other architects to enhance existing applications or ensures new systems can integrate and seamlessly communicate with other applications.
• Collaborate with other technology teams to craft highly scalable, flexible and resilient architectures that address customer business problems
• Participate in deep architectural discussions and design exercises to create world-class solutions and ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment.
• Recommends policies, practices, and procedures that have a significant impact on the organization and shares best-practice knowledge amongst WFS solutions architect and technical lead community.
• Advise functional and technology leaders to assist in key initiatives, and organizational alignment that supports making informed business decisions
• Manage program and architectural interdependencies between programs across multiple Squads and the enterprise
• Facilitating the understanding and adoption of the solution architectures with the capability and service teams
• Demonstrates accountability, makes timely and appropriate decisions on programs and multiple domains
• Design and implement scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures on AWS.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Conduct architectural reviews and provide recommendations for optimization and cost management.
• Stay current with AWS services, industry trends, and emerging technologies to ensure our solutions remain innovative and competitive.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tools from Atlassian like BitBucket, Compass
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as CloudWatch, New Relic, or ELK stack.
• Understanding of DevOps principles and practices.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification is highly desirable.