Software Architect IV
| Company | Vertex |
|---|---|
| Location | Pennsylvania, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Significant experience in design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) and implementation or enhancement of new and current systems.
- Significant experience in system engineering involving analytical systems design and implementation.
- Fluency and specialization with modern languages such as Java, C#, or Python
- Experience in building products using microservices architectural patterns and extensible REST APIs.
- Familiarity with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code.
- Experience with Cloud/SaaS UI architectures.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prepare technical design specifications based on product management and architectural initiatives
- Drive Architectural Governance activities
- Seek platform convergence
- Plan across engineering initiatives and new feature delivery to find a balance between customer delivery and organizational health
- Identify opportunities for improvement in applications and provide actionable recommendations to the teams
- Assist and mentor development staff in the delivery of product features
- Helping to build successful teams that have a learning culture by providing direction and fostering communication to help teams make decisions to accomplish their goals
- Assisting teams with technical conversations, driving towards action and a successful outcome for the customer and Vertex
- Build strong relationships with your team and stakeholders
- Care about our customers and the impact our software has on their business outcomes
- Demonstrate a willingness to learn, adjusting as needed to make improvements to the team’s processes, etc.
- Provide feedback to peers and teams to instill a learning culture
- Communicating clearly with executive leadership, peers, and development teams
- Favor optimism
Preferred Qualifications
- Fluency in DevOps Concepts
- Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments.
- Understanding of security architecture, protocols, and products including Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth.
- Experience with AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Azure; a background in multi-cloud environments.