Senior Architect – Cloud - AWS, Microservices

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About the Role/Position

The role requires both advisory and delivery capabilities from the architect to lead a transformation towards API, Microservices, and cloud on AWS. You may need to assess different project requirements and propose API/microservices/cloud architecture solutions. Proficient with recommending technology, presenting trade-off analysis to management, and coaching the project team on common standards & platform.

The Architect will be responsible for:

• Client, document, and define the target state and transition state architectures based on the project drivers
• Help in scoping, estimation, and planning for various projects in the enterprise
• Define, refine, design, and develop standards as may be needed for the platform/enterprise
• Enable and support project teams on adoption of API Platform and standards
• Provide technical support to project teams as needed

• 14+ years' experience in architecting complex integration projects across technologies like API Gateway, API development, Microservices, Scala/Akka framework, Pulsar/Kafka, and Messaging technologies

• Good understanding & experience with API governance, API development, and consumer processes

• Able to bake off between multiple API & Microservices options like EKS, Spring Cloud, Spring Boot, etc. based on project requirements

• Good knowledge of event-driven architecture

• Good knowledge of Cloud, Containers, and PaaS platform

• Experience or knowledge of AWS is required

• Good overview of Automation solutions like Terraform, Ansible, etc.

• Experience in designing different types of APIs and articulating their value proposition

• Experience in guiding proposals/bids for technical solutions, estimates, and resource plans

• Experience in capturing non-functional requirements (NFR), API policies, and ensuring APIs meet the NFR

• Excellent communication – verbal, written, and presentation skills; adept at communicating and managing stakeholders at all levels

• Strong financial and cards domain experience

• Strong team building skills and teamwork orientation

• Strong creative problem-solving skills

• AWS Certified Solution Architect – Associate

• Experience with No

SQL

• Agile based delivery knowledge