Technical Architect; AWS and Microservices

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We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect to provide technical leadership for a mature enterprise application landscape supporting ongoing operations maintenance enhancements and modernization initiatives

The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

The role will be responsible for ensuring platform stability driving continuous improvement governing architecture decisions supporting production operations and enabling delivery teams to implement business and technical changes efficiently and securely The successful candidate will act as the technology leader across application support enhancement delivery cloud operations Dev Sec Ops  practices and longterm technology roadmap planning.

AWS and microservices experience in Mandatory Technical Leadership Architecture Governance Own the overall application architecture and technical roadmap

Ensure architectural integrity across production non-production and integration environments

Review and approve solution designs for enhancements change requests and platform upgrades

Drive technology simplification standardization and technical debt reduction

Establish and enforce architecture principles standards and engineering best practices

Provide technical guidance to delivery and support teams

Application Maintenance Continuous Improvement Support stable operation of business critical applications

Lead analysis of recurring production issues and identify strategic remediation opportunities

Drive platform improvements focused on reliability performance maintainability and operational efficiency

Evaluate and recommend modernization opportunities for legacy components

Ensure sustainable support models and operational readiness across environments

Production Support Operational Excellence Provide architectural guidance during major incidents and problem investigations

Review root cause analyses and ensure implementation of permanent fixes

Support incident problem and change management processes

Ensure application availability resilience disaster recovery and business continuity requirements are met Drive proactive monitoring observability alerting and operational automation initiatives

Enhancement Delivery Partner with business and product stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions

Support estimation impact assessments and solution planning for enhancements

Ensure new functionality aligns with architectural standards and nonfunctional requirements

Govern release readiness and deployment strategies

Cloud Platform Engineering Lead cloud architecture reviews and platform optimization initiatives

Guide infrastructure upgrades platform migrations and service improvements

Drive implementation of cloud native practices where appropriate

Ensure platforms are secure scalable resilient and cost efficient

Dev Sec Ops  Engineering Excellence Champion Dev Sec Ops  culture and automation first practices

Improve CICD maturity deployment reliability and release automation

Promote secure software development practices

Drive adoption of automated testing code quality controls and engineering metrics

Enable continuous improvement through measurable engineering outcomes

Security Compliance Ensure architecture complies with organizational security and compliance standards

Participate in security reviews threat assessments and vulnerability remediation planning

Support audit governance and regulatory requirements

Establish securitybydesign principles across the application lifecycle

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