Job description: - Minimum of XX years' experience in advanced technologies including a minimum of X+ years as a technical architect
- Minimum X years' experience in development including a minimum of X+ years leading development resources
- Experience in the concepts and methodologies of enterprise architecture
- Deep knowledge of information technologies (Web Application, Database, Container Computing Platform, Infrastructure, Networks, Web & Integration software)
- Broad understanding of technologies and has experience in implementation methodologies, software development life cycle process, and project management
- Excellent planning and organization, project management and time management skills (particularly in delivery effort estimation and project scheduling)
- Strong problem solving and negotiation abilities
- Ability to inform, educate and influence managers and employees to support goals and initiatives
- Exceptional written, verbal and presentation skills are necessary to effectively convey goals and initiatives to team and management
- Knowledge of the vendor market and possess existing relationships
- Experience with web applicaiton, web service and mobile application architecture and design
- Strong API and data integration background
- Detail design background based on technologies listed under technical experience
- Strong Automotive OEM experience
- Extensive background in designing architectural solutions for large complex programs which results in representation in front of Architecture Review Board (e.g. logical & physical architectures, data classifications/protections, etc.)
- Extensive background in leading large and complex development initiatives
- Proven technical leadership experience, leading application detailed design and development (apply proper design patterns and adhear to VWGoA architecture and design principles, document design, review design by vendors, support QA)
- Proven experience leading development teams (design-implementation, code review for quality and security, development mentor technical teams)
- Experience leading technical troubleshooting including bug fix remediation and performance tuning
- Integrate comprehensive security principles into all phases of design and architecture.
Technical Experience: - Solid experience in Springboot, Spring framework, JXEE technologies, event driven architecture, microservices, distributed architecture and design patterns.
- Solid experience in modelling architecture and design with expertise of at least one of the frameworks (CX model, UML, Archimate and ArcXX etc.)
- Strong experience in designing and implementing Restful APIs using Spring Framework/Spring Boot and experience with API Management
- Extensive experience architecting and designing modern business facing and consumer facing web applications including Single Page Applications using responsive design concept with Angular or React etc.
- Solid experience in cloud-based application desing, development and API driven systems integration
- Hands on experience with CI/CD Tools (SVN/Github/Maven/Jenkins/JIRA)
- Experience with cloud native application design and development with main stream platforms and technologies
- Hands on experience with cloud technologies including AWS, GCP, Openshift, Kuberbetes, ELK, Kafka etc.
- Experience with IBM Security Access Manager, IBM App Connect Enterprise, IBM WebSphere, IBM API Connect and Data power
- In-depth understanding of the security architecture & design (Identity management, Authentication and Authorization framework, SAML, OIDC/OAuth2, XFA, mTLS, secret and certificate management etc.) with hands-on experience.
- Handson experience with Application Performance Management, Web Site Performance Monitoring tools and performance tuning Experience with application usage analytics and dashboard reporting
- Good knowledge with NoSQL concepts and products
- Understanding and hands-on experience of GraphQL based API development with Apollo or similar products
- Handson experience with implementing robust logging and tracing implementation for end-to-end systems tracebility
- Handson experience with code quality and coverage tools like Sonarqube.
- Willng and ready to get hands on code development with dev team for developing and troubleshooting, doing quick proof of concepts for exploring new solutions, products etc.
- Experienced in working with business/product team to discuss, analyze, understand and negotiate business requirements, being able to explain to business about the technical considerations and associated implications on the user journey/experience/requirements.
Education Requirements:Bachelor's degree required (Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline). Master's degree in technical discipline preferred.