US Systems Architect

Principle Solutions Architect
Locations: Jersey, Tampa or Dallas - Hybrid
Duration - 12 Months (CTH)
Pay Rate - $80 an hour on W2
2 Round interview Process

The individual should be proficient in following areas:

• Experience and Skills in cross-functional engineering
o Hardware / Hypervisor / OS / Application Stack / Network / Identity & Access mgt / Replication / Multisite Replication
o Cloud / EC2, OpenShift, EKS / Application Stack / Virtual-SDN Networking / Identity Federation / Regionalized access and Disaster Recovery

• AWS Landing Zone design, and automated application & infrastructure deployments into that landing zone

• Strong Network integration and related security skills, including: VPN, Extra-Net, Firewall, DNS/LTM/GTM, API Gateways, Application Messaging, PINGaccess/PINGfederation, Secrets/Store Vault

• Experience deploying event driven architecture using Kafka platform - especially application onboarding/automation, and resiliency design

• Solid understanding of API management and related tools such as Apigee

• Data warehousing, data transport, analytics and reporting utilizing SnowFlake Platform and its services

• Solid understanding and experience in Database Services delivery & availability (Oracle, MS SQL & Amazon Aurora)

• Experience in creating solution/platform/application architecture patterns and standards. Ability to deliver the information in concise and clear form, and good Visio diagramming skills.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Translate complex and sometimes ambiguous business and technical requirements into sound technical solutions by coordinating with Financial Services teams, Application Development teams, and Data Architecture teams

• Create High Level designs for presentation, review, and approval by stakeholders - including Business, Security, Regulatory, and Infrastructure teams

• Create Detailed Technical Designs for use by Engineering teams in build/deployment; and as post implementation artifacts for ongoing support

• Create Reusable Design Patterns to streamline the process from initial engagement to technical design delivery - ensuring systems continuity and standards adherence

• Develop and follow comprehensive Disaster Recovery strategies, High Availability/Resiliency designs
and related solutions to meet internal or regulatory requirements: including systems replication, data replication, and transaction resiliency across multiple locations

Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Ethical behavior. High level of personal and professional integrity, teamwork attitude and collaboration skills

• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills (this role will provide direct coordination between the development teams, data teams, security teams, infrastructure teams, and regulatory compliance teams)

• Identify and manage anticipated resistance to upcoming technology changes

• Experience with Governance, Risk, and Compliance concepts

• Ability to visualize and express complex end to end solutions in technical diagrams

• Experience in multi-cloud deployments and intercloud services integrations (AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree preferred

• 10 Years experience in cross functional engineering and/or Platform Architecture