Database Engineer

Allied Benefit Systems•Chicago, IL

2d•$110,000 - $125,000•Remote

About The Position

The Director, Solutions Architecture will provide direction for enterprise technology strategies. This role is also responsible for all activities related to development of architectural designs and preliminary construction details. Adherence to established standards, timelines, code quality, requirement fulfillment and security are the responsibility of the role. The Director should have a deep knowledge of technology and functioning of the department to create strategies, objectives, policies, and procedures that support the functional infrastructure of the IT department.

Requirements

At least 7 years’ experience in architecting and supporting development of projects in Microsoft stack demonstrated sustained performance with impact at team(s) or department level required.
At least 5 years at a manager level and successful demonstrated leadership competencies
Ability to facilitate working architecture sessions with diverse participants including technical leaders and stakeholders.
Hands on experience with developing system models, UML diagrams, workflow diagrams and detailed documentation to explain architectural blueprints.
Experience with identifying technology needs and gaps, identifying potential solutions and alternatives.
Strong background in SDLC, Agile, distributed systems, CI/CD, data engineering technologies, API Integration, and Micro/Mini/Macro services
Deep knowledge of industry standards and best practices. Ability to train the development teams to follow and adhere to the practices.
Ability to evaluate COTS or propose alternate home-grown solutions with budget, time, and scalability as guiding factors.
Experience with orchestrating monitoring and alerting solutions for all systems.
Ability to create an escalation process to prevent downtime and adhere to SLAs.
Fluent in OOP, Design patterns, architectural principals
Excellent analytical and organization skills
Self-starter with high motivation and passion to learn, adapt constantly, evolve, and grow.
Maintain high standards of data quality and integrity.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience developing and architecting containerized cloud-based solutions.
Azure Certified or at least 2 years’ experience with Microsoft Azure cloud environment.

Responsibilities

Develop and drive the overall architecture strategy with hands-on involvement in design, documentation, and implementation.
Collaborate with tech teams and department leads to deliver complex projects which may involve multiple systems.
Analyze, document, refine and maintain architectures that are developed within the team.
Work closely with IT operations team to request, refine hardware requirements for existing and new systems.
Create strategy and transition plans to deliver projects on time.
Take ownership of executing technology roadmap to transition existing architecture to new, stable design.
Work closely with Security team to tighten any security issues discovered in infrastructure.
Meet Allied’s expectations for productivity, quality, and goal accomplishment.
Work closely with department lead to prioritize and strategize.
Adhere to, and apply all applicable privacy and security laws, including but not limited to HIPAA, HITECH and any regulations promulgated thereto.
Attend continuing education classes as required, including but not limited to HIPAA training.
Lead, coach, motivate and develop. Responsible for one-on-one meetings, performance appraisals, growth opportunities and attracting new talent.
Clearly communicate expectations, provide employees with the training, resources, and information needed to succeed.
Actively engage, coach, counsel and provide timely, and constructive performance feedback.
Perform other duties and responsibilities, as assigned.