Sr. Solution Architect - Endur

Shell•Houston, TX

1d•$149,000 - $223,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Shell supports a balanced energy transition, one that maintains secure and affordable energy supplies, as the world moves to net-zero. Delivering on this ambition requires transformative shifts in IT, bringing together strategic and technical expertise across data, strategy, architecture, and innovation. As part of this journey, we are seeking a skilled and seasoned Solution Architect to enhance automation and fully harness data and innovation. As a Solution Architect, you’ll be a key technical leader providing end-to-end architecture development, consultancy, and assurance across projects, ensuring that applications are well-designed and aligned with Shell’s standards and reference architecture. You will be working specifically in the Products portfolio for Shell’s Trading and Supply business. You will specifically work on a project team implementing a global Energy Trade and Risk Management (ETRM) solution on Azure to create a scalable, secure, and strategic landscape that enables the transformation of the Trading capabilities.

Requirements

Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than the current employer
Bachelor’s degree required
Minimum of 10 years’ experience in Trading IT
Minimum of 10 years’ experience with OpenLink Endur v14+
Knowledge of the end-to-end Trading Business from deal inception through to settlement
10+ years in software and architecture delivery.
TOGAF (or similar framework) experience and Enterprise Architecture tooling.
Strong communication and collaboration skills with 5+ years' experience in trading environments.
Expert in one or more of the programming languages (Node.js, .Net, .Net Core, Python etc) with Cloud Native Platform Development (Azure/AWS)
Expert in one or more of the front-end development technologies (specifically React and Micro frontend).
Expert in one or more of Data Development (SQL Databases, No SQL, Cloud Datastores etc) technologies
Expert in JVS and OpenComponents
Hands-on experience implementing OpenLink Endur, including All ‘Managers’, Domain Services, Operation Services, TPM, APM, Grid Setup, Deal Modelling.
Hands-on experience in architecting applications into the Azure platform, including migrations/re-platforming of legacy on-premise systems.
Engineering and architecture experience in designing and building containers, Microservices, Cloud Native applications, and federated Data platforms (Data Mesh).
3+ Years experience in Data Architecture including Logical data models and designing solutions using data platforms and medallion architecture.
Strong knowledge of data management: engineering, pipeline development, warehousing, storage, lifecycle management, privacy, security.
Experience with diverse data types: big data, high velocity streaming, IoT, low latency event triggers, longitudinal time series.
Proficient in SQL and NoSQL databases.
Significant experience with Azure Functions, Web Apps, distributed/event-driven architecture (event hub, event bus, Kafka), ELK.
Intermediate to advanced exposure to Azure Active Directory, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Storage, Azure Kubernetes Service, CosmosDB, Azure SQL.
Integration experience with Confluent/Kafka, API Management, Logic Apps.
5+ years in CI/CD delivery using Git/GitHub, VSTS/Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible.
Practical agile experience in both start-up and enterprise environments.
Lead the engineering community to follow Shell Engineer Management standards, ensuring consistency and reuse.
Understand and deliver core engineering GPA objectives.
Create a collaborative environment for technical roles to drive clear decisions and consistency.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to SAP HANA, Salesforce, API management, Multifactor authentication.

Responsibilities

Provide strong leadership skills, including fostering collaboration, driving consensus, and effectively communicating complex technical concepts.
Serve as the primary contact for architectural aspects of IT projects.
Integrate business process, data, application, technical, and information security dimensions into cohesive IT solutions.
Ensure solution architectures are documented using standard templates and tooling complying with Shell’s architectural standards.
Guide detailed designers and business analysts during the design phase.
Review and formally approve detailed solution designs.
Support Lead Architect and participate in Architecture Review Board sessions as required.
Actively contribute to the documentation, enhancement, and maintenance of Reference Models in BizzDesign or any other standard tooling.
Elevate project deliverables to conceptual and logical architecture levels.
Monitor emerging IT technologies and apply this insight to design future-ready solutions for Shell.
Stay informed of developments in Shell’s IT standards and services, ensuring they are incorporated into solution designs.
Champion architectural excellence within the organization.
Engage with stakeholders to address architectural concerns and drive strategic improvements.
Own and drive technical architecture, design, and standards for software products in Commodities Trading.
Confidently lead architecture decisions across portfolios, managing divergent opinions.
Create pragmatic, implementable technical designs balancing risk, complexity, cost, and value.
Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders for strategic and day-to-day technical decisions.
Listen to and interpret needs of technical and business stakeholders, manage expectations, and facilitate discussions.
Be an active participant in the wider Tech Lead and engineering communities.
Diagnose problems and implement innovative solutions fitting into the wider Shell Trading picture.
Manage dependencies, overcome obstacles, and maximize value against constraints, managing trade-offs or technical debt.
Address Business Process, Data, Application, Technical, and Information Security aspects of IT Solutions, documenting in High-Level Design documents.
Coordinate and develop information with third parties (Data Architects, IRM, Support Operations teams, Business stakeholders), internal and external to Shell.