Solutions Architect

Equifax

145d

About The Position

Equifax is where you can power your possible. If you want to achieve your true potential, chart new paths, develop new skills, collaborate with bright minds, and make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you. As a Solutions Architect, you'll be an expert in leveraging cloud-based solutions for large-scale enterprise systems. Your main responsibilities include creating and maintaining the overall architecture for a portfolio of projects, providing technical guidance during the design and build phases, and proactively addressing any technology roadblocks. To do this, you'll manage an architecture backlog, developing proofs of concept and reference implementations, and coordinating closely with other technology teams to ensure a smooth and efficient workflow.

Requirements

• BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent job experience required.
• 3+ years of experience architecting and developing software in the public cloud, including 5+ years overall relevant experience.
• Experience in monitoring infrastructure and application uptime and availability to ensure functional and performance objectives.
• Experience in one or more languages such as Python, Bash, Java, Go, JavaScript and/or node.js.
• Demonstrable cross-functional knowledge with systems, storage, networking, security and databases.
• Partner with Engineering, and SREs to analyze any outages or resiliency issues and provide remediation steps.
• Experience with microservice best practices and design patterns.
• Experience with event driven architecture and immutable data management patterns (CQRS).
• Proficiency with continuous integration and continuous delivery tooling and practices.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Cloud Certification Strongly Preferred.

Nice To Haves

• An ability to demonstrate successful performance of our Success Profile skills, including Application Development/Programming.
• Knowledge of Event Driven Architecture, Functional/Object Oriented Programming.
• Cloud Services (AWS/GCP) - Leveraging cloud native GCP/AWS service while architecting particular product/platform.
• DevSecOps - Need to have a strong understanding of both security and DevOps principles.
• Technical Communication/Presentation - Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Technology Advising/Consulting - Understand business goals and how to use technology to achieve them.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design and implement smart solutions in GCP/AWS using Cloud Native capabilities.
• Establish the high-level Solution Intent for given project or problem statement.
• Establish responsibilities of major logical components of the solution in collaboration with other team members.
• Develop architecture deliverables necessary to illustrate system behavior, including usage models, and cost of ownership models and failure analysis model.
• Ensure that the solution is aligned with the technology strategy, uses standard solution building blocks and can be built and operated in an efficient manner aligned with economic value of the project.
• Develop, analyze, split, and prioritize work required to implement the system’s non-functional requirements.
• Provide technical oversight of implementation, keeping the final build and overall implementation aligned with the solution intent.

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages.
• 401k matching.
• Paid time off.
• Organizational growth potential through our online learning platform with guided career tracks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees