Sr. Solutions Architect (Remote)

Inspira Financial•Oak Brook, IL

9h•Remote

About The Position

The Sr. Architect will report to the Director, Architecture in the Technology Department. This role is responsible for working closely with engineers and teams on engineering choices and how they align to enterprise engineering and architecture vision. The incumbent will design, develop and maintain enterprise methodologies and techniques, including standards and guidelines for enterprise-wide use in technical management and systems of process development. They will develop specifications for new products/services, applications, and service offerings. The role provides technical oversight and architecture/engineering solutions to large, strategic, complex systems and application development projects, usually at the product level. The incumbent will use professional concepts in developing resolutions to critical issues and broad design matters. The role will be recognized as a thought leader and advance the craft of architecture and engineering within our organization. They will design and develop architecture (integrated process, methodology, framework, software/applications, data, information, and technology) scalable solutions to business problems in alignment with the enterprise architecture direction and standards. They will partner with the Product Owners and engineering teams to align the technical design and strategy with the product roadmap. The role is responsible for prototyping complex, cross-platform business solutions to validate newer technologies. They will review and ensure major architectural designs are consistent, maintainable, flexible, and cost-effective solutions. They will participate with application and infrastructure design architects to provide guidance for development and releases. The role is hands-on with architecture and engineering activities and is deeply embedded in the role of technology. They will share expertise ensuring that teams are continuously improving and learning together to meet current and future engineering needs. This includes Architecture and Design for large scale Azure hybrid cloud deployments with Azure Kubernetes Services and Azure Public Cloud. They will design and provision Dev/Test/Prod Infrastructure-as-code using Azure CLI, PowerShell, Terraform. They will define the architecture for high availability, data redundancy, data loss prevention, site recovery, and resilience. They will define and implement the architecture for high throughput and scale with capacity planning and load balancing strategies. They will design and implement provisioning of production-grade Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS), Azure Container Registry, NGINX Ingress Controller, Service Mesh, etc. They will implement the security architecture to ensure data security at rest and in transit, application security, key management, identity management, authentication, and authorization. This includes hands-on implementation of the log analytics and monitoring architecture using Azure Monitor, Azure Application Insights, and 3rd party tools such as Datadog. They will perform hands-on automation of infrastructure, applications and software-defined networking through CI/CD pipeline, ARM Templates, Azure CLI scripts using Azure DevOps. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

5-7 years of relevant experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
At least 3+ years of hands-on systems architecture experience designing & implementing highly secure solutions in complex and regulated environments
At least 5+ years of software development experience with large enterprise level systems
Azure CLI, Terraform and Powershell
Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework
Container platforms and tools - Kubernetes, Docker, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Container Service
Azure Advanced Networking – Azure Virtual Networks, ExpressRoute, Site-to-Site VPN, NSG, App Service Environment, ASG, UDR
Azure PAAS Services Security and Provisioning – Azure API Management Policies, Azure App Service, Event Hubs, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL
Identity Management – Azure AD, Azure AD B2C, Open ID Connect
Secrets Management – Azure Key Vault, HSTS, SSL/TLS Ingress Control, Certificate management, Azure Security Center, Threat Detection, Container Security tools e.g. Twistlock
Cloud Observability – Experience with Azure Sentinel, Azure Log Analytics, Operations Management Suite (OMS), SysDig, Application Insights
Experience architecting at least one large scale cloud solution
Previous experience designing non-functional attributes of enterprise solutions (e.g., security, scalability, reliability, performance, etc.)
In depth knowledge of diverse and emerging technologies and new architectural concepts and principles
In depth understanding of layered solutions and designs; in depth understanding of shared software concepts
Experience developing software in Agile environments, including CI/CD patterns
Strong desire to drive change, and ability to adapt to change quickly
Experience in DDD (domain driven design) and microservices
Advanced written and verbal communication skills are a must
Ability to balance the long-term big picture and short-term implications of decisions
Demonstrate understanding of Azure Security solutions and best practices around Azure Sentinel, Azure Security Center, etc.
Excellent oral and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

AZ-400 – Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions
70-533 – Azure Infrastructure Solutions
AZ-301 – Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies

Responsibilities

Design, develop and maintain enterprise methodologies and techniques, including standards and guidelines for enterprise-wide use in technical management and systems of process development.
Develop specifications for new products/services, applications, and service offerings.
Provide technical oversight and architecture/engineering solutions to large, strategic, complex systems and application development projects, usually at the product level.
Use professional concepts in developing resolution to critical issues and broad design matters.
Design and develop architecture (integrated process, methodology, framework, software/applications, data, information, and technology) scalable solutions to business problems in alignment with the enterprise architecture direction and standards.
Partner with the Product Owners and engineering teams to align the technical design and strategy with the product roadmap.
Responsible for prototyping complex, cross-platform business solutions to validate newer technologies.
Review and ensure major architectural designs are consistent, maintainable, flexible, and cost-effective solutions.
Participate with application and infrastructure design architects to provide guidance for development and releases.
Architecture and Design for large scale Azure hybrid cloud deployments with Azure Kubernetes Services and Azure Public Cloud.
Design and provision Dev/Test/Prod Infrastructure-as-code using Azure CLI, PowerShell, Terraform.
Define the architecture for high availability, data redundancy, data loss prevention, site recovery, and resilience.
Define and implement the architecture for high throughput and scale with capacity planning and load balancing strategies.
Design and implement provisioning of production-grade Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS), Azure Container Registry, NGINX Ingress Controller, Service Mesh, etc.
Implement the security architecture to ensure data security at rest and in transit, application security, key management, identity management, authentication, and authorization.
Hands-on implementation of the log analytics and monitoring architecture using Azure Monitor, Azure Application Insights, and 3rd party tools such as Datadog.
Hands-on automation of infrastructure, applications and software-defined networking through CI/CD pipeline, ARM Templates, Azure CLI scripts using Azure DevOps.
Other duties as assigned.