Position: IoT Solution Architect
Company: SoftServe
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

WE ARE
Transforming the way thousands of global organizations do business by developing the most innovative technologies and processes in Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), security, Infrastructure, and experience design.

YOU ARE
Interested in using cutting-edge methodologies and platforms for connecting the physical and digital worlds, but also know the current core technologies that underpin existing systems. Through your experiences cooperating with software teams and technologies you have driven innovation in real-world solutions that live inside and outside the cloud. You ask the right questions, drive vision and purpose, and can manage ambiguity and complexity to get to the most appropriate solution. You collaborate across technical profiles and you work with business leaders to navigate success. You know that all decisions are trade-offs and enjoy finding the balance of constraints among competing interests. You also have solid managerial knowledge of conducting engagements and consulting services. You enjoy presenting workshops with prospects and customers but also like to keep your hands dirty with technical work. You care about personal development and enjoy mentoring others along their journey.

You possess

Interest in the field of IoT and experience with some relevant technologies such as MQTT brokers, embedded programming, distributed systems, microservices architecture, infrastructure automation, edge processing, fleet observability, or wireless communications
Expert knowledge of software and hardware lifecycles
Expert insight of object-oriented software
A proven track of leading or mentoring a technical team
Ability to recognize architectural patterns and solutions associated with those patterns
Professional certification from at least one cloud provider (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP)
Understanding of tradeoffs between IoT offerings from the cloud and other IoT solution vendors
SEI Software Architecture Professional, ATAF
Publication(s) in the field of IoT cloud or devices, formal or informal
Bootloader and kernel-level knowledge of Linux OS for ARM and x86 Knowledge of hypervisors
Practice with hardware root of trust and PKI
Hands-on experience applying network theory and wireless communications
Confidence in infrastructure automation tools
The attitude of the one who has 'lived with' and managed a fleet of IoT devices
Excellent communication skills
Upper-intermediate English or higher

YOU WANT TO WORK WITH
An exciting opportunity to

Guide team on large and strategic solutions for high-profile opportunities
Drive architectural service executions such as Discovery and Assessment
Collaborate with business and non-technical stakeholders to understand business and technical requirements and communicate technical constraints and decisions to business
Facilitate cooperation of all the stakeholders, define and prioritize architectural drivers for the solution
Cooperate with other architects and technology experts to produce solid architectural decisions. Drive and coordinate technical staff discussions
Elaborate system quality attributes such as performance, scalability, availability, fault-tolerance, security, deployment, maintainability, and others
Translate customers’ business, functional, and non-functional requirements into high-quality solution architecture visions and operations plans consistent with enterprise architectural standards using Attribute Driven Design
Define architecture strategies, standards, processes, technologies, and tools in architecture visions
Drive or assist in solution implementation estimation and roadmap construction
Analyze, model, document, and assess existing software architectures according to the Architecture Trade-off Analysis methodology
Act as an expert and consult development teams on adherence to standards in solution design, development, and testing
Clearly convey technical ideas to the development and operations teams

TOGETHER WE WILL
Engage with new customers, attract and explore new markets, as well as build relationships with various business stakeholders
Make major contributions to the company's architectural methodology
Create an impact on the expertise, competence development, as well as grow, strengthen and scale IoT practice presence within the company, and within our customers value chain
Provide thought leadership, innovation and become a trusted advisor for different organizations
Support your technical and personal growth
Our benefits

Being a part of Center of Excellence, you will have a chance to address different business and technology challenges, drive multiple projects and initiatives
Work in a team of top-notch experts and Architects, as well as assimilate and congregate best practices from them
Work with the world-leading companies
Attend and speak at international events