Position: Solutions Architect
Company: Grid Dynamics
Category: Lead
Experience required: 5y
English level: fluent

The successful candidate will lead the design of technology solutions for new and existing applications, bringing an innovative approach and a security first mind-set

What makes you stand out?
• Significant experience with the following technologies, architectures, methodologies:
•  MEAN stack (MongoDB, Express, Angular, NodeJS)
•  Multi Factor Authentication
•  Single Sign On (OAuth, SAML)
•  Containerisation / Kurbenetes
•  Microservice based architecture
•  Secure By Design Principles
•  Secure DevOps
•  Agile
•  Recognised document standards (C4, UML, Archimate)

What can you expect?
Primarily focussing on the earlier stages of the software development life cycle, you will collaborate with our Portfolio Delivery function to understand customer and technical needs and design architectural solutions to meet them that are innovative, scalable, reusable and aligned with project’s technology standards and principles

Following project approval, you will form part of the Pod Leadership team tasked with bringing your architectural vision to fruition utilising agile methodologies. You will elaborate your architecture designs and collaborate with our infrastructure and development teams to enable implementation of them with light touch oversight

We will count on you to:
• Work with our partners to understand business and technology problems or opportunities
• Provide process, guidance and governance on technology obsolescence, component re-use and platform modernisation
• Design, document and communicate solution designs that accommodate the Agile Principles of fail fast and provide the resilience necessary to accommodate changing and fluid requirements
• Incorporate reuse, standardisation and security-by-design into your solution designs to simplify, secure and accelerate technology delivery
• Be innovative in your design thinking and use your expertise to influence the project technology roadmap
• Take your architectural designs through our on boarding processes to ensure they meet project’s standards and principles
• Participate in architecture reviews as part of project’s Architecture Assurance process
• Support the implementation of architectural designs – from infrastructure set up through to delivery – as necessary
• Empower the development teams to deliver your architectural designs with a light touch approach
• Be an active member in our technology community, championing the latest technologies and trends within acсount and the wider industry, sharing your knowledge, successes and learnings with your colleagues
• Bring a shift left mentality, ensuring that automation and efficiencies are enabled through the solution design

What you need to have:
• Self-motivated to excel in a remote position, collaborating effectively with a remote team
• You are a self-starter; you can take initiative without waiting for direction.
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and deadlines
• You are used to working and communicating with both business and technical stakeholders at varying levels of seniority
• Extensive experience in designing and communicating technology solutions that can be traced back to requirements
• An inquisitive mind set with a track record of seeking out and implementing new technologies and architectural patterns