C4 Technical Services
Enterprise Solution Architect - Remote
C4 Technical Services, Eagan, Minnesota, United States,
Enterprise Solution ArchitectRemote
Description:
• The main function of a Solution Architect is to develop and deliver pragmatic business solutions that fulfill specific business objectives and service level agreements. This while balancing important concerns such as adherence to established practices, alignment with enterprise strategy, accountability to financial objectives, and working in a collaborative team environment.
Daily Responsibilities/Job Description:
• Lead creation of conceptual and logical specifications for all layers of solution (people, process, technology, and information) through collaboration with business, enterprise, application, security, and infrastructure architects• Develop architectures to include the software, hardware, and communications to support initial requirements as well as provide for present and future cross-functional requirements and interfaces• Ensures these systems are compatible and in compliance with the standards for Prime IT architectures, and profiles of standards as they apply to the implementation of developed architectures and specific to the solution for the platform, integration with other systems and any external interfaces• Responsible for collaborating with enterprise architecture to develop enterprise artifacts for reuse by subsequent projects
Interaction level with Management/Team Members:
• It important to interact with IT and business management about the initiatives assigned. High interaction and collaboration with Team Members is a must and must be comfortable in engaging in both technical and business discussions• Engage in and assist with technology spikes to evaluate new technology additions or existing technology expansion
Skills Required:
1. 5+ years of service-oriented solution architecture experience working Applications, Data, Services and API initiatives2. Experience defining a variety of solution types, such as new system builds, legacy enhancements, build vs. buy analysis, integrating COTS software packages, Software as a Service or Platform as a Service as components of the solution3. Ability to apply fundamental concepts, processes, practices, and procedures on technical assignments4. Direct experience with Agile Lean Architecture5. Strong collaborator with business and technical colleagues, adept at building rapport
Additional Qualifications/years of experience:
• 10+ years of work experience in IT, including 5 years in software development or application architecture• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred• Experience as a Solution Architecture, Application Architecture and Architecture Patterns• Experience with broad technology delivery, including custom development using various development languages; Event Driven Architecture and Mesh Architecture• Experience with driving technical planning and solutions for software portfolio, including authoring or managing the development of software designs, managing vendor evaluations, and justifying technical recommendations• Experience with providing technical leadership, mentoring on software engineering design, development, and frameworks, analyzing alternatives, and presenting technical options to leads and clientsPreferred:• Experience in the Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) and/or Health Care domain• Experience working with Claims Adjudication• Experience working with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or similar Agile Processes
Knowledge - Technology & Practices:
• Cloud Architecture• Agile Architecture, SAFe• Microservices• Security Principles & Implementations• Modern Web Development: Java, Angular, React, CICD (Jenkins), Test Driven Development, Git• Databases: Relational, NoSQL DocumentDB, NoSQL Graph• APIs (REST/SOAP/GraphQL) and API Design, Microservices, XML/JSON• Docker and Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, Kafka• Event Driven Architecture• VMWare Tanzu / Pivotal Cloud Foundry
#DICEcclausen@c4techservices.com
Description:
• The main function of a Solution Architect is to develop and deliver pragmatic business solutions that fulfill specific business objectives and service level agreements. This while balancing important concerns such as adherence to established practices, alignment with enterprise strategy, accountability to financial objectives, and working in a collaborative team environment.
Daily Responsibilities/Job Description:
• Lead creation of conceptual and logical specifications for all layers of solution (people, process, technology, and information) through collaboration with business, enterprise, application, security, and infrastructure architects• Develop architectures to include the software, hardware, and communications to support initial requirements as well as provide for present and future cross-functional requirements and interfaces• Ensures these systems are compatible and in compliance with the standards for Prime IT architectures, and profiles of standards as they apply to the implementation of developed architectures and specific to the solution for the platform, integration with other systems and any external interfaces• Responsible for collaborating with enterprise architecture to develop enterprise artifacts for reuse by subsequent projects
Interaction level with Management/Team Members:
• It important to interact with IT and business management about the initiatives assigned. High interaction and collaboration with Team Members is a must and must be comfortable in engaging in both technical and business discussions• Engage in and assist with technology spikes to evaluate new technology additions or existing technology expansion
Skills Required:
1. 5+ years of service-oriented solution architecture experience working Applications, Data, Services and API initiatives2. Experience defining a variety of solution types, such as new system builds, legacy enhancements, build vs. buy analysis, integrating COTS software packages, Software as a Service or Platform as a Service as components of the solution3. Ability to apply fundamental concepts, processes, practices, and procedures on technical assignments4. Direct experience with Agile Lean Architecture5. Strong collaborator with business and technical colleagues, adept at building rapport
Additional Qualifications/years of experience:
• 10+ years of work experience in IT, including 5 years in software development or application architecture• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred• Experience as a Solution Architecture, Application Architecture and Architecture Patterns• Experience with broad technology delivery, including custom development using various development languages; Event Driven Architecture and Mesh Architecture• Experience with driving technical planning and solutions for software portfolio, including authoring or managing the development of software designs, managing vendor evaluations, and justifying technical recommendations• Experience with providing technical leadership, mentoring on software engineering design, development, and frameworks, analyzing alternatives, and presenting technical options to leads and clientsPreferred:• Experience in the Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) and/or Health Care domain• Experience working with Claims Adjudication• Experience working with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or similar Agile Processes
Knowledge - Technology & Practices:
• Cloud Architecture• Agile Architecture, SAFe• Microservices• Security Principles & Implementations• Modern Web Development: Java, Angular, React, CICD (Jenkins), Test Driven Development, Git• Databases: Relational, NoSQL DocumentDB, NoSQL Graph• APIs (REST/SOAP/GraphQL) and API Design, Microservices, XML/JSON• Docker and Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, Kafka• Event Driven Architecture• VMWare Tanzu / Pivotal Cloud Foundry
#DICEcclausen@c4techservices.com