Solution Architect, Product Engineering (Remote EST/CST)

Our Customer was founded in 1982 in an effort to create a solid accounting firm headed by native professionals. They later branched out to other services, which is now a multinational professional services network with offices in over 150 countries and territories around the world. With more than 100,000 professionals, they provide audit and assurance, tax, consulting, and risk and financial advisory services to a broad cross-section of the largest corporations and governmental agencies.

We are seeking a contract Solution Architect to support our client's ongoing business needs. This role is 100% remote and candidates must sit in Eastern or Central time zone.


Responsibilities:

• Understands all options available and objectively presents those options to management and leadership.
• Acts as an internal consultant on many initiatives.
• Demonstrates abilities to self-learn.
• Able to articulate architecture proposals relevant to the audience.
• Proves the feasibility of proposals through lab work including custom development proofs of concept and mock-ups.
• Actively promotes teamwork and inclusion to ensure that all views are heard and requirements are accounted for.
• Resolves any conflicts within project teams and seeks reconciling of disagreements.
• Builds consensus and always encourages dialogue.
• Identifies the peer groups who should be participating to ensure consistency and success.
• Listens effectively.
• Effectively builds organizational partnerships and networks.
• Exhibits high level of professional flexibility.
• Understands the nature of changing priorities and adapts their workload accordingly.
• Plans, organizes, and controls multiple responsibilities to achieve various project objectives.
• Understands how to socialize ideas and approaches to garner support.
• Possesses a great deal of independence.
• Asks thought-provoking questions that result in actionable technological patterns or solutions.
• Technically guides projects through to completion.
• Champions structure, process, best practices, and standards.
• Accepts and manages ambiguity and complexity, as well as the changing requirements and expectations as business perspectives evolve as more relevant information surfaces.
• Able to identify the need to revise scope and requirements.
• Deals effectively with change barriers and project constrains.
• Guides others through change process that may be needed due to introduction of new technology or direction.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or related discipline. While an advanced degree is preferred, the value is placed on the extent of the relevant experience and accomplishments
• 10+ years Industry experience, in architecture and delivery of software products and solutions using general programming technologies (.net, C#, ASP.net, JavaScript).
• 3+ years of experience designing and implementing off-prem public cloud (AWS) environments and architectures and operational models. Including developing cloud-ready solutions, like active-active and geo/regional resiliency with near zero RPO & RTO.
• 3+ years of experience with IaaS, 2+ Years with PaaS and experience with SaaS offerings
• 3 years of experience in development in Microsoft development environment
• 3 years of experience with Microsoft platform technologies
• 2+ years of experience with Public Cloud migrations
• Experience with operating systems: Windows, AIX, UNIX, VMWare
• Experience with SAP, BizTalk
• Experience with SharePoint, IIS
• Exposure to hosting environments such as AIX, Linux, Windows Server, Sun Servers, HP Servers
• In-depth architectural understanding of AWS and expertise with cloud native design patterns and DevOps principles (Infrastructure as Code).
• Strong knowledge of Cloud Infrastructure, preferably designing and implementing off-prem cloud (AWS) or on-prem/private cloud virtualized architectures and solutions, including active-active and geo/regional resiliency with near zero RPO & RTO
• Strong experience in Relational and NoSQL databases (Aurora/ DynamoDB / SQL Server)
• Strong experience developing with .Net framework.
• Strong experience in Angular/Angular JS, React JS and Node JS.
• Container experience with Docker and Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms
• Experience with architecting large microservices based solutions.
• Experience with data modeling and normalization concepts.
• Experience with data visualizations tools like SSRS, PowerBI & Tableau.
• Experience architecting and building data marts, warehouses, etc.
• Experience working with different query languages (i.e. PL-SQL, T-SQL).
• Experience working with code repositories and continuous integration (i.e. Git, Jenkins, etc.)
• Understanding of development and project methodologies.
• Strong experience in leading architecture activities like designing, roadmap, & proof-of-concepts.
• Ability to manage multiple customers, complex projects, and multiple initiatives
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, ability to handle diverse situations, multiple initiatives and rapidly changing priorities.

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Perks are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)

Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life (including spouse & child), 401k, STD/LTD, AD&D, and Commuter Benefits program.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.