System Architect

About the Job
We are looking for an experienced Systems Architect to work closely with the scrum teams providing technical enablement with respect to subsystems within the Agile release train. As Systems architect, you will be supporting high level decisions for development, creating architectural approaches for software design and implementation with the aim of guiding the development teams. You will help with the alignment to a common architectural and technological vision of an entire solution by defining the systems and subsystems, validating technology assumptions, and evaluating alternatives or options within the context of the ART. Key Responsibilities

• Collaboration: Work with Enterprise architects and stakeholders for

reviews and approvals needed as per the process. Collaborate with
other professionals to determine functional and non-functional requirements for new software or applications

• Work on the overall vision of stakeholders and customers.

• Choose the right approach that aligns with business needs.

• Implementation oversight: Guide implementation to ensure solutions

meet design specifications. Provide guidance to development teams
and communicate successfully all concepts and guidelines to development team & oversee progress of development team to ensure consistency with initial design

• Integration: Ensure seamless integration of system components with

other systems.

• Quality assurance: Manage reviews (design/code) for the critical

components to ensure systems are robust and secure.

• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation for system

designs and processes.

• Value stream and ART responsibilities: Align system designs with

Value streams and ART, participate in PI planning, and support the
continuous delivery pipeline.

• Continuous improvement: Recommend enhancements to existing systems

for improved efficiency.
Requirements and skills

• Bachelor//'s or master//'s degree in computer science, Software

Engineering, or a related field.

• Proven experience (5 years) as systems architect

• Extensive knowledge of software development methodologies, source

code management strategies, design patterns, DevSecOps, automation,
and best practices.

• Ability to translate non-functional requirements such as

availability, flexibility, stability, ease of maintenance and
security.

• Experience of implementing software using Enterprise .NET

technologies (.NET 5+), web based and desktop clients, application
servers, relational and non-relational databases, container-based services (such as Docker, Kubernetes), service-bus solutions, testing strategies.

• Excellent knowledge of software and application design and

architecture

• Understanding of software quality assurance principles

• A technical mindset with great attention to detail

• High quality organizational and leadership skills

• Strong communication and presentation skills

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual abilities

• Experience with information processing fundamentals and best

practices

• Ability to prioritize tasks, especially when under pressure

Desirable

• Microsoft .NET Core Certified

• Experience of using Microsoft Azure DevOps tools

• Experience of using Github

• Experience of using Jira