Solution Architect– Remote  

We are looking for a Solution Architect to join our remote team.  

This role will be responsible for providing solution architecture, configuration details and conduct proof of concepts required to setup and operationalize modern data platform to meet batch and real-time applications requirement. This includes conducting proof of concepts, providing infrastructure/tech stack recommendations, performance tuning, configuration setting, automation, pipeline deployment and security/policy definition and setup activities for various use cases and access requirements. 

Responsibilities 

• Track audit/review results related to Data Management and compile audit information for management reporting 
• Support data architecture team to document and publish data flows, transformation definitions, and source assessments 
• Identify and implement a data governance platform including a data catalog and dictionary 
• Partner with Data Analysts to define critical data and related standards/business rules 
• Facilitate the development and implementation of data quality standards, and adopt these requirements across the enterprise 
• Design and develop security architectures for Cloud and Cloud hybrid-based systems 
• Design and implement Cloud-native architectures that will allow business requirements to be met with a minimal degree of risk to the organization 
• To be able to benchmark systems, analyze system bottlenecks and propose solutions to eliminate them 
• Experience with enterprise applications (architecture, development, support, and troubleshooting) 
• Ability to perform threat modeling and design reviews to assess security implications and requirements for introduction of new technologies 
• Responsible for all aspects of architecture, design, build, engineering and implementation of technical solutions using technical platforms (JAVA, Microsoft, Azure, AWS, Big data Stack etc.) 
• Understand the enterprise architecture roadmap. Research, identify and recommend industry best practices for solving business problems 
• Provide recommendations and technical guidance to improve performance, reliability, and reusability within the constraints of budget, resource and business dependencies 
• To be able to help program and project managers in the design, planning and governance of implementing projects of any kind 

Requirements 

• Bachelor's Degree or master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics 
• 15+ years of strong solution architecture experience in variety of IT positions. Recent 5+ years of experience must be on solution/systems/ enterprise architecture with large scale complex IT systems 
• 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience 
• 10+ years of experience integrating technical processes and business outcomes – specifically: data and process analysis, data quality metrics/monitoring, data architecture, developing policies/standards & supporting processes 
• Experience with Spark, Hive, Hadoop, Kafka, Columnar Databases 
• experience in designing solutions for multiple large data warehouses with a good understanding of cluster and parallel architecture as well as high-scale or distributed RDBMS and/or knowledge on NoSQL platforms 
• Strong data governance experience, exposure for IBM – IGC and IA a plus 
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, highly technical environment 
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal 
• Strong database fundamentals including SQL, performance and schema design 
• Strong understanding of programming languages like Java, Scala or Python 
• Experience with Git