Solution Architect

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Solution architecture is the backbone of our implementation work. With clients and prospects, solution engineers and solution architects focus on the use of the Alfa Systems platform to deliver the client's functional & non-functional requirements, taking into account the integration landscape, enterprise aims, business goals and project constraints.

Alfa is looking to recruit a Solution Architect to our team with prior Alfa implementation experience and hands on experience with Alfa Systems software. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Understand and document our client’s systems and integration landscape and then propose, design & deliver integration solutions.

• Supporting customer configuration of the Alfa Systems’ platform to meet their business requirements

• Work to deeply understand the customer’s business objectives and requirements, and design and architect solutions which are in-line with best practice, accelerating launch of the customer's business on the Alfa Cloud platform.

• Work closely with the customer to understand their program roadmap, and uncover and realize opportunities for Alfa. Be a trusted advisor to key customer's business and technical stakeholders.

• Provide technical design consulting for API-based integrations

• Align requirements to product functionality, offering best practice and scalable solutions along the way

• Architect the appropriate business intelligence/data-warehousing approach for integrating from our platform to the client data landscape.

• Assess non-functional requirements and assist with the implementation.

• Work with our clients to develop performance targets, testing plans and to assist with execution, including the performance tuning of the Alfa application and diagnosing issues.

• Collaborate with our functional experts to provide guidance to our clients about product functionality including standard methodology and inquisitive workarounds. Work with clients and engineering to add to and manage enhancements on our product roadmap.

• Support client teams with overall architecture across existing supported platforms and our cloud hosted services as appropriate.

• Distill and share your knowledge both internally and externally. Mentor and help to shape the next generation of solution architects.

We would love you to have:
 

• Prior experience working on an Alfa implementation, using Alfa Systems

• Experience  in software development, technical advocacy, technical consultancy, technical pre-sales, solution architecture or enterprise architecture.

• Ability to investigate technical discussions around design and an intellectual curiosity to always keep your technical skills current while maintaining a pulse on industry trends.

• Excellent communication and consultancy skills.

• Business analysis and client requirement gathering.

• Knowledge of common integration patterns and approaches.

• Ability to look at a problem holistically, balancing competing constraints, to identify pragmatic solutions, often in an evolving environment.

• Experience in mentoring and coaching.

Preferred:

• Experience in the US Auto / Equipment Finance Industry.

• Integration experience with APIs, web services, event streaming and messaging (Kafka, JMS, SQS etc).

• Experience with market-leading SaaS or iPaaS solutions.

• Hands-on AWS/Azure/Google Cloud experience.

• Database experience, including with reporting systems/data warehousing.

• Performance analysis, with tools like JProfiler/CodeGuru.

• Knowledge of Containers (Docker).

• Knowledge of and experience with data engineering concepts, tooling and patterns.

What we’ll do for you: 

• 33 days’ annual leave (incl. 9 public holidays/cultural days) and the possibility to buy up to 10 more days a year 

• Flexible work  - hybrid or remote work with modern workspaces available

• Health, Dental and Vision insurance with reimbursement of copays/coinsurance/deductibles for in-network medical costs

• Voluntary Accident and Critical Illness Insurance

• Health and Dependent Care FSA

• Fully paid-for life, disability and travel insurances 

• Gym and Wellness Scheme through Wellhub with access to a range of studios, gyms and wellbeing apps

• 401k plan - matching at 100% of the first 6% contributed (immediately vested)

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with 24/7 crisis support 

• 3 paid volunteering days as well as 5 paid learning and development days

• Fun social events throughout the year and annual Company Conferences 

About Alfa

With over 500 employees worldwide, we’re a leading provider of software and services to the global auto and equipment finance industries. Alfa Systems, our technology platform, is at the heart of some of the world’s largest auto and equipment finance companies. Key to the business case for each implementation is Alfa Systems’ ability to consolidate multiple client systems onto a single platform. Alfa Systems supports both retail and corporate business for auto, equipment, wholesale and dealer finance on a multi-jurisdictional basis, including leases and loans, originations and servicing. Alfa Systems is an end-to-end solution with integrated workflow and automated processing using configurable business rules, with an extensive API allowing real-time integration to other systems. With over 30 current clients and 26 countries served, Alfa has been delivering successful projects for our customers since 1990, and is expanding rapidly throughout Europe, North America and beyond.

Our Culture

Our culture is vibrant, innovative and diverse, and we are proud of it. Ours is a close-knit community. Alfa employees are an eclectic mix and all are creative, dedicated and hardworking. We believe it is important to build close working relationships within our company, so we hold numerous team events and conferences that bring us together for socializing and team building. We all enjoy the work-life balance and the great culture, with plenty of social activities organized by the company.

Compensation Information: 

• Base salary range: USD [$130,000] to [$180,000] annually, in compliance with state and local regulations

• In addition to cash compensation, Alfa employees are eligible to participate in our Profit Share bonus scheme (after 6 months of service) and our Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). 

• Individual compensation is determined on various factors including market data, experience, qualifications and internal job equity. 

Please note: If, based on your qualifications and experience, we believe you may be a strong fit for another position within our organization, a member of our U.S. Recruitment Team may reach out to discuss that opportunity with you.

There is no application deadline at this time. 

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