Technical Architect

Minimum of 10 years experience in advanced technologies including a minimum of 5+ years as a technical architect 
·         Minimum 7 years’ experience in development including a minimum of 3+ years leading development resources
·         Experience in the concepts and methodologies of enterprise architecture
·         Deep knowledge of information technologies (Web Application, Database, Container Computing Platform, Infrastructure, Networks, Web & Integration software)
·         Broad understanding of technologies and has experience in implementation methodologies, software development life cycle process, and project management
·         Excellent planning and organization, project management and time management skills (particularly in delivery effort estimation and project scheduling)
·         Strong problem solving and negotiation abilities
·         Ability to inform, educate and influence managers and employees to support goals and initiatives
·         Exceptional written, verbal and presentation skills are necessary to effectively convey goals and initiatives to team and management
·         Knowledge of the vendor market and possess existing relationships
·         Experience with web applicaiton, web service and mobile application architecture and design
·         Strong API and data integration background
·         Detail design background based on technologies listed under technical experience
·         Strong Automotive OEM experience
·         Extensive background in designing architectural solutions for large complex programs which results in representation in front of Architecture Review Board (e.g. logical & physical architectures, data classifications/protections, etc.)
·         Extensive background in leading large and complex development initiatives
·         Proven technical leadership experience, leading application detailed design and development (apply proper design patterns and adhear to VWGoA architecture and design principles,  document design, review design by vendors, support QA)
·         Proven experience leading development teams (design-implementation, code review for quality and security, development mentor technical teams)
·         Experience leading technical troubleshooting including bug fix remediation and performance tuning
.         Integrate comprehensive security principles into all phases of design and architecture
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Technical Experience

•  Solid experience in Springboot, Spring framework, J2EE technologies, event driven architecture, microservices, distributed architecture and design patterns.
•  Solid experience in modelling architecture and design with expertise of at least one of the frameworks  (C4 model, UML, Archimate and Arc42 etc.)
•  Strong experience in designing and implementing Restful APIs using Spring Framework/Spring Boot and experience with API Management
•  Extensive  experience architecting and designing modern business facing and consumer facing web applications including Single Page Applications using responsive design concept with Angular or React etc.
•  Solid experience in cloud based application desing, development and API driven systems integration
•  Hands on experience with CI/CD Tools (SVN/Github/Maven/Jenkins/JIRA)
•  Experience with cloud native application design and development with main stream platforms and technologies
•  Hands on experience with cloud technologies including AWS, GCP, Openshift, Kuberbetes, ELK,  Kafka etc.
•  Experience with IBM Security Access Manager, IBM App Connect Enterprise, IBM WebSphere, IBM API Connect and Data power
•  In-depth understanding of the security architecture & design (Identity management, Authentication and Authorization framework, SAML, OIDC/OAuth2, 2FA, mTLS, secret and certificate management etc.) with hands-on experience
•  Handson experience with Application Performance Management, Web Site Performance Monitoring tools and performance tuning
•  Experience with application usage analytics and dashboard reporting
•  Good knowledge with NoSQL concepts and products
• Understanding and hands-on experience of GraphQL based API development with Apollo or similar products
• Handson experience with implementing robust logging and tracing implementation for end to end systems tracebility
• Handson experience with code quality and coverage tools like Sonarqube.
• Willng and ready to get hands on code development with dev team for developing and troubleshooting, doing quick proof of concepts for exploring new solutions, products etc.
• Experienced in working with business/product team to discuss, analyze, understand and negotiate business requirements, being able to explain to business about the technical considerations and associated implications on the user journey/experience/requirements.

Education Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree required (Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline). Master’s degree in technical discipline preferred.