Solution Architect

Solution Architect

Location: Must be able to come in couple days a week in one of the following locations – Minneapolis, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco

Duration: 6 month rolling contract

Type: C2C/W2

Client: Apex/US Bank

Job Description:

This is for US Bank asset management group. Part of wealth management and investment services. This is aligned with delivery dates. Two teams in this group. Will be working closely with these teams. Focus on creating architecture for the teams and collaborating with info security teams to ensure compliance. Collaboration will be very important in this role. Looking for someone that is very responsible, accountable and mature. Needs someone that can push themselves (self-starter). Need to delivery and drive projects without being reminded. Capability to analyze platforms and come up with roadmap for the platform. Personal characteristics are more important than technology.

Looking for a mature solution architect. Needs to understand technology. Come from dev background in.NET and understands how read and write.NET code to create POC's. Not writing code in delivery. Maybe like 70-80% collaboration with teams and 20-30% coding (as needed) for adding new technology will need to create POC's.

Technical Stack:

• .NET Core
• Rest
• Microservices
• SQL Server
• CI/CD / DevOps
• Azure Storage (Nice to have), Azure compute (required) and Azure container (Must Have)
• Docker K8 (Required)

Job Description from Client:

Solution Architect (Beeline title may be 'API architect')

U.S. Bank is looking for a motivated and experienced technical leader to be a key player in changing how we deliver technology for our Wealth Management & Investment Services business. This person will have a direct and far-reaching impact on Cloud adoption, and Agile/DevOps maturity in addition to working with Machine Learning and Blockchain technologies. The role requires working across a broad spectrum of technology and business partners to deliver a portfolio of products for our customers. There could not be a better time to join our team as we transform how we deliver technology.

Responsibilities:

• Self-starter who can pick up new technologies/skills, be comfortable with ambiguity, and drive initiatives forward
• Who can collaborate with development and enterprise teams and work independently with minimal support from the lead architect
• Identify end-to-end solutions, leverage best practices, and patterns
• Create Proof of Concepts, apply existing technologies in new ways, prove out new approaches and technologies
• Provides technical governance and guidance in partnership with application development teams
• Researches, models, and integrates business and technology architectures to align with business strategy, goals, and objectives
• Consults on a wide spectrum of existing and emerging technologies
• Review high-risk technology projects for compatibility with IT standards and strategic direction
• Drive portfolio initiatives around technology simplification, resilience, stability

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• At least 5 years of experience with the concepts, philosophies, and tools behind the design of applications, information, and underlying information technologies
• At least 15 years of experience in developing and implementing applications and end-to-end solutions

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Solution Architecture role (5+ years) coming from an Application Architect/Senior Application Developer background
• Very strong Interpersonal skills with excellent verbal and written communication
• Collaborative style with an ability to achieve consensus
• Proven technical leader
• Design of an application’s code base, layering, componentization, and framework selection a plus
• End-to-end system solutioning/exposure…Security, Performance, Availability, Scalability.
• Information Security and Financial Services domain knowledge a plus

Must-Have Tech Skills:

• MS.NET and.core Framework, REST, Microservice.
• Microsoft SQL Server, large/complex datasets, data modeling, and performance tuning.
• T-SQL, Indexed Views, Stored Procedures, and Functions.
• Proven track record with CI/CD, Agile/DevOps, and Test Automation.
• MS Azure Storage, Compute, and Container (Docker/K8s).