Architect / Sr. Software Engineer

Senior Architect/Software Engineer

Technical architecting, hands-on programming, problem-solving, PoC building, and owning, building, and reviewing thorough documentation.

Work closely with business champions, vendors, project managers, system analysts, QA, compliance, regulations, security, operations, and infrastructure teams to create and/or review integration-focused project documents to cover all the relevant aspects including data, tools, security, compliance, and operations requirements.

Develop/Program proofs-of-concept. Support developers in problem-solving. Conduct code-reviews.

Create and maintain documents like project scope, requests for proposal, high-level solutions architecture, low-level technical architecture, APIs specifications, context diagrams, sequence diagrams, process flow diagrams, work breakdown structure, tasks planning, programming specifications, data mapping and transformation documentation, ER diagrams, test plans, change approval documentation, operations runbook, deployment documentation, integration Catalogue, etc.

Program, configure, and production support functionalities like APIs, Systems & Data integrations, MSFT suite integration, Device integration programming, ETL processes, deployment scripts, etc.

Diagnose and resolve reported defects/incidents in applications.

Understand and translate business requirements to technical specifications, and able to reverse engineer the code into logical documentation/specifications.

Identify bottlenecks, problems, and improvement opportunities and focus on process and performance improvements.

Conduct or coordinate testing to ensure that developed components are consistent with defined functional and technical needs.

Take technical responsibility to complete the projects and support tasks end-to-end. Execute required steps of the project life cycle, change management, and status reporting processes.

Stay abreast of technology and industry trends by the means of constant learning.

Other relevant tasks as assigned by the manager.

A bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field is required. Master's is preferred.

A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively complex experience in a directly related area, during which both professional and technical capabilities have been clearly demonstrated.

A minimum of seven (7) years of architecting, design and development experience with various relevant Microsoft platforms (predominantly with Azure), tools, technologies, patterns, and techniques related to integration and data is required.

A minimum of three (3) years of experience must be as an architect or solution designer with relevant job functions and technologies is required. Hands-on programming experience throughout is a must.

Experience with healthcare industry regulations, data security and compliance standards (e.g. GDPR), and EDI standards (e.g. FHIR, HL7), etc. is very much preferred.

Experience with industry/domains like pharmaceutical, finance, HR, sales, marketing, and manufacturing is valuable.

Architecture certification like TOGAF or similar, and Developer certifications of Azure and/or Microsoft suite technologies is a big plus.

Technical skills:

• In-depth knowledge and thorough experience in working with a variety of integration patterns is very important.
• In-depth knowledge and thorough experience in programming, configuring, and/or integrating using/with Azure integration tools like Data factory, LogicApps, Functions, API Management, Data catalog, WebApps, Integration service environment, configuring monitoring & diagnostics, etc., and connectivity & security configurations (certificates, encryptions, etc.).
• In-depth knowledge and experience with Azure data storage (SQL Server, Data lake, Synapse, etc.) & access tools, APIs, cloud connectivity, and ETL processes.
• In-depth knowledge & experience using Visual Studio, with one of the programming languages C#/Java/JavaScript/Python, PowerShell, and Postman, SOAPUI or similar tools.
• In-depth knowledge and thorough experience of using Serverless, SOAP, XML, REST, JSON, EDI, XSLT, Async/Sync, Request/Response, Service Bus, Publish/Subscribe, Batch/Real-time, Scheduling, Event triggers, etc.
• In-depth knowledge and development experience using MS SQL Server (SSIS, T-SQL, Stored procedures, Functions, Views, Queries, Datatype conversions, etc.).
• Knowledge and experience of MS Office/MS Office 365 suite, SharePoint Online, Power Apps, GitHub, MS Teams, etc.
• Thorough understanding of the fundamental architecture of the cloud and on-prem MSFT Suite (e.g. Share point) and Integration platforms architecture (e.g. BizTalk, MuleSoft, or similar), and version control methods.
• Solid fundamentals and thorough understanding of exception handling principles and production/operational support solutions (alerts, dashboards, runbooks, etc.)
• Thorough understanding and practice/experience of designing performance tuned architecture, investigating performance issues and fixing and tuning the systems
• Experience working with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipeline.
• Experience working with MS D365, ServiceNow, Azure Analytics tools, Azure Data lake, Azure Synapse, Azure BYOD & Data verse
• Experience or knowledge of Informatica, BI tools, etc. is a big plus.

General business skills:

• Clear communication to translate and explain business requirements to technology & vice-versa. Analytical & methodical mindset with a problem-solving attitude is extremely important for the success of this role.
• Clear, concise written, verbal, and presentation skills. Must be a team player who can earn a team's respect quickly. Ability to take initiative and be innovative.
• Ability to complete projects and achieve results in an ambiguous work environment.

Personal skills - Ethical: acts with integrityPassionate: committed to improveInnovative: incorporates lessons learnedRespectful: seeks and uses multiple points of view

Criteria for success - Reliable delivery of scheduled deliverables by following standard architecture & design; no defects found in productionCompliance with the firm and department policies and procedures

Language(s) - English (Working language).

Other comments: The Sr. Architect/Software Engineer will be part of an Integration team that is accountable for technical deliveries of integration projects and system enhancements, and production support services. The candidate is expected to work closely with applications, analytics, infrastructure, security, compliance, PMO, QA, and system analysis teams. The candidate must be a strong analytical problem solver and creative thinker with the ability to ask the right questions and develop a point of view that will influence technical decisions. The successful candidate will be a disciplined self-starter and will deliver quality solutions to our global business. Team-play and visibility through routine and precise reporting and following of methods and processes is a major aspect of the work and can be a major success factor. This is a senior role that requires to own projects/tasks to ensure end-to-end delivery with quality. The ability and willingness to thoroughly documenting (with a lot of pictures/diagrams/flows) all the aspects of the integration projects/tasks is a key requirement for this role. Routine hands-on programming tasks are also expected from this role