Application Architect - Microservices & Java on AWS

• Collaborates with business, engineering and product stakeholders to drive holistic architectural design across diverse structures and systems.
• Collaborates with business, engineering and product stakeholders to drive holistic technology implementations while maintaining constant focus on delivering client value.
• Monitors industry and the competition for solution-focused technical and process changes and advances.
• Develops the data, application and technology architecture for network, project and platform initiatives.
• Evaluates performance, security, reliability, operations, technology and interoperability requirements and produces high level design deliverables that enable development teams to produce products that are flexible, scalable, and secure.
• Works with cross-functional technical, development and delivery teams to ensure application of smooth, efficient and scalable release processes.
• Designs, creates and communicates application technology, data and application architectures, relevant technologies, practices, platforms and products to delivery teams and other stakeholders.
• Creates proofs of concept to determine the viability of new or different technologies., * - Design and architect microservices-based applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• • Define and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and best practices.
• • Lead the selection of appropriate AWS services for deployment, scalability, and security.
• • Collaborate with development teams to ensure alignment with architectural vision.
• • Create high-level and low-level design documents and system diagrams.
• • Ensure system reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• • Participate in code reviews and provide technical guidance to developers.
• • Support DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code.

• • Proven experience as an Application Architect or similar role in enterprise environments.
• • Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful API design.
• • Hands-on experience with AWS services such as ECS, EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, and S3.
• • Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes.
• • Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline.
• • Excellent understanding of microservices architecture and design patterns.
• • Strong problem-solving and communication skills., * - AWS Certified Solutions Architect or equivalent certification.
• • Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as CloudWatch, ELK Stack, or Prometheus.
• • Knowledge of security best practices in cloud-native applications.
• • Experience with Agile methodologies and working in cross-functional teams.

You will be successful in this role if you have:

BA/BS degree and 12+ years' relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and experience Master's degree preferred