Application Solution Architect

3+ years of experience as an Architect working with Modern Java Projects (Microservices Architecture, API''s, Containerization Technologies) * 10+ years of IT Java application development ( Version 17.0-21.0) using spring * Understand what containerization is and how they work with applications (Kubernetes or Open-Shift experience) * Understands Horizontal & Vertical Scaling and how it impacts application performance * Excellent communications skills with the ability to tailor messaging to technical and non-technical audiences * Ability to translate business requirements into practical architecture decisions * Experience making real work tradeoff decisions (time, cost, resources, vs. needing Architectural purity) * Ability to apply architecture patterns * Close to the work and willing to be hands-on (Recent hands-on experience with Java & Containerization is preferred)