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# Software Architect

- **Company:** J&C Associates
- **Location:** UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £21,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Engineering, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Stores, Software Design Patterns, Spring Framework, MongoDB, Neo4j, Cisco Nexus Switches, Octopus Deploy, Systems Architecture, Spring-boot, Event Driven Architecture, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Restful APIs, Domain Driven Design, Data Pipelines, Docker, Legacy Systems, Jenkins, Programming Languages, Microservices
- **Published:** July 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www1.jobdiva.co.uk/portal/?a=34jdnwd4ls8uthmwrzi4o3humpp74fc3d5cx3iu8mtcrkknzjqz9d2mvwwdvi9j7.co.ukpid=0/jobs/11250823#/jobs/11250823

## About the Role

* Bachelor Degree in IT or related field with a minimum of 10 years of professional IT experience.
 * The Consultant must demonstrate efficient experience on the below
 + Domain driven design
 + Containerisation (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and modern architecture patterns (e.g. microservices, reactive architectures, event-driven architectures(based on Apache Kafka)
 + Spring framework (Security, REST, Spring Boot, IOC)
 + Developing solutions which meet challenging performance requirements
 + Java
 + CI/CD techniques (Jenkins, Nexus, ArgoCD)
 + Test automation approach(BDD)
 + Cloud native architectures and cloud providers (Azure and GCP primarily)
 + Experience with databases(relational and nonrelational data stores (e.g., Neo4j, MongoDB etc.)) and data pipelines
 + Excellent architecture documentation skills
 + Very good written and spoken English is required

## Description

* Assist the lead architects of the prior art and search domains with the definition of the target architecture
 * Support the adoption of cloud native technologies for data management
 * Design and support the implementation of interfaces between various bounded contexts covering both internal and external domains
 * Support projects and ongoing initiatives to align them with the target architecture
 * Provide system architecture support to the product team(s) in the NPL and Search domains
 * Create reference implementations of relevant design patterns
 * Lead/participate in proof of concepts
 * Provide guidance to development teams during implementation phase
 * Assist to the decommissioning of legacy systems in this area
 * Acting on one hand as architect in projects and on the other hand delivering domain architectures, proof of concepts, standards and patterns.
 * Have and maintain hands-on experience with the relevant technologies and development languages, allowing to perform proof of concepts, design fitfor-purpose solutions and guiding development and implementation teams to successful delivery


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