Principal Technical Architect

Company: MetaOption, LLC
Location: Draper
Posted on: June 7, 2021

Job Description:

Job Title: Principal Technical Architect

The Principal Technical Architect is responsible for architecting and designing comprehensive solutions that meet functional and non-functional (e.g. performance, security, and operational considerations) requirements in support of a given initiative. The Technical Architect plays a role in establishing architectural vision and direction, architects technical solutions, provides advice and guidance, monitors emerging technologies, and helps in technology evaluation and selection.

Your Role:

         Assists with the development of frameworks, standards, policies, principles and procedures that guide technology decisions and maximize reuse of technology.

         Facilitates technical design reviews, ensuring adherence to architectural standards, and consistency across organizational and design boundaries.

         Develops functional, logical, and technical architecture for project and platform initiatives, and collaborates with project teams to realize them.

         Identifies necessary non-functional requirements (performance, security, operational concerns) and participates in the development of conceptual architecture.

         Evaluates technology, security, performance, availability, and interoperability requirements and produces high level design deliverables that enable development teams to produce products that are flexible, scalable, and secure.

         Recommends options for the resolution/prevention of technical debt and to facilitate rapid development and implementation.

         Develops and executes test plans to check infrastructure and systems technical development, and where possible, makes recommendations for improvement.

         Contributes performance, security, and operational items to backlog of development team.

         Provides technical guidance and oversight, acts as a point of escalation and serves as a technical expert on projects.

         Communicates technical architectures, relevant technologies, practices, platforms, and products to delivery team and other stakeholders.

         Mentors on business knowledge, technology, and career guidance

         Assists in the identification, analysis, and resolution of technology infrastructure problems.

         Evaluates emerging technologies and the evolution of current technologies to define a future vision roadmap for optimal applications of technology to meet business needs.

         Recommends improvements to processes and technology that improve the effectiveness of the team.

         Conducts Proof of Concept for feasibility studies.

         Oversees and facilitates the evaluation and selection of hardware and software technology, as well as the design of standard configurations for a particular project.

Qualifications:

Minimum Skills/Experience:

         Bachelors degree in Computer Science degree or related field or equivalent combination of industry related professional experience and education

         10 years+ of working experience as a practicing architect

         Experience in technology development and delivery in Internet environments

         Experience with AWS or similar Cloud based environment

         Experience with Service Oriented Architecture

         Experience as a technical architect

         Experience as a Technical Lead on large-scale software implementations with design and hands-on development

         Experience in multi-tier enterprise architecture environments

         Experience designing and developing enterprise integrations

         Experience with relevant database technologies

         Experience documenting and presenting architectural designs

         Experience working across multiple teams to influence consistent architecture patterns

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