Responsibilities
Role / Job Summary
· Handle, manage and oversee PAS architecture topics for the platforms delegated to GSC.
Qualification / Certification
· Bachelors/Master’s degree in computer/Information technology disciplines
· Good to have TOGAF/Azure/AWS cloud architect certifications.
· Good to have Database technology certification
Key Responsibilities
As Platform Architect here's what we'll be looking for you to bring:
Basic understanding of the following areas:
· Cloud service offerings (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS services as well as high level product offerings)
· Exposure to different database technologies
o Good knowledge in high availability concepts like clustering/replication/switchover/failover etc
o Good knowledge in database traffic/client connections models
o Basic knowledge of backup and restoration
o Basic user authentication methods
· Infrastructure as Software (Container Orchestration, Observability, CI/CD)
· Modern and Cloud security practices
· Architecture risk patters and analysis
· Modern API platform design
Organizational skills and consulting abilities that:
· Develop and evolve technology strategy, aligned to and prioritized by business objectives
· Influence / coach enterprise architecture on modern evolutionary platform architecture principles and practices
· Develop and communicate measurements of platform progress and business impact
· Support organizational changes in regard to capability development, restructuring toward product-centric team models, and transitioning to modern agile SDLC practices
· Communicate technical decisions to non-technical audiences and build consensus around them
· Articulate the value of foundational technology approaches to business executives (e.g. the pros & cons of microservices architectures in a given context)
· Own key relationships both up and downstream of the platform teams to ensure delivery.
· Manage priorities and make decisions in high stakes scenarios.
Profile required
Mandatory Skills / Experience
· Knowledge and experience of working with multiple database management systems like PostgreSQL, Oracle Database, SQL Server, NoSQL Database, Document DBs and other core database technologies
· Knowledge and experience of Architecture principles and patterns
· Experience in designing resilient and high available platforms
· Designing the APIs
· Experience in microservices architecture
· Cloud migrations experience
· Best practices in cloud migration/transformations
· Knowledge of resiliency principles
· Active participation/contribution to Architecture governance
Why join us
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