VLink Inc · 13 hours ago
Solutions Architect
Houston, TX
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$90/hr - $95/hr
10+ years expVLink Inc is one of the fastest growing digital technology services and consulting companies. They are seeking a skilled and seasoned Solution Architect responsible for delivering high-quality solution architecture for business projects, ensuring that IT solutions align with the company's technology direction and maintain technical integrity throughout their lifecycle.
Information ServicesInformation Technology
Hiring Manager
Manish P.
Responsibilities
Architecture and Technical Leadership. Provide strong leadership skills, including fostering collaboration, driving consensus, and effectively communicating complex technical concepts.. Not only lead in your area of expertise but also play a key role in shaping and transforming the role itself—identifying opportunities, driving innovation, and delivering impact that extends beyond the initial remit. As the organization grows, your role is expected to evolve, offering continuous opportunities for development, influence, and leadership.. Serve as the primary contact for architectural aspects of IT projects.. Integrate business process, data, application, technical, and information security dimensions into cohesive IT solutions.. Ensure solution architectures are documented using standard templates and tooling complying with Shell's architectural standards.. Guide detailed designers and business analysts during the design phase.. Review and formally approve detailed solution designs.. Support Lead Architect and participate in Architecture Review Board sessions as required
Reference Model Stewardship. Actively contribute to the documentation, enhancement, and maintenance of Reference Models in BizzDesign or any other standard tooling.. Elevate project deliverables to conceptual and logical architecture levels
Technology Foresight. Monitor emerging IT technologies and apply this insight to design future-ready solutions. Engage with stakeholders to address architectural concerns and drive strategic improvements
Qualification
Required
10+ years in software and architecture delivery
Own and drive technical architecture, design, and standards for software products in Commodities Trading
Confidently lead architecture decisions across portfolios, managing divergent opinions
Create pragmatic, implementable technical designs balancing risk, complexity, cost, and value
TOGAF (or similar framework) experience and Enterprise Architecture tooling
Strong communication and collaboration skills with 5+ years' experience in trading environments
Listen to and interpret needs of technical and business stakeholders, manage expectations, and facilitate discussions
Expert in one or more of the programming languages (Node.js, .Net, .Net Core, Python etc) with Cloud Native Platform Development (Azure/AWS)
Expert in one or more of the front-end development technologies (specifically React and Micro frontend)
Expert in one or more of Data Development (SQL Databases, No SQL, Cloud Datastores etc) technologies
Hands-on experience in architecting applications into the Azure platform, including migrations/re-platforming of legacy on-premise systems
Engineering and architecture experience in designing and building containers, Microservices, Cloud Native applications, and federated Data platforms (Data Mesh)
3+ Years experience in Data Architecture including Logical data models and designing solutions using data platforms and medallion architecture
Strong knowledge of data management: engineering, pipeline development, warehousing, storage, lifecycle management, privacy, security
Experience with diverse data types: big data, high velocity streaming, IoT, low latency event triggers, longitudinal time series
Proficient in SQL and NoSQL databases
Significant experience with Azure Functions, Web Apps, distributed/event-driven architecture (event hub, event bus, Kafka), ELK
Intermediate to advanced exposure to Azure Active Directory, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Storage, Azure Kubernetes Service, CosmosDB, Azure SQL
Integration experience with Confluent/Kafka, API Management, Logic Apps
5+ years in CI/CD delivery using Git/GitHub, VSTS/Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible
Preferred
Knowledge of the end-to-end Trading Business from deal inception through to settlement
Company
VLink Inc
VLink Inc.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Sharad Patney
President and CEO
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