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Clearscale · 1 day ago

Software Architect

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

ClearScale is a leading AWS Premier Consulting Partner that empowers businesses to maximize cloud potential. They are seeking a talented and experienced Software Architect to lead the design and implementation of scalable software solutions on the AWS platform, engaging with clients to understand their needs and guide technology choices.

Big DataCloud ComputingCloud InfrastructureConsultingSaaSSoftwareWeb Hosting

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Lead sessions with business and technical experts to deeply understand their needs, solicit and document requirements

Consult and advise engineers, architects and executives, help define the right choice of technology stack for the solution of business problems

Create SOWs and/or provide a structured and complete informational background to the engineering team

Design and articulate major aspects of highly scalable, reliable, and performant technical software solutions that leverage AWS cloud platform to automate business solutions

Handle potential trade-offs occurring during the implementation phase, make decisions and suggest the right course of action, establish patterns

Handle the strategic vision, align roadmaps and requirements. Build and maintain technical trusted advisor relationships with all levels in an organization, from technical experts to senior executives

Accelerate innovation by detecting high-impact, repeatable solutions for enterprises, iteratively deploying them, and representing ClearScale capabilities in AWS Cloud Solutions to customers and the community

Authorship of technical publications, including blog entries, case studies, and ebooks

Qualification

AWS cloud platformEnterprise software solutionsCloud-based applicationsAWS Solutions Architect ProfessionalEvent-driven technologiesContainerized environmentsProject management methodologiesLeadership rolesCommunication skillsTechnical presentations

Required

Bachelor's degree in an engineering/scientific field or 5+ years of designing and developing services or applications within an organization

5+ years consulting experience and track record of helping customers with their needs or comparable experience working with internal customers in a product company

Understanding fundamentals of different project management methodologies and frameworks (covering Agile, Lean Development, and classical waterfall) applicable for custom software engineering

8+ years of experience building enterprise software solutions

4+ years of hands-on experience working with AWS cloud platform

Experience designing and implementing modern cloud-based applications using event-driven and NoSQL technologies (e.g. Lambda, Kafka, Kinesis, DynamoDB, S3, ActiveMQ, SQS, EventBridge, Redis/Memcached)

Experience with containerised environments and/or serverless applications, understanding of architecture patterns, area of applicability, restrictions, and typical problems

Experience building fault-tolerant and no-downtime distributed cloud systems

Experience using and adapting to new technologies

Comfort with assuming high-profile leadership roles in demanding, highly visible customer situations

Strong listening, written and oral communication skills