.Net Software Architect

Role: .Net Software Architect Duration: Long term contract Location: Chicago or Minneapolis (hybrid) Client: Large Financial Services Cli...

Role: .Net Software Architect

Duration: Long term contract

Location: Chicago or Minneapolis (hybrid)

Client: Large Financial Services Client

Description
Our client is looking for a motivated and experienced technical leader to be a key player in changing how we deliver technology for our Wealth Management & Investment Services business. This person will have direct and far reaching impact on Cloud adoption, Agile/DevOps maturity in addition to working with Machine Learning and Blockchain technologies. The role requires working across a broad spectrum of technology and business partners to deliver a portfolio of products for our customers. There could not be a better time to join our team as we transform how we deliver technology.

Responsibilities
• Self-starter who can pick up new technologies/skills, be comfortable with ambiguity and drive initiatives forward
• Identify end to end solutions, leverage best practices and patterns
• Create Proof of Concepts, apply existing technologies in new ways, prove out new approaches and technologies
• Provides technical governance and guidance in partnership with application development teams
• Researches, models, and integrates business and technology architectures to align with business strategy, goals and objectives
• Consults on a wide spectrum of existing and emerging technologies
• Reviews high-risk technology projects for compatibility with IT standards and strategic direction
• Drive portfolio initiatives around technology simplification, resilience, stability

Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• At least 5 years' experience with the concepts, philosophies and tools behind the design of applications, information and underlying information technologies
• At least 10 years' experience with developing and implementing applications and end to end solutions

Preferred Skills/Experience
• Solution Architecture role (3+ years) coming from an Application Architect/Senior Application Developer background
• Very strong Interpersonal skills with excellent verbal and written communication
• Collaborative style with an ability to achieve consensus
• Proven technical leader
• App Stack (must have) - .NET Core, REST, Microservice, React
• Database experience (must have) - Microsoft SQL Server (must have), Cassandra (nice to have), large/complex datasets, data modelling, performance, platform evolution, data delivery
• Cloud (Required) - Docker/K8s. On-prem, AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform.
• Delivery (Required) - proven track record with CI/CD, Agile/DevOps, Test Automation
• Design of an application's code base, layering, componentization, framework selection a plus
• End to end system solutioning/exposure...Security, Performance, Availability, Scalability.
• Information Security and Financial Services domain knowledge a plus
• Messaging Middleware - Kafka(preferable), TIBCO a plus

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