Software Architect

Software Architect

MCCARTNEY HR is now accepting resumes now for Software Architect positions.

The Software Architect helps creating the technological vision and drives the technology strategy of a given project. He/she works with engineering leaders and other software architects. 

This position does not only require excellent technical skills, but outstanding analytical, leadership and influencing skills paired with great business acumen. It is a leadership role that requires alignment building and communication with all levels in the engineering organization.

Responsibilities/Duties

• Selects, defines, and designs the driving software architecture and enterprise capabilities for the project


• Works in a consultative fashion with other organizations such as security and operations 


• Provide leadership to engineers


• Determines which leading edge technologies are to be used and leveraged


• Analyzes and provides feedback on product strategy

Skills and Experience

The ideal candidate has knowledge of experience with 

• Java, J2EE, Spring


• RDBMS and NoSQL: Oracle, Mongo, Cassandra


• AWS or other public clouds


• Containers (Docker, Kubernetes and / or similar) 


• CI/CD


• Enterprise integration architecture and - patterns


• Agile SDLC


• Capacity planning


• HA/DR system strategies


• REST, MicroServices, Orchestration


• Direct experience with relevant technologies and concepts: micro services, distributed systems, SAAS at scale, private/public cloud, MDA, EIA etc 


• Must have successfully build and deployed mission critical, large scale SAAS and enterprise applications


• Ability to actively communicate, inspire and motivate all levels of staff.


• Ability to think and act strategically and proactively.


• Strong writing and presentation skills. 


• Strong influencing skills


• Strong leadership skills

Education 

1. MS in a related field and 5 years experience OR BS in related field and at least 10 years experience in the Information Technology arena, at least 3 years management and strategic experience in this field 


2. Experience as engineering leader: process, culture


3. Practical development and coding experience


4. SCRUM Master a plus


5. Experience managing small teams a plus