Our client’s mission is to create the best digital supply chain solutions and enable collaboration and visibility to our customers by combining profitability, advanced technologies, digital products, and data analytics. 

The role

• Design, develop and document software architectural solutions based on business requirements and needs.

• Recommend architecture changes to backend systems to enhance system capabilities.
• Understanding of Architecture Frameworks.
• Ability to document architectural solutions.
• Strong experience in Azure Services, preferably Azure Solutions Architect certified.
• Experience in other cloud vendors including AWS, and GCP.
• Strong experience with blockchain, preferably Quorum.
• Strong experience with containerization, preferably Kubernetes/Docker.
• Microservices running in a Kubernetes infrastructure, utilizing AKS, EKS, Openshift or other k8s solutions.
• Ability to PoC different design patterns, technologies, reusable code, to developers and business stakeholders.
• Knowledge of GIT and repository tools and structures, best practices.
• Experience in Agile and DevSecOps environments.
• Experience with configuration and orchestration tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, Ansible, Terraform, Puppet).
• Experience in developing new deployment pipelines.
• Monitor Cloud systems and infrastructure solutions.
• Identify and improve API redundant calls, long running calls, orchestrated calls, and recommend changes to optimize.
• Experience as a senior resource for infrastructure/architecture and design large scale Azure and AWS deployment.

• Ability to implement and operate Azure and AWS Platform.
• Certified AWS architect preferred but not required.
• Experience with AWS CI/CD Pipeline deployments using Jenkins and/or Gitlab Runners.
• Windows and Linux OS command line experience.
• Strong communication skills (Written, verbal and interpersonal) to lead and effectively engage stakeholders across multi-discipline to conceptualize best-fit solution from available technical options.
• Be able to clearly articulate pros and cons and lead the team to right technology path.

This position is based in the UK. Our client is a well-established and forward-thinking company and group of individuals. We value having a team that is made up of a diverse set of backgrounds and respect the healthy expression of diverse opinions. We embrace experimentation and the examination of all kinds of ideas through reasoning and testing. Our client is an equal opportunity employer.