Title:  Solution Architect (NJUS)

Purpose of Position

The Solution Architect (SA) is accountable for being intimately involved with all technical activities, and for providing architectural direction and leadership on assigned project teams.  The SA's job duties include, but are not limited to, developing and documenting high-level solution architectures, scoping, approach, estimation, research, tool evaluation, documenting patterns and standards, defining technology strategy, technology evaluation and recommendation, mentoring through hands-on assistance as well as formal/informal training, and some technical development all while adhering to NetJets technology standards and best practices.  SAs must be able to take high level direction, formulate a plan to achieve the goals and execute the plan.  Additionally, SAs must be able to work across project teams, Product Owners, and Enterprise Architects and will be expected to work on multiple tasks and initiatives concurrently.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Be intimately involved with all technical activities and provide architectural direction and leadership on assigned project teams.  Additionally, remaining current with regards to architecture and technology trends and help drive change based upon emerging opportunities.
• Drive the scoping, estimation, and the development/documenting of high-level solution architectures for new projects.
• Effectively interact/communicate with business users regarding requirements, design reviews, prototype presentations, etc.
• Provide technical and process coaching/mentoring of project team members regarding the understanding of technologies and processes, which may include leading a Center of Excellence.
• Author and curate Standards, Processes, Procedures
• Create Reference Architectures, and manage technical lifecycle
• Research and recommend technologies to be adopted to solve business problems 
   

Education

Certifications and Licenses

Years of Experience

Core Competencies

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other (KSAOs)

• 6+ years architecture experience (or 4+ years with a master’s degree) providing technical leadership/guidance/mentorship
• Experience with conceptual and logical data modeling
• Experience with enterprise integration patterns and best practices
• Experience in designing fault-tolerant systems and disaster recovery best practices
• Familiarity with Cloud platforms, AWS, Salesforce, SAP
• Experience with Agile software development processes
• Experience facilitating meetings with project teams, business stakeholders, Product Owners, etc., including building consensus and mediating compromises when necessary
• Exhibit high degree of self-management
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience providing technical direction and leadership for multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience with CI/CD concepts and practices
• NetJets is a 24/7/365 operation and the job will require evening/weekend work to meet expectations
• Experience in designing and developing distributed enterprise applications
• Experience with web applications and relational database architectures
• In-depth knowledge working with and managing Git (Bitbucket, Github, CodeCommit)
• Experience developing secure applications, including familiarity with security standards like SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect
• Experience designing and building reusable APIs using OpenAPI, GraphQL or ODATA
• Experience with integration tools and best practices
• Knowledge of NoSQL and GraphDB concepts
• Knowledge/experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon ECS
• Experience with Nexus/PyPi/NPM
• Expertise in one or more of the following: Jave, Node, Groovy, Serverless Technologies, OpenAPI, RAML, Json Schema, API Gateway, MicroService, JavaScript, ES6, HTML5, CSS3, Sass, React, Redux, Webpack, AngularJS, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Markteting Cloud, Apptus, Lambdas, Step Functions, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, Cloud Formation