- Company Name
- Alliance Search Partners
- Job Title
- Lead Solutions Architect
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Lead Solutions Architect
**Role Summary:**
Lead enterprise-level solution design and implementation for Financial Services clients, driving strategy, architecture, and delivery across multi-cloud environments while mentoring technical teams and maintaining strong client relationships.
**Expectations:**
- Minimum 10 years of development/architecture experience; 5 + years designing scalable, secure systems with Java or Microsoft technologies.
- Proficiency in Java, C#, .NET, Angular/React, JavaScript, REST/JSON/SOAP, SQL, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Hands‑on experience with OpenShift, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile engineering.
- Strong client‑facing communication, able to articulate complex technical solutions to diverse stakeholders.
- Steward of architecture best practices, intellectual property, and continuous improvement.
- Leadership of cross‑functional teams, mentorship, and coaching.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Define and drive solution strategy, migration roadmaps, and transformation initiatives aligned with client needs and industry trends.
- Facilitate technical solution discussions with platform architects, developers, and business stakeholders.
- Produce effort estimates, scope deliverables, and establish realistic timelines.
- Champion CI/CD, DevOps pipelines, and Agile practices in client engagements.
- Mentor and coach technical teams throughout project lifecycle.
- Lead development of intellectual property, best‑practice guidelines, and architecture frameworks.
- Build and sustain close client relationships, serving as primary technical adviser.
- Conduct research, evaluate existing interfaces, create roadmaps, and recommend future‑state solutions.
- Collaborate with stakeholders on scoping, deliverables, and estimates for proposed solutions.
**Required Skills:**
- **Architecture & Design:** Enterprise, scalable, secure systems; RESTful APIs; cloud‑native design; API performance optimization.
- **Technologies:** Java, C#, .NET, Angular/React, JavaScript, SQL, Spring/Web Services, AWS/Azure/GCP, OpenShift, Kubernetes.
- **DevOps & Agile:** CI/CD, pipeline automation, container orchestration, Agile coaching.
- **Design Frameworks:** TOGAF, Zachman, enterprise architecture best practices.
- **Soft Skills:** Leadership, mentorship, client engagement, clear communication, problem solving, decisive judgment.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional (Cloud Architect certification required).
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