Technical Solutions Architect

Notes:

• The candidate needs to be onsite in Denver, CO 4 days a week from day 1.
• Items in bold below are must haves.
• Items not in bold are nice to have.
• Need a Solution Architect who used to be a good developer and has become an architect, where they are able to go deep in 1 - 2 technologies and down to the code level (even though they won't be coding, they can review code and provide feedback / guidance to others).

Job Scope:

As a Technical Solution Architect, you will be responsible for architecting a robust Kafka-based integration platform to ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of complex software systems and infrastructure. Your role bridges development and operations, focusing on architecting robust, scalable, and highly available systems. With deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud computing, networking, and software engineering, you will design,

implement, and maintain systems that handle large volumes of traffic with minimal downtime.

Your problem-solving skills will help analyze system behavior, identify bottlenecks, and implement performance improvements. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, sharing best practices and promoting a culture of reliability and operational excellence.

Duties and Responsibilities:

● Design a scalable and future-proof cloud architecture that can evolve with business needs.

● Design and implement a high-performance, reliable Kafka integration solution.

● Configure and optimize Kafka clusters for optimal performance, ensuring seamless data flow.

● Design and implement as-a-service architectures.

● Build software and systems to manage platform infrastructure and applications.

● Improve reliability, quality, and time-to-market for our suite of software solutions.

● Measure and optimize system performance, anticipating customer needs and drivin continual improvement.

● Provide self-service tools and solutions for supporting large-scale distributed software applications.

● Design end-to-end solutions.

● Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to design and implement highly available, reliable, and scalable systems and services related to PaaS and IaaS infrastructures.

● Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance to the team.

● Perform other duties as requested.

Basic / Minimum Qualifications:

● Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

● Minimum of 10 years of overall engineering work experience, including 5 years of architect experience.

● Possesses in-depth expertise in Apache Kafka (v2.x ) including configuration, optimization, and best practices with a minimum of 2-3 years of hands-on experience.

● Experience with Orchestration Workflow (i.e. Camunda or similar).

Additional Job Qualifications:

● Ability to handle multiple projects and tasks simultaneously.

● Ability to mentor junior engineers.

● Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills under pressure.

● Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

● Experience in a DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering role.

● Experience with Infrastructure as Code, scripting, and development.

● Experience with virtualization platforms such as VMware, OpenStack.

● Experience with Public Cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.

● Proficiency in Unix/Linux or Windows systems administration.

● Experience with Node.js, React.js, or other JavaScript technologies and web services/REST APIs.

● Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Rancher, and related container technologies.

● Experience with Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools.

● Experience with MongoDB

● Experience with RabbitMQ

● Relevant certifications in Virtualization, Kubernetes, Docker, Containers, Compute,

Storage, Networking, Public Cloud, and Operating System technologies.

Need to be able to go deep in some of these technologies, don’t need to know all.