Dev Ops Cloud Solutions Architect at Momentum Investments

Role Purpose

Using skills and expertise to help develop advanced cloud-based solutions and migrate existing workloads to the cloud. Formulate solution plans and provide guidance on AWS architectural best practices.

Responsibilities and work outputs

• Develop software based on technical design (Internal Process)
• Design components and applications in accordance with specified architectural design.
• Write code or parameters to provide software components according to technical specifications.
• Escalate live errors and service problems to the relevant stakeholders to limit downtime and resolve the problems immediately.
• Obtain business requirements for an IT solution and provide analysis for the requirements.
• Research an appropriate solution to the business requirements and provide recommendations.
• Meet all deliverables and objectives set out by the business within the agreed time.
• Mentor junior java developers to facilitate learning and growth and support the talent pipeline.
• Develop, enhance and maintain applications for the internal and external client base on specifications received.

Define scope, work tasks and duration of IT solution based on business requirements.

• Design and write test cases for developer testing and document the system specifications.
• Use the appropriate programming language for development, programming and writing code whilst creating documents for these processes.
• Conduct necessary testing (Stress, Integration and Unit) to ensure viability and usability of solutions.
• Create the release by building the application, documenting it and setting up the configuration.
• Ensure solution is handed over for quality assurance and any changes are actioned.
• Educate business on the value proposition of AWS, and participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud.
• Act as a technical liaison between business, service engineering teams and support.

Engage with clients in a client centric manner (Client Services)

• Provide authoritative, expertise and advice to clients and stakeholders.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients and internal and external stakeholders.
• Deliver on service level agreements made with clients and internal and external stakeholders in order to ensure that client expectations are managed.

Contribute to financial controls and planning (Finance)

• Identify solutions to enhance cost effectiveness and increase operational efficiency.
• Manage financial and other company resources under your control with due respect.
• Provide input into the risk identification processes and communicate recommendations in the appropriate forum.

Experience and Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering and development in large enterprise systems.
• +- 2 Years in designing, building and architecting applications for the AWS Cloud.
• Strong technical and analytical skills.
• Strong DevOps and Automation knowledge and experience.
• Knowledge and experience in containers (docker) and container management (docker-compose and Kubernetes).

A solid background in software development

• Full SDLC and working in an Agile and the Scaled Agile Framework environment.
• Strong experience and knowledge in CI/CD practices (git, svn, gradle, maven, yarn, bower, npm, Jenkins, Bamboo, Gitlab, Bitbucket, etc.).
• Development experience in at least one development language (Python, Java, JavaScript, C#, Kotlin, Scala, etc.).
• A working knowledge of general IT tools and practices (Security, Networks, Load Balancing, Proxies, DNS, CDN, Caching, Databases, etc.).
• Strong communication, presentation and mentorship skills, and being able to translate technical jargon to less technical people.
• The ability to produce easily understandable Architectural documentation and diagrams (UML, Flow diagrams, Activity diagrams etc.).
• Exposure to Object Oriented analysis and common design patterns.
• Experience in implementing complex business solutions on a technically difficult enterprise environment.
• Experience in Insurance/Financial industry (advantageous).
• Familiarity with JIRA is preferred.
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional level certificate is preferable, but candidates with an AWS Solutions Architect Associate level certificate will also be considered.
• A relevant degree in IT or related engineering discipline is preferable.