Cloud native Architect

Role : Cloud native Architect

Location: London

Permanent

We are one of the world's largest and most innovative Technology, IT Services and R&D organisations. Our global team of the world's most remarkable entrepreneurs, ideapreneurs, inventors, architects, designers and engineers create solutions for global enterprises.

With innovative technology solutions around Digital, IoT, Cloud, Automation, Cybersecurity and traditional IT, we help our customers to reimagine business in the digital and disruptive age.

The role

There's never been a more exciting time to work at Client Technologies. We are currently going through an unprecedented period of transformation and growth, and as a result we are looking for a Senior Cloud Native Architect in London.

This is a highly visible role based in our new Cloud Native Labs, and you will be responsible for leading the design and engineering of flagship solutions.

This is a senior position and requires a mix of strong technical credibility, a 'Cloud Native' mindset and exceptional customer-facing skills.

Whilst you will be a technical heavyweight and thought-leader; we will stretch you further and leverage our unbeatable partnerships to ensure you remain at the forefront of the industry. You are undoubtedly self-motivated and an enthusiastic learner.

You will

• Lead the design and engineering of new, next-generation solutions based on modern Cloud Native architectural principles.

• Assess existing complex solutions and recommend appropriate technical treatments to transform the application with Cloud Native/12-Factor characteristics.

• Refactor existing solutions to adopt a Microservices-based architecture.

• Replat form solutions to operate in PaaS environments, particularly based on Pivotal Cloud Foundry.

• Execute PoC, MVP and Application Transformation projects that target Pivotal Cloud Foundry and other PaaS environments.

• Act as a customer liaison on each project and drive quality delivery.

• Get deeply involved in the hands-on coding/development of projects.

• Driving thought-leadership within Client, our clients and the industry at large through:

• Contributing to R&D innovation activities within Client

• Producing white papers, reference architectures and best practices guides

• Producing public-facing content such as blog posts and presentations

• Use modern software development and DevOps practices such as CI / CD, Agile, Scrum, XP and Domain Driven Design.

• Advise on Cloud Native application development best practices

• Required Skills / Experience

• TECHNOLOGIES

• Development frameworks: JAVA, JEE, Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud Services

• Application Servers: WebSphere, WebLogic, Apache Tomcat

• PaaS platform: Cloud Foundry, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, IBM Bluemix, SAP Cloud Platform, Azure PaaS, RedHat OpenShift

• Containerisation platform: Kubernetes, Docker

• Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform

• BASIC SKILLS/EDUCATION

• BS level technical degree or equivalent experience; Computer Science or Engineering background preferred; Master's Degree desired.

• Solid proficiency in hands-on Java development

• Exposure to Agile / Scrum / XP development methodologies

• In-depth understanding of CI / CD

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• 10+ years of Java coding and/or technical application architecture

• Experience architecting, designing and programming applications in Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud environments

• Experience with designing and building applications using Microservices together with Container and Serverless technologies

• Experience architecting highly available, large-scale enterprise applications.

• Experience with multiple programming languages, such as: Java, C#, Python, Node.js and Go.

• Experience with configuration management and automation technologies (e.g. Chef, Puppet, Salt, or Ansible).

• Architectural Certification with one or more Public Cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Extra curricula software development passion (e.g. active open source contributor).

• Job type: Permanent Experience level: 7 Years Division: eTeam Workforce Limited Reference: 19-02208