Lead Platform Architect

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Job description

Lead Platform Architect - Contract - Remote to Orlando (work Hybrid schedule upon return to office)

The end client is unable to sponsor or transfer visas for this position; all parties authorized to work in the US without sponsorship are encouraged to apply.

An Entertainment Company is seeking a Lead Platform Architect for a Remote to Orlando (work Hybrid schedule upon return to office) opportunity.

Role Description

• Continue Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) practices

• Experience with technology in multiple areas including Build & Deploy, Application Delivery, Infrastructure, Cloud, Automation, Testing

• Experience/Familiarity with some technologies used by our teams: Angular.js, Node.js, Spring Framework, Docker, Ansible, Chef, OpenStack, Apache CXF, Restify, AppDynamics, F5, HA Proxy, AWS Services, Terraform, Jenkins, Nexus, Maven, Gradle, NPM

• Familiarity with languages: Javascript, Java, Ruby, Bash, Python, GO

• You should have a general understanding of how the internet works

• Experience with architecting highly scalable and highly available systems

• Experience with emerging technology trends

• Excellent communication and relationship skills, especially the ability to articulate advanced technical topics to both technical and non-technical staff; ability to articulate business issues/concerns with staff, peers, superiors, and outside parties

• Strong presentation skills.

• Demonstrated expertise and leadership in working with product management, development and operations staff to architect innovative solutions that meet the functional and nonfunctional requirements in adherence to architectural goals and principles.

• Demonstrated expertise in research, often going outside of their area of individual experience.

• Able to synthesize conclusions from research, compare various solutions and plot complex technology roadmaps

• Broad experience across business, application, information, infrastructure and security architecture domains. Broad experience across business analysis, product design, engineering, QA, operations and sustainment in a large corporation / enterprise environment.

• Required knowledge and understanding of technical architecture, application systems design and integration in a large heterogeneous enterprise environment with hands on experience in AWS compute, database, networking, storage, serverless (Fargate, Lambda) and containerized (ECS, Kubernetes) services.

• Exposure to infrastructure and platform capabilities - container, middleware, messaging, routing components

• Exposure to cloud development and migration an added plus

• Desire and ability to adapt to an ever-changing technology landscape by exploring new languages and techniques for software delivery.

• Passion for learning new things but tempering it with adding value to the company.

• Demonstrable analytical and problem solving skills

• Ability to contribute to, and balance delivery against, multiple projects/demands simultaneously.

Skills & Requirements

• Minimum 7 years relevant experience.

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.

• AWS Cloud Architect certification

Why Hays?

You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the Information Technology industry and market trends . Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there's a position you really want, you're fully prepared to get it.

Additionally, this position is a contract role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical, dental or vision benefits.

• Medical

• Dental

• Vision

• 401K

• Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit)

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Hays is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Drug testing may be required; please contact a recruiter for more information.