Technical Architect

Encora is seeking a Technical Architect to join us.   

Primary responsibilities:

Work with the project delivery lead and quality assurance lead, provide technical leadership to ensure projects can be delivered timely,  on budget and meet business & system requirements. 
Analyze business requirements, conduct alternative analysis as needed, define and model solution architecture, estimate the recommended solution and represent it to the Architecture Review Board (e.g. logical & physical architectures, data classifications/protections, Integrate comprehensive security principles into all phases of design and architecture etc, solution cost estimation and alternative justification etc.) for review and approval.
Lead detailed design, solution development and deployment (apply proper architecture and design patterns adhere to VWGoA architecture and design principles,  document technical design, code review for quality and security, coach and mentor technical teams, bug fix remediation and performance tuning) 
Able to work on multiple projects concurrently.

Solid experience in working with business/product team to discuss, analyze, understand and negotiate business requirements, being able to explain to business about the technical considerations and associated implications on the user journey/experience/requirements
Solid experience in Springboot, Spring framework, J2EE technologies, event driven architecture, micro services, distributed architecture and design patterns. 
Solid experience in modelling architecture and design with expertise of at least one of the frameworks  (C4 model, UML, Archimate and Arc42 etc.) 
Strong experience in designing and implementing Restful APIs using Spring Framework/Spring Boot and experience with API Management 
Extensive  experience architecting and designing modern business facing and consumer facing web applications including Single Page Applications using responsive design concept with Angular or React etc.
Solid experience in cloud based application design development and API driven systems integration
Hands on experience with CI/CD Tools (SVN/Github/Maven/Jenkins/JIRA)
Experience with cloud native application design and development with main stream platforms and technologies
Hands on experience with cloud technologies including AWS, GCP, Openshift, Kuberbetes, ELK etc.
Experience with queueing and streaming technologies including IBM MQ, Kafka, RabbitMQ, MQTT etc.
Experience with IBM Security Access Manager, IBM App Connect Enterprise, IBM WebSphere, IBM API Connect and Data power
In-depth understanding of the security architecture & design (Identity management, Authentication and Authorization framework, SAML, OIDC/OAuth2, 2FA, mTLS, secret and certificate management etc.) and hands-on experience
Hands on experience with Application Performance Management, Web Site Performance Monitoring tools and performance tuning
Experience with application usage analytics and dashboard reporting
Good experience with NoSQL concepts and products
Good experience with GraphQL based API development with Apollo or similar products
Hands on experience with implementing robust logging and tracing implementation for end to end systems observability and traceability
Hands on experience with code quality and coverage tools like Sonarqube.
Willing and ready to get hands on code development with dev team for developing and troubleshooting, doing quick proof of concepts for exploring new solutions, products etc.

Education and Experience Requirements:
Bachelor's degree required (Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline). Master’s degree in technical discipline preferred.

Minimum of 10 years experience in advanced technologies including a minimum of 5+ years as a technical architect  
Minimum 7 years’ experience in development including a minimum of 3+ years leading development resources
Solid experience architecting and design business solutions with enterprise scale technologies (Web Application, Database, Container Computing Platform, Identity and Access Management, API Management, Infrastructure, Networks, Web & Integration software)
Solid experience of software development life cycle process and methodologies
Strong problem solving and negotiation abilities
Ability to inform, educate and influence managers and employees to support goals and initiatives
Good written, verbal and presentation skills are necessary to effectively convey goals and initiatives to team and management
Strong Automotive OEM experience preferred

Location: Auburn Hills, MI