Solutions Architect

Atlanta | Chicago | Detroit area | Kansas City | Philadelphia area Valorem Reply, US - Microsoft Permanent (Full Time)

Valorem Reply is an award-winning digital transformation firm focused on delivering data-driven enterprise, IT modernization, customer experience, product transformation and digital workplace. Through the expertise of their people and power of Microsoft technologies, they provide hyper-scale and agile delivery of unique digital business services, strategic business models and design-led user experiences. Their innovative strategies and solutions securely and rapidly transform the way their clients do business.

As a Solution Architect, your primary role will be technical delivery leadership for client projects. You will interact directly with customers to provide expertise in software architecture, design, and operations. You will also lead and manage enterprise and mid-market projects and technical pre-sales support activities as required.

Responsibilities

Design and lead solution architecture, assisting with solution requirement definition and ensuring processes are followed by all members of the project team

Estimate the resources needed for projects with timelines and solutions

Work closely with various customers and project managers to understand and manage project delivery expectations

Create functional design specifications and implementation plans

Provide architecture review and project milestone sessions for project sponsors

Delegate responsibilities and priorities to development staff

Ensure project delivery processes are in place and being executed, providing oversight for multiple concurrent development projects

Mentor developers in the proper way to decompose requirements, design scalable systems, and ensure quality throughout the development process

Minimum Requirements

10 years in a corporate environment

9 years designing service-oriented architectures, using cloud providers such as Azure, and hands-on experience writing code such as C#

8 years experience designing database systems for applications (SQL Preferred)

5 years experience with distributed systems and designing microservices

Expertise in implementing cloud-based SaaS and/or PaaS solutions

Proven and demonstrated experience designing, architecting, leading development and deployment of multiple enterprise solutions

Strong desire to solve hard technical problems, and proven ability to do so with little or no direct daily supervision

Preferred Qualifications

10 years of experience in a consultative environment

Atlanta | Chicago | Detroit area | Kansas City | Philadelphia area