Location:US Remote
Employee Level: Individual Contributor
Career Level: Mid-level to Senior level
The Opportunity:
As a Cloud Solutions Architect you will be responsible for the very foundations of software products offered by PDI. You will play a key role in designing and building a cloud platform which serves as a base for products' microservices and encapsulates all cross cutting concerns as well as promotes best architectural practices. As the PDI software base grows in diversity and complexity, your role will be to enable product teams to utilize the cloud platform to achieve horizontal scalability, resiliency, seamlessly integrate with identity management platform and much more.
You need to be able to adapt and learn very quickly on a continuous basis. Successful architects are also excellent communicators. You will be working hand in hand with Senior Engineers, Developers, DevOps Engineers, Managers and other stakeholders to ensure platform adoption and discover and fulfill business needs. You will be actively involved in coaching and evangelizing developer teams on how to use the platform as well as adding new functionality based on developer feedback and requirements.
What You Need:
- 5 - 9 years' experience designing and developing new or maintaining existing software applications in a software product development environment
- 5+ years of experience as a Software Architect or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Strong working experience architecting horizontally scalable and redundant enterprise solutions
- Strong working experience with enterprise integration patterns
- Comprehensive understanding of cloud platforms: AWS (preferred), Azure, or Google Cloud
- Proficiency in cloud architecture principles, including microservices, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and serverless computing.
- Strong understanding of networking, security, and identity management in the cloud.
- Understanding of API Gateways products: AWS (preferred) or Apigee
- Familiar with Infrastructure as Code concepts and tools: Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack
- Working knowledge of messaging patterns and frameworks: Kafka preferred
- Deep understanding of secure architecture & security frameworks & services: Okta preferred
- Proficient with Linux system administration and Bash scripting
- Experience with DevOps practices and tools such as CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, and monitoring tools.
- Working experience with source code repository systems: Git and Azure DevOps preferred
- Working experience with one or more flavors of SQL RDBMS administration and scripting DDL and DML
- Working experience with SPA web development frameworks & libraries: Angular (preferred), React, Vue
- Familiar with native mobile development stacks for Android and iOS: .NET Maui (preferred), Xamarin, NativeScript, Cordova
- Proficient in a few programming languages: C# (preferred), Java, Go, C++, Rust
- Solid understanding of RESTful services design
- Ability to design UML and other architectural diagrams
- Highly motivated self-starter with a desire to help others and take action
- Requires strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into non-technical terms
- Ability to independently work as a contributing member in a high-paced and focused team
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks with competing deadlines
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to work under pressure
- Ability to socialize ideas and influence decisions without direct authority
- Collaborative in nature with a strong desire to dig in and learn independently and as well as through asking questions
- Considers 'best-practice' standards, as well as departmental policies and procedures
What You'll Do:
- Evangelize the PDI cloud maturity strategy across the product teams and identify opportunities for improving existing cloud-based software solutions
- Proactively assist product engineering technical leaders in identifying cloud maturity acceleration opportunities and helping them construct their technical roadmaps
- Be a catalyst for cloud platform adoption by raising awareness of the platform, communicating its business & engineering benefits and get the global product teams excited about it
- Be well versed in the cost benefits & value of cloud maturity and adoption to be able to effectively communicate with both business & technical stakeholders
- Design, implement, improve and support software architecture solutions to serve business goals
- Critical thinking in your day-to-day to bring insightful conceptual contributions of solution & architectural design to your team
- Take end-to-end ownership of work items, driving the direction & soliciting support from peers & stakeholders as necessary to complete the work
- Provide architectural guidance and design leadership to our global product engineering teams.
- Be part of an Agile team: actively participate in all Agile ceremonies & activities and be accountable for the sprint deliverables
- Research, evaluate and recommend tools, technologies and software processes to improve quality and productivity of software solutions.
- Stay current with emerging cloud technologies and industry trends, evaluating and recommending new tools and approaches to enhance our cloud offerings.
- Advocate good development, design and testing patterns and practices with product engineering teams and their leadership.
- Support product engineering teams in building high quality, robust and future proof software solutions for PDI.
Why PDI Technologies?
PDI Technologies, Inc. resides at the intersection of productivity and sales growth, delivering powerful solutions that serve as the backbone of the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale ecosystem. By "Connecting Convenience" across the globe, we empower businesses to increase productivity, make more informed decisions, and engage faster with their customers.
We offer:
- Comprehensive benefits package includinghealth, dental, and vision coverage effective immediately
- Fully flexible remote work environment
- Matching Group Retirement Savings Plan
- PTO effective immediately
- Quarterly self-investment allowance for personal and professional development, health and wellness, entertainment, travel, charitable giving, tech, travel, etc.
- Strong culture that values authenticity, trust, curiosity, and diversity of thought
Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
At PDI Technologies, diversity is embraced. We are committed to cultivating an environment that is safe, welcoming, and inclusive for all individuals. PDI Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We agree not to discriminate against any employee or job applicant because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.
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PDI Software
remote work
Aug 11, 2024