Technical ArchitectPosition Overview: Hands on technical and strategic mindset of working with the business. Most EAs were high level on strategic side but not technical enough. Ex engineers, 15-20% of time hands on coding, proof of concepts (aspirational), work on new techs, look in industry latest and greatest before handing to engineering team, tech diagrams, brain storm w engineers, present to leadership, think strategic- current and future state.
Trying to move away from specializations, jack of all trades. Go deep in certain areas. Engineer who wants to be a solution architect.Cloud experience must have, Azure preferred.
Recent developer 5-10 years experience will give the person good chops-Java, Node, networking, foundational infra and design concepts-cloud integration patterns, frameworks, design patterns, system designs, architect for large scale solutions, integration with external platforms and vendors. Doesn’t want to pigeon hole based on tech.Front end frameworks: Native, JavaScript, React, iOS/Android. Back end: Node, Java, Azure services.Challenge: Seasoned person who can come in and execute.Upcoming projects:Customer 360- data everywhere, (pharmacy in one db, retail somewhere else, digital somewhere else, photo).
They want to consolidate for single view of the customer with a hybrid on prem/cloud experience.Road map for data platform- there are several competing platforms, work to consolidate, document current and future stateMobile strategy- all apps enterprise mobilityAPI strategy/open source strategyRequired Skills: Architecture Additional Skills: Embedded Engineer. This is a high priority requisition.