Solution Architect for Ciklum Digital

Responsibilities

Pre-sales activities:

• Client engagement up to C level and senior stakeholder management – the ability to communicate the company strategy, solutions, services and technology stacks to key clients and stakeholders, build rapport and trust with the client
• Play a key role in preparing proposals and bids for medium to large opportunities
• Work together with the Project Manager on estimation, planning and scoping of the projects
• Advise and consult potential clients on Ciklum solutions and services capabilities based on their needs and expectations

Solution Architecture Design and Technology advisory:

• Architect, design and develop custom solutions of project and program or operational scope (end-to-end: hardware, software, integration, security, etc. for the entire solution delivery life cycle), including design across mobile applications, support features for current and future business needs
• Oversee platform selection as well as HW, SW, security and network components
• Create project teams together with the Project Manager, Business Analyst, Developers and QA teams to scope, plan, design, deliver, test and deploy end-to-end solutions
• Act as most Senior technical expert on the project; provide inputs to Developers and QA teams
• Design complete Solution Architecture based on business, operational and technical analysis
• Write Technical and Application Specs based on a collected catalogue of product requirements
• Act as the mentor to domain related family of solution team leads and developers, build Skills Matrix for skills development and assessment, execute development and delivery of training

Requirements

• Commercial experience in solution architecture design:
  • develop long-lasting relationships
  • ability to influence senior client decision-makers
  • leading and supporting medium to large size solution delivery projects
  • analysis of business, product and technology requirements
  • business consulting and communication skills
• Experience in Pre-sales, Proposal/Bid preparation
• Excellent client-facing, business consulting and communication skills
• Fluent English
• Relevant experience in software development, including native and cross-platform mobile applications
• Introduction and maintenance of quality standards for the mobile stack
• Experience with guiding software development, testing, deployment and project management
• Excellent knowledge in Computer Science, Computing Theory:
  • Paradigm & Principles
  • Database theory
  • Code testing practices
  • Algorithms
  • Architectural & Enterprise Patterns
  • Design patterns
  • Deployment patterns
  • Security patterns, computer security and networking vulnerability
• Understanding of network interactions and protocols, conventions
• Understanding of containerization and orchestration
• Practical experience with:
  • Highload systems (e.g. Telecom billing)
  • Cloud technologies (AWS)
  • Microservices and Serverless architecture
  • RDBMS / NoSQL / Key-value storages
  • Messaging systems
  • Version control systems (GIT)
  • CI/CD tools (e.g. Gitlab Pipeline, Jenkins, TeamCity, Bamboo)

Desirable

• Certifications on:
  • Architecture framework (SEI, TOGAF, etc.)
  • Cloud providers
  • Delivery processes (SAFe, Agile, etc)
• Experience with:
  • Release Management tools & Configuration Management tools
  • Infrastructure as code tools

What’s in it for you

• Participate in the full-cycle software development process
• The realisation of your innovative ideas in building Ciklum Solutions and Services
• Competitive package depending on your experience, skills and contribution
• Friendly collaborative teams and enjoyable working environment
• Various corporate and social events