CTC007143 - Senior Technical Architect/Technical Lead
Industry Sector: Telecommunications
Job Type: Contract
Duration: One year
Work Mode: Mixed
Description
Hybrid role, must work in office 2-3 days/week
Hours per week: 37.5 hr/week
No testing in interviews
There is potential to hire Full time
The Technical Prime role within the IT/BRS organization is a highly specialized role to support design and delivery of different initiatives in the Ordering, Internet and TV system domains. The Technical Prime is involved in every phase of the projects, as well as in hardware / software / network upgrades and production issue investigations.
Key Accountabilities
Lead and coordinate design, development (including code reviews), testing and deployment activities, working closely with multiple vendors
Determine technical feasibility and perform analysis and evaluation of proposed solutions
Improve business and software operations by conducting systems analysis and recommending changes
Review vendor assessments
Perform capacity planning and coordinate performance testing accordingly
Oversee and assist the vendors and project teams in all test phases (system testing, functional testing etc.)
Participate in deployment strategy development with the Deployment primes
Build executive presentations and communicate release changes (technical) to the support teams
Occasional assistance to the production support teams to resolve production issues
Qualifications/Competencies
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar
7+ years experience in web application development and/or architecture using Java technologies
Strong hands-on experience with API development, consumption and business models
Strong development experience using Apache Kafka
Proficient in SQL/NoSQL and other query languages.
Experience with DevOps methods and technologies: CI/CD, Automation, (Git, Jenkins, Gradle, etc.)
Knowledge of modern architecture design concepts including Microservices, Domain Driven Design, Event Stream Processing
Knowledge of cloud/container platforms (OpenStack, AWS, GCP, OpenShift, Kubernetes)
Certification in IT professional programs an asset
SAFe Agile course completion and/or certification preferred
Skills
Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills
Proven leadership skills
Excellent ability to articulate ideas and influence vendors at design
Excellent ability to articulate technical problems to non-technical audience
Autonomous, tolerance to a fast paced, fast changing environment
Strong team player; ability to facilitate, negotiate and work within a multi-domain team environment
Ability to ramp up quickly on new technologies, languages, frameworks and tools
Creativity and ingenuity
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