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Description
Position at Ness USA, Inc.
Ness Digital Engineering provides strategic IT consulting to global enterprises. Our Cloud and Data practice provides solutions, methodologies, and strategic guidance for cloud mobility, software modernization and automation initiatives.
We are problem-solvers, architects, strategists, implementors, and lifelong learners. We collaborate with each other and with our clients to help them meet their short- and long-term goals. Our culture is open, transparent, challenging, and fun.
We solve complex business problems with technology and insight. Our business domain knowledge, technology expertise, and Agile delivery process have helped some of our most innovative clients execute on digital transformations. We’re an AWS Premier Consulting Partner, a Premier Confluent Systems Integrator and a Snowflake Select Services Partner.
We aim to hire engineers and architects who want to figure out what needs to be done and take ownership in delivering results.
As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will:
Advise clients on strategic technical decisions, develop and present best practices
Lead Discovery engagements to assess a clients’ existing workloads, infrastructure & software environments
Develop target state infra/application architecture and chart a path to delivery for a wide variety of use cases
Advise and direct delivery/implementation teams engaged in digital transformation and cloud migrations
Assess competing technologies to make best-fit recommendations for clients
Be immersed in a continual learning environment, adopting new techniques, patterns, and tools
Complete certifications and accreditations, advancing your technical skills and overall career
Requirements
All candidates must have:
A bachelor’s degree in something interesting or equivalent experience
10 years’ experience in a technology organization with significant responsibility for setting technical direction
Demonstrated ability to work independently and with limited direction, translate high level goals into measurable milestones and deliver on them.
Broad familiarity with Linux/Windows systems, Cloud infrastructure, Messaging/Streaming technologies, Data-stores/Databases, Application/API design, Internet and Networking Protocols, Security Architecture, Version Control Systems and CI/CD tools.
Deep familiarity with AWS offerings and how they can be best utilized to deliver scale, reliability, resiliency and resource efficiency
Experience with automation using Terraform/Cloud Formation and configuration management using SaltStack, Ansible, Chef, or similar
Some form of programming experience
A desire and demonstrated ability to learn new technologies, develop new skills, and solve tough problems
Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
Excellent presentation skills
Experience working with both Agile and Waterfall project management.
In addition, ideal candidates will also have experience with:
Interacting directly with clients and senior executives in an advisory or consulting capacity
Large deployments on AWS, Azure, Google Compute or OpenStack
Event-Driven Architecture, Micro-services, distributed compute/processing systems
Automated Testing and/or Test Data Management
Containerization technologies and best practices, especially Kubernetes
Experience working in globally distributed teams
Ness is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.