System architect- SA savings

Mandate Overview:

• The client is looking for a systems architect who works with all individual savings teams, above the designers.
  
• They know the systems map, understand the business logic and make technical implementation decisions jointly with the solution architect: they run detailed impact analyses and raise concerns about a solution.
  
• They do not code daily but read and debug code when a team is stuck and answer the questions of designers, many of whom are ramping up. Classic .NET, .NET Core and React are hardly negotiable.
  
• The rest of the stack is assessed as a whole, and databases are interchangeable.
  
• Two years of architecture is enough: the expectation is someone able to understand, explain and carry out architecture work, not an author of complex architectures.
  
• Candidate sought: A .NET and React developer who moved into architecture about 2 years ago, has worked across legacy and cloud and can unblock a team by reading its code.
  
• Collaborative and full of ideas, they challenge practices without imposing their own and learn quickly.
  

Requirements

Key Requirements:

• Classic .NET, .NET Core, C# and React
  
• Relational databases (SQL), MongoDB or equivalent
  
• Runtime environment: Azure, Windows Server, IIS, REST Web API, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, HELM, Git
  
• Concepts: cloud and on-premises, application lifecycle and DevOps, event-driven, scheduled processing
  
• Technical implementation decisions, design, architecture and decomposition patterns
  
• Reading and debugging code, technical support to designers
  
• High-availability, high-volume systems
  
• Engineering practices: object-oriented, SOLID, unit testing, TDD, BDD (to be validated)
  
• Hybrid ecosystem, legacy and cloud
  
• Positive leadership, collaboration, explaining complex concepts and ability to challenge
  

Asset:

• Salesforce and MuleSoft (not blocking)
  
• C4 modeling, Structurizr or equivalent
  
• Appetite for AI (development tools, documentation)
  

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Profile sought:

• Hands-on Systems Architect who can read code, challenge teams, and influence technical decisions.
  
• Strong experience with .NET and React in a hybrid environment (legacy and cloud).
  
• Experience with SQL and/or MongoDB, as well as event-driven architecture.
  
• Approximately 5 years of IT experience, including 2 years in an architecture role.
  

Profiles to avoid:

• Developers with no architecture responsibilities.
  
• Cloud-native profiles with no legacy/on-prem experience.
  
• Solution Architects who have not worked with code recently.
  

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