As a Solution Architect at Equifax Workforce Solutions, you'll be responsible for designing and implementing complex software systems that meet business needs. The Solution Architect will analyze requirements, create architectural designs, select appropriate technologies and ensure the overall system integrity. You'll collaborate on innovative solutions with internal stakeholders such as product, information security, enterprise architecture, and feature teams to ensure solutions align with strategic goals. Your technical leadership and guidance throughout the development lifecycle, and your hands-on experience with cloud-native platforms will be instrumental.
This is a hybrid role that requires working in one of our office locations 3 days per week. Office options are: St Louis, Louisville, Atlanta, Reston.
This role is currently not sponsorship eligible (we will not be able to consider applicants that require sponsorship currently or in the future.)
What you'll do
Architect, design and implement smart solutions in GCP/AWS using Cloud Native capabilities.
Establish the high-level Solution Intent for given project or problem statement
Establish responsibilities of major logical components of the solution in collaboration with other team members
Develop architecture deliverables necessary to illustrate system behavior, including usage models, and cost of ownership models and failure analysis model
Ensure that the solution is aligned with the technology strategy, uses standard solution building blocks and can be built and operated in an efficient manner aligned with economic value of the project
Develop, analyze, split, and prioritize work required to implement the system's non-functional requirements
Provide technical oversight of implementation, keeping the final build and overall implementation aligned with the solution intent
Demonstrable cross-functional knowledge with systems, storage, networking, security and databases
Partner with Engineering, and SREs to analyze any outages or resiliency issues and provide remediation steps
What experience you need
BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent job experience required
5+ years experience related to IT Management or other information technology solutions architecture role
3+ years of experience architecting and developing software in the public cloud
What could set you apart
Cloud Certification Strongly Preferred
Experience in monitoring infrastructure and application uptime and availability to ensure functional and performance objectives.
Experience in one or more languages such as Python, Bash, Java, Go, JavaScript and/or node.js
Experience with microservice best practices and design patterns
Experience with event driven architecture and immutable data management patterns (CQRS)
Demonstrated ability to communicate the complexities of technical programs
Proficiency with information technologies in a secure network environment
Proficiency with continuous integration and continuous delivery tooling and practices
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
Effective interpersonal skills and collaborative management style to include teamwork and team building ability
Flexible in a fast-paced dynamic environment with shifting roles and responsibilities
