Application Architect V (Closed)

SkillStorm is seeking a Solution Architect for our client in Charlotte, North Carolina OR Richardson, Texas OR Jersey City, New Jersey. Candidates must be able to work on SkillStorm's W2; not a C2C position. EOE, including disability/vets.

Description:

• Solution Architect For Performance / Capacity Mgmt

Job Description:

• Responsible for contributing to developing and updating performance/capacity test strategy
• Defining performance/capacity requirements, quality requirements, SLAs, scalability and resiliency criteria ; ability to identify critical business processes with areas of performance/capacity concern
• Ability to evaluate performance/capacity risk associated with application or infrastructure changes
• Ability to communicate performance/capacity risks and mitigation plans to management, product managers/architects
• Provide technical leadership to performance/capacity testing resources
• Requires cross-functional collaboration skills in interfacing with software architects, product leads, software developers and infrastructure engineers
• Ability to evaluate and leverage application architectural diagrams for analyzing the application changes and defining the appropriate testing approach
• Partner with application and infrastructure teams on test environment specifications and readiness for testing
• Ability to drive technical issues and influence decisions at the organizational level
• Create/update workflow tools and tracking of project deliverables
• Develop technical documents to ensure traceability, quality, and completeness of the testing process
• Ability to communicate issues and trade-offs with management
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a strong multi-disciplined team

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in planning, definition, and high-level design of the solution and exploration of solution alternatives with focus on Resiliency attributes
• Collaborate in Architectural Runway and its technical impact in support of Features and Capabilities with Product and Solution Management to determine the performance and capacity impact
• Understand solution deployment, and communicate resiliency NFRs with stakeholders (App Architects, Chief Engineers etc.)
• Participate in validating/analyzing the impact of design decisions Work with portfolio stakeholders in Program Increment (PI) Planning and Pre- and Post-PI Planning, System and Solution Demos etc.

Behavioral Traits:

• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Motivation to achieve results and the ability to quickly integrate into teams
• Ability to work in an ambiguous environment and draw and defend results and conclusions
• Ability to work in a dynamic and team oriented environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to balance a significant workload, prioritize and multitask

Required:

• Performance/capacity engineering experience at the architect level
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working with performance/capacity testing tools such as Performance Center, HP load runner, or Jmeter,
• Agile Architecture and SDLC experience
• DevOps savvy
• Lean Agile Methodology
• Enterprise/Solution Architecture @ Portfolio/Solution Layer in Scaled Agile Framework

Desired:

• Familiarity with App Dynamics, Dynatrace and Splunk
• Prior Bank Experience in an architecture role
• Working Experience with Application Profiling and Budgeting
• Have background experience in scripting/execution and analysis with Load Runner/Performance center
• Have background experience in creating performance model and scenarios for performance execution
• Have background experience in creating and executing performance test(s) using Load Runner/performance center
• Have background experience in analyzing performance/capacity test results to identify potential bottlenecks or performance/capacity issues

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