Job Specifications
Role: Solution Architect
Location: Calgary, AB
Contract
Experience: 15+ years in solution design; 3–5+ years as architect on cloud-native platforms. MUST BE AWS Certified
Knowledge in marketing portal design/development, cloud (AWS), containers/K8s/OpenShift, API gateways, event streaming (Kafka)
Role Purpose: Own end-to-end solution architecture, ensuring scalable, secure, cost-effective designs aligned to business goals and enterprise standards
Responsibilities:
• Translate business and non-functional requirements into target architecture (app, data, integration, security)
• Produce HLD/LLD, sequence diagrams, data models, API/interface specs, Integration contracts
• Define reference architectures and guardrails for frontend, backend, APIs, data, and CI/CD/DevSecOps
• Architect for reliability/observability (SLOs, tracing, logging, alerting), performance, and resiliency (DR/BCP)
• Lead cloud architecture (AWS/Azure), container platforms (Kubernetes/OpenShift), and service mesh, GitOps, automated testing, security-by-design (OAuth2/OIDC, SSO, secrets, KMS)
• Review designs, code, pipelines, and SAST/DAST results; drive remediation and performance tuning
• Partner with product/PMO on build-vs-buy, cost models, and scalability/capacity planning
• Align with Enterprise Architecture, ensure compliance, and support audits/risk assessments
• Lead PoCs/spikes and coach squads on architecture patterns and NFR implementation
Required Skills:
• Knowledge in commerce tools, cloud (AWS), containers/K8s/OpenShift, API gateways, event streaming (Kafka)
• Strong knowledge of microservices, REST/GraphQL, messaging, caching/CDN, and databases (RDBMS/NoSQL)
• Proficiency with CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Jenkins/Azure DevOps), security (OAuth2, SAML, TLS), and observability (Prometheus/Grafana/ELK/APM)
• Solid understanding of networking, performance engineering, and cost optimization
• Excellent communication and ability to simplify complex designs for diverse stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications:
• Certifications: AWS SA Pro/Azure Architect Expert, TOGAF, CKA/CKAD, Security certs (e.g., CCSP)
• Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO 27001, PCI, GDPR) and FinOps
Success Metrics (KPIs):
• SLO/SLA attainment, performance benchmarks, security issue closure time, cost vs. design budget
• Defect escape rate (architecture-related), reusability/adoption of reference components, time-to-market gains
About the Company
VDart - We are a global, emerging technology staffing solutions provider with expertise in SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics & Cloud), Enterprise Resource Planning (Oracle Applications, SAP), Business Intelligence (Hyperion), and Infrastructure services. We work with leading System Integrators in, the private and public sectors. We have deep industry expertise and focus in BFSI, Manufacturing, Energy & Utility, Healthcare and Technology sector. Our scope, knowledge, industry expertise, and global footprint have enabled us to p...
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