Technical Capabilities / Skills:

Technical Descriptors:

Solution Architecture/Engineering

Demonstrable expert experience in

· Cloud-based solutions using IaaS, PaaS and SaaS patterns

· Generalist knowledge for solutions in infrastructure, security and networking

· Analysing, specifying and documenting architectural solutions to satisfy complex business requirements involving large numbers of systems.

· Negotiating solutions with disparate stakeholders often with conflicting goals or agendas.

· Debating solutions within a wider architectural community.

· Collaborating with project teams consisting of project managers, business analysts, developers, testers and operational staff to ensure that specified solutions are understood and to facilitate delivery.

· Contributing to architectural and IT roadmaps.

· Deep knowledge of cloud, infrastructure, integration and software development

Development

Demonstrable expert experience in

· Programming (advanced competency in any language): understanding of complex data structures (heaps, trees, efficiency for searching data structures, object orientation). Java and C# preferred.

· Scripting languages such as python and powershell.

· Web Technologies (HTTP, HTML, Javascript, XML, cookies, and usage).

· Web Servers/App Servers/Proxy: Tomcat, Nginx, Apache, Varnish, Squid, etc.

· Familiarity with data flows & client/server models used in Internet applications. (i.e. understanding of DNS resolution, deployment of web services)

· Networking: TCP/IP, data transport options for use in web, common networking infrastructure & system design (load balancers, firewalls, VPN, VPC).

· Message Queuing: Rabbit MQ, Kafka, ZeroMQ, Google PubSub, etc.

· NoSQL Databases: Cassandra, HBase, Redis, MongoDB, Google Cloud Datastore, etc.

· Familiarity with databases & basic design of schemas/tables. Able to query database with somewhat simple SQL queries with minimum reference. Basic comprehension of database performance & factors influencing efficiency of searches.

· Linux/Unix: command line, advanced understanding of processes, load, system constraints; IP networking, VPNs, TCP/IP diagnositics

· Systems Design: detailed design including API details and specifics of implementation. Design considerations around security, efficiency & complexity. Trade-offs of each. Capable of authoring documents which software engineering can deliver against.

Other application development skills

Demonstrable experience within some of the following areas:

· Application performance tuning

· Capacity analysis and forecasting

· Secure coding, security and risk assessment

· Network load balancing, caches, proxies

· Familiarity with core web & network RFCs

· Familiarity with security technologies such as encryption, digital signatures and hashing (MD5, AES, RSA), SSL, SAML, XACML, OAuth

· Data modelling

· Technology evaluation, analysis and consulting

Cultural Job Behaviours Specific to this role

· Highly dedicated ethos - expected to take accountability for deliverables

· Embraces feedback even when feedback may be constructive criticism.

· General depth of experience allowing ability to rapidly come to an understanding of new technologies

· Able to manage time effectively and work on multiple tasks concurrently

· Able to work independently and as part of a large team

· Excellent problem solving skills

· Must be able to communicate complex ideas with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation from Senior Management to Architects and peers as well as Developers and Testers in written and oral form

· Written communications include technical documentation

· Must be a capable negotiator

Qualifications and Learning:

Desirable

· Bachelor of Computing Sciences / Engineering

· Bachelor of Business Computing and Information Management

Suggested Development Roles / Potential Career Pathway:

In the past, people who have performed similar roles have successfully moved to:

· Solution Architect

· Domain Architect