Solution Architect - Integration Developer Network

## Job Title: Solution Architect – Web Applications (Open Source & Cost-Effective Focus)

### About the Role We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced *Solution Architect* to design and implement robust, scalable, and secure web applications using cost-effective and open-source technologies. This role bridges business needs and technical solutions, delivering a high-level architectural vision and hands-on guidance. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with business acumen, leadership skills, and a strategic focus on leveraging open-source tools to optimize cost and innovation.

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### Key Responsibilities - Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to translate business requirements into clear technical specifications and architectural vision. - Design, document, and evolve scalable, secure web application architectures utilizing open-source and cost-effective technology stacks. - Evaluate and select web frameworks (React, Vue.js, Angular), back-end languages (Node.js, Python, Java), and databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB) that are both performant and economically viable. - Architect cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform with a focus on microservices, serverless components, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes). - Provide leadership and mentorship to development teams, ensuring architecture compliance, secure coding, and best practices aligned with cost optimization. - Manage the entire application lifecycle, from ideation and prototyping to deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement, emphasizing automation via CI/CD tools. - Conduct technical feasibility studies, risk analysis, and cost-benefit evaluations, promoting open-source solutions to maximize innovation and minimize expenses. - Stay current on emerging web technologies and open-source trends to drive adoption and continuous improvement. - Effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders to align business and technology goals.

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### Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field; Master’s degree preferred. - 12+ years of software development and architecture experience with a focus on web applications. - Proven expertise in modern web frameworks and languages, emphasizing open-source technologies such as React, Angular, Vue.js, Node.js, Python, and Java. - Extensive experience with relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis). - Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) including microservices, serverless architectures, and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). - Solid understanding of web standards, protocols (REST, GraphQL), and security best practices including authentication and encryption. - Demonstrated ability to optimize costs through the use of open-source software and scalable cloud infrastructure. - Experience with Agile methodologies and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. - Excellent analytical, problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills

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