 
        
        Lot 2 - Application Cloud Architect profile (ACA) - near site - level 8 to 10
Opportunity for a
senior architect with strong hands-on developer skills
.
Could be non-EU, and start must be this year.
Role
Level 8
Level 9
Level 10
Application/Cloud architect
Following certificates & standards are ideal for the performance of tasks:
 * TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework)
 * ITIL Foundation / ITIL 4 Certifications
 * Certified Software Architect (IASA Global)
 * Certified DevSecOps Professional (CDP)
 * Oracle Certified Professional : Java SE Programmer
 * Spring Professional Certification
 * Certified Angular Developer
 * Certified Cloud Security Professional
 * Certified OAuth 2.0 Specialist
At least 10 years of experience with Architecture Design
 * Including experience with architecture design patterns, enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF), and multi-tier application design.
 * At least 10 years of experience with Micro-services
 * Experience with microservices design, event-driven architecture, eventual consistency, and transitioning from monolith to microservices.
 * At least 10 years of experience with Cloud Native applications
 * Design and development of cloud-native solutions leveraging containerization, orchestration, and scalable cloud services.
 * At least 10 years of experience with Java/JEE
 * Strong experience with Java frameworks including Spring Boot; migrations across Java versions.
 * At least 5 years of experience with Angular 2 plus
 * Experience with Angular 2+ (preferably Angular 18), modern UI paradigms, and client-side scripting.
 * At least 5 years of experience with Cloud DevSecOps
 * Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization (Docker), service discovery (Consul), secrets management (Vault), and security frameworks (OAuth2, OpenID Connect).
 * At least 5 years of experience with Cloud & Container Services
 * Experience with container orchestration, CaaS, and cloud infrastructure management.
 * At least 5 years of experience with Architecture Enforcement & Review
 * Experience enforcing architectural decisions at the pull request level and implementing architecture-as-code practices.
 * At least 5 years of experience with Observability/Monitoring Tools
 * Use of Dynatrace, Elasticsearch, and Grafana for performance monitoring and logging.
Client will seek to find the following in the profile and assess them carefully during the possible interview:
Architecture & Design
 * Very good knowledge of architecture design patterns and enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).
 * Very good knowledge of applications design, including multi-tier applications.
 * Strong experience with transitioning from monolith to microservices architecture.
 * Very good knowledge of microservices and cloud architecture.
 * Relevant and proved experience with event-driven architecture, eventual consistency, and microservice orchestration.
 * Good knowledge of interoperability technologies: web services, message-oriented middleware (MOM), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), and service-oriented architecture (SOA).
Programming & Development
 * Strong experience with Java (JEE/Jakarta EE), including migrations (Java 8 to Java 21, J2EE to Jakarta EE 8).
 * Strong experience with Spring ecosystem (Spring Framework, Spring Boot).
 * Front-end experience with Angular (2+), ideally latest versions, and modern UI paradigms (client-side scripting, React).
 * Experience in object-oriented design, reusable component design, and UML modelling.
 * Experience with RESTful API design and WS SOAP development (Oracle WebLogic, Oracle SOA Suite).
 * Familiarity with XML, XSD, SOAP, JAX-WS, JAXB, WSDL, JAX-RPC.
Cloud & Infrastructure
 * Proven experience with cloud-native applications and Containers as a Service (CaaS).
 * Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
 * Strong experience with Docker images and containers.
 * Relevant experience with Vault (secrets management) and Consul (service discovery).
 * Experience with API Gateway and API validation tools (OpenAPI/Swagger).
 * Proved experience with NGINX server.
Integration & Messaging
 * Strong practical experience with Kafka.
 * Experience with Message-Oriented Middleware and Enterprise Service Bus technologies.
 * Strong experience with event-driven systems and microservice orchestration.
Databases & Persistence
 * Good knowledge of relational DBMS (PostgreSQL and Oracle).
 * Experience with dedicated database per domain and interoperability patterns.
 * Experience with Redis for session and cache management.
 * Experience with Liquibase for database migrations.
 * Familiarity with PL/SQL, SQL, Hibernate, JPA.
Testing, Quality & CI/CD
 * Experience with unit and integration testing frameworks: JUnit, DbUnit, ArchUnit, in-memory databases.
 * Experience with automated testing and branch management.
 * Experience with cloud-native CI/CD pipelines.
 * Experience with Jenkins, Sonar, Bitbucket, GitLab for continuous integration and code quality.
 * Experience with architecture decision enforcement at pull request level before merging.
 * Experience with automation test frameworks.
Monitoring & Logging
 * Experience with Dynatrace, ElasticSearch, and Grafana.
 * Experience with Cloud Native observability.
Security
 * Experience with OAuth2 and OpenID Connect.
 * Experience with Vault for properties and secrets management.
Tools & Miscellaneous
 * Experience with version control tools (GIT).
 * Familiarity with development tools and IDEs (IntelliJ, Eclipse).
 * Experience with build tools and dependency management (Maven, Ant).
 * Experience with SoapUI for web service testing.
 * Familiarity with Scrum and Agile methodologies.
 * Practical experience with JSON, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.