Solutions Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the target architecture and roadmap for engineering teams, documenting current state, future state, and transitions.

• Lead the transition from .NET Framework 4.8 and Web API 2 to .NET 8/10 and ASP.NET Core, including the containerization of Windows services.

• Oversee the security architecture encompassing Entra ID, OAuth 2.0/OIDC, JWT, secrets management, encryption, and certificate handling.

• Define SQL Server and PostgreSQL data architecture, addressing schemas, stored procedures, migrations, reporting, and multi-region/DR data.

• Ensure that solutions align with security, high availability, reliability, scalability, auditability, capacity, and performance requirements.

• Assess emerging technologies and enterprise solutions and advocate for their adoption.

• Lead requirements gathering and convert both business and non-functional requirements into solution designs, specifications, and architecture decision records.

• Collaborate with project managers on scope and effort estimates, as well as with analysts on requirements and test plans.

• Document solution costs, risks, and benefits while effectively communicating them to stakeholders and executives.

• Verify implementation fidelity and spearhead architecture governance and design reviews.

• Engage in technical change control by risk-rating changes, defining testing requirements, and quantifying costs and impacts.

• Publish architecture standards, guidelines, and best practices while maintaining a central architecture repository.

• Enhance CI/CD processes, testing strategies, and observability for consistent releases.

• Support developers with debugging, performance monitoring, and tuning.

• Mentor senior engineers and collaborate with product, support, and client-facing teams on technical decisions.

• Report directly to the Director of Software Development/CTO.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent education and experience.

• Over 5 years of experience in a solution architect or principal role.

• Familiarity with microservices architecture and design principles.

• Experience in cloud-centric environments and cloud deployment and integration patterns (Azure or AWS).

• Proven experience architecting multi-vendor environments both on-premises, in the cloud, and in hybrid models.

• Working knowledge of application security best practices and tools for web, mobile, and cloud applications.

• Experience in authoring architecture standards, guidelines, and process documentation at both system and enterprise levels.

• Ability to evaluate options based on cost, risk, and benefit, negotiate trade-offs between features and scalability, and drive decisions among multiple stakeholders.

• Legal-technology experience, particularly with iManage Work, NetDocuments, or other document management systems.

• Proficiency in SQL Server and PostgreSQL.

• Experience with container orchestration and infrastructure as code.

• Real-world experience tackling high-availability issues such as clustering.

• Skills in observability at scale using New Relic, Application Insights, or NLog.

• Experience with data residency and compliance for regulated clients.

• A self-starter and creative problem-solver capable of leading projects with minimal direction.

• Strong analytical skills and meticulous attention to detail.

• Excellent communication skills in writing, conversation, and presentations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Medical benefits.

• A challenging and collaborative team environment.

• Opportunities for career development within a growing technology company.