Roles & Responsibilities:The candidate will:

• Analyze system and customer requirements
• Define the architecture design of the entire software system based on requirements
• Choose the technologies and methodology for the implementation of each components and interfaces in the software solution.
• Ensure that software architecture stability is maintained throughout the software development lifecycle from Bid to Delivery and Maintenance;
• Guarantee adherence to in-scope standards and best practices, reuse policy and product development plans;
• Document the design choices and the related justifications;
• Lead the software technical document writing and effort estimation for bids and projects;
• Conduct technical presentation to software team and other internal/external stakeholders;
• Provide knowledge on state-of-the-art software architecting, taking account of future developments and maintenances;
• Lead and participate in Software team` activities including detailed design review, coding, code review, unit test and debug

Essential Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master degree in computer science or related field
• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience building front end and back end of software and web applications
• Minimum 5 years of proven experience in software architect role, designing and developing large-scale software/web solution
• Certified Professional for Software Architecture (CPSA) by iSAQB
• Certified Software Architect (CSA) by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI)
• TOGAF 9 Foundation by The Open Group
• Knowledge of system architectural design patterns
• Knowledge of various coding methods and programming languages, e.g. Java, C#, Go, JavaScript, Python
• Experience with various development frameworks
• Experience with RESTful services and Microservices Architecture
• Experience with at least one message queue solution and data streaming solution (e.g. Apache Kafka)
• Experience with software system-level integration
• Experience in analyzing technical/design choices and documenting the analysis results.
• Experience with data modeling, relational database, nosql database
• Experience with cloud technologies, e.g. Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services
• Extensive working experience (at least 3 years) with Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience with common software development tools, e.g. Jira, Git, Visual Studio code
• Experience in scrum/agile software development methodologies
• Experience with continuous integration (e.g. GitLab CI) and code management repository tools

Good-to-have Skills/Experiences:

• System skillset :

• System Administration basic skillset (services, ssh, user management, …)
• DevOps advanced skillset :

• Developing and maintaining Ansible Playbooks and Modules
• Deploying and setup of CI/CD pipelines (closely work with development team to develop CI/CD pipelines and deploy into private and public cloud)
• Scripting experience in Shell (bash or Python) etc
• Infrastructure as code skillset :

• Automate deployment and configuration using Ansible
• Working knowledge VMware ESX and other virtualization technologies
• Network basics :

• Good working experience with NGINX and HA proxy deployment and configuration
• Familiar with commonly used network commands (e.g. curl, telnet, netstat)
• LAN architecture (CIDR, vLAN, routing, NAT)
• DNS and SSL (internal, external)
• Security :

• Secrets management using various vaults (Gitlab security vaults, Kubernetes secrets)
• SSH administration
• Experiences in MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs) projects are good to have.

Behavior:

• Fluent in English and French
• Produces Ingenious, astute design, with an open mind
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Collaborative team players preferred
• Be able to lead and motivate teams to deliver high-quality software