Job description

Please note this is a Hybrid role with 3 days in our Houston office. P97 is currently hiring an experienced multi-disciplined Solutions Architect with deep technical subject matter expertise in Enterprise Application Development and Cloud Native Development to deliver technical leadership on mobile and iOT payment solutions to our clients. We also place a strong focus on finding a Solution Architect that can communicate high-tech solutions to technical and non-technical audiences collaboratively. Responsibilities • Perform hands-on solution design, solution architecture, architecture roadmaps, prototyping, proof-of-concept builds, and development tasks as required in support of current and new projects. • Ensure solutions are scalable and meet overall business requirements. • Actively work with teams in solution design and implementation. • Guide technical team to deliver a flexible and scalable solution. • Mentor and supervise developers. • Participate in customer-facing pre-sales activities and internal initiatives as required. • Create and/or contribute to technical and functional documentation such as detailed architectural and system design documents. • Participate in project/sprint planning, status, and review meetings. • Participate in peer reviews and evaluate designs and project activities for compliance with applications design, development guidelines, and standards. • Identify problem areas and identify causes of problems and suggest actions for solving them. • Drive innovation and integration of new technologies and methodologies into projects. • Worked with Product Management, Professional Services, Development, and 3rd party vendors/partners to design retail solutions, identify application gaps, estimate scope, and prepare statements of work. • Educated clients on new payment and security trends through creation of technical articles, case studies, Lunch-n-Learns, and trade show presentations in addition to providing extensive technical training for staff as necessary. Success Factors • Ability to lead technical solutions • Extensive knowledge in testing best practices; understand the need for continuous process, and service improvements using best practices • A proven track record of exceeding goals by collaborating, influencing, and working cross-functionally through others creating trusted relationships • A persuasive and charismatic communicator with the ability to synthesize and deliver complex information to all involved stakeholders. • Previous experience with the following is preferred: • New Market Development • Enterprise Architecture • Payments Security • Pre-Sale Technical Support • Product Demonstrations • Implementation Specifications • Solutions Design • Relationship Management • ROI Estimates • DevOps • Cloud Native Development • Enterprise Application Development • Cloud: Azure, AWS, or GCP • Containers: Dockers and Kubernetes • Data Analytics • Network Design • Application Design • Data Analytics • Threat Modeling • Cross Functional Teams • Ecommerce / Retail /Mobile Payment Technology/ IoT payment solutions/technology • Design Specifications • Best Practice Guidance • Security Architecture • Business Operations Requirements Minimum Requirements • Bachelor's degree in a STEM related degree (preferably Computer Science/Computer Engineering) • Minimum 7 years of development experience • Minimum 3 years' experience as a team member of successful software project implementations • Recognized as a Cloud Native Development Subject Matter Expert • Experience as an Enterprise Application Architect • Experience with common debugging tools • Advanced certifications by software vendor(s) - (Azure Solution Architect preferred) • Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills to all levels of an organization • Experience in hands on design, prototyping, development, configurations, testing and other implementation activities • Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills • Ability to work independently as well as within a team environment that is based on-shore and off-shore • Driven to meet aggressive milestones

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