Senior Software Architect

Senior Software Architect

Job Description

Responsible for ensuring quality and consistency of the software architecture and providing day-to-day technical guidance to the development teams. This position is with the client for their Information Technology Department

OVERVIEW
Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Alertmanager, and Grafana
Experience with NGINX Ingress or NGINX Gateway
Experience with Fluent Bit for log forwarding
Knowledge of pgvector or vector-based database extensions
Experience with Keycloak for identity and access management
Experience using KEDA for event-driven scaling in Kubernetes
Experience with MongoDB
Experience with Helm chart deployment and management
Experience with Jira
Experience with Confluence
Experience with Bitbucket
Experience with Splunk
Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure using AWS services such as EC2, EFS, RDS, ALB, IAM, and S3.

Manage and operate Kubernetes/EKS clusters, including deployments, integrations, and troubleshooting
Develop, implement, and support document generation or automation solutions using SmartDocument
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build scalable, secure, and automated solutions
Monitor system performance, reliability, and capacity, and proactively resolve issues.
Create and maintain technical documentation, diagrams, and operational procedures.
Ability set defined goals and meet deadlines.

Must demonstrate a willingness to learn and adapt to new applications and technology platforms.
Ability to critically evaluate information from multiple sources and translate business needs into technical requirements.
Thorough knowledge of system performance tuning, reliability practices, and operational best practices.
Ability to develop and execute system backup and recovery procedures.
Ability to work effectively with technical teams and business partners.
Strong oral and written communication skills.

Skill - Required / Desired - Amount of Experience
Bachelor’s degree or higher - Required
AWS certification - Required
Strong hands-on experience with AWS (e.g., EC2, EFS, RDS, ALB, IAM, S3, Lambda - Required - 5 Years
Experience managing and troubleshooting Kubernetes/EKS (i.e., deployments, integrations, configuration) - Required - 5 Years
Experience with document generation or automation platforms (e.g., SmartDocuments, DocuSign CLM, Adobe PDF Services) - Required - 5 Years
Experience with Linux and Windows environments - Required - 5 Years
Scripting skills for system automation, configuration management, and troubleshooting - Required - 5 Years
Familiarity with Agile frameworks - Required - 3 Years
Experience with CI/CD framework and pipeline software such as Jenkins - Required - 3 Years

Notes:
Remote
Working hours can be between Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with 8 hour days.

VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.