Application Architect / Tech Lead

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What We'll Bring:
The Core Online team is looking for an Application Architect who will drive the design and development of Integrated Product Assembly platform which will be used to fulfill TU Online Products such as Financial Services, Insurance, and Identity products. We are looking for someone who can design and develop the foundational code for the platform, ensure that the solution is built in a consistent framework, provide technical consultation to the Product Management and Enterprise Architecture to assure the integration of business requirements and mentor other team members in all technical aspects during all phases of the project development lifecycle.
Justification
The team needs a strong technical leader in GCC who can lead a team of offshore developers and testers that would effectively execute the implementation and delivery of business requirements and help achieve the time to market goals for the different Core Online products that are fulfilled through the Core Online applications.
What You'll Bring:
What You Will Bring • Ability to create application solution blueprints • Design, implement and improve core software frameworks and infrastructure required to effectively secure and maintain the platform (i.e. Logging, Error Handling, Billing) • Collaborate with different teams involved in defining and implementing the CI/CD pipeline for cloud deployment. • Define strategies for technical challenges and provide appropriate solution based upon the viability of different options. • Effectively resolves problems and roadblocks as they occur. Pro-active in identifying risks and issues. • Excellent consulting skills with strong analytical ability to work effectively with clients, product management and enterprise architecture. • Ability to interpret internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve platform, processes, or services. • Responsible for the entire Software Development Lifecycle of a project • Ensure high standards of code quality using static and dynamic application scanning/testing tools. • Perform code reviews and provide technical guidance to team members. Desirable skills • BS/BA degree or higher preferably in Computer Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent work experience • 12+ years of software development experience utilizing OOP and Java with strong understanding of core libraries, Enterprise Design Patterns and RESTFul Architecture • 7+ years of experience as application architect or systems architect • Experience in design and development of RESTful microservices and APIs deployable on cloud platform. • Experience in automated build platforms/continuous integration (Jenkins, Ansible) • Experience with Tomcat • Experience with relational database, SQL performance monitoring and performance tuning. • Experience with security testing methodologies (SAST, DAST), code scanner tools (checkmarx, blackduck, sonar, appscan) and experience in remediating security vulnerabilities • AWS coding/design experience; good understanding of AWS concepts and services • Experience and/or good understanding of Containers and EKS • Experience working within Agile software development teams • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills • Ability to interact with all levels of an organization • Ability to translate and present complex technical data across technical and non-technical groups • Demonstrates team leadership, mentoring capability, self-leadership, strong communication skills, and strong project management capability in working with others
Impact You'll Make:
Technical Architect
This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.
TransUnion Job Title
Lead Developer, Applications Development