Technical Architect/Lead Developer (C#, .Net, Azure)

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An Insurance company who is looking to hire a Technical Architect. The role will be responsible for; the transition of the application portfolio from their data centres to Microsoft Azure cloud, technical change in applications and the re-architecture and deployment in PaaS.

They are open to considering either a hands-on technical architect who has retained strong C# coding skills or a Lead Developer who is responsible for architecture in their current role.

Your Responsibilities

* Analyse enterprise business context to derive solution and technical architecture at program and project scope whilst considering all aspects of solution design i.e. performance, scalability and flexibility.

* Be the main technical interface between the project and enterprise planning team and ensure alignment and adherence to Enterprise Architecture principles, practices and roadmaps.

* Analyse the IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.

* Oversee or consult on technical architecture application implementation or modifications.

* Define the technical architectural principles to guide solution decisions for the enterprise.

* Facilitate the evaluation and selection of software products.

* Contribute to Internal and 3rd party partner software/technology development processes, standards and deliverables with emphasis on delivering quality throughout the development lifecycle.

* Design of architecture based upon OO, DRY and SOLID principles.

* Design of N-tier applications based on re-use and scalability.

* Review and provide quality control for technology delivery teams (e.g. design/code review).

* Follow a configure before buy, before build principle.

Required Experience

* .Net Core, C#, SQL, Automated Unit Testing, Web API, MVC, Entity Framework, jQuery, CSS, Bootstrap, React and JavaScript programming.

* Azure PaaS (Application Service, Functions, Azure SQL, Service Bus, KeyVault etc)

* Continuous integration and automated deployments within Azure DevOps.

* PowerShell, ARM Templates, Azure CLI, Terraform.

* Design and development of N-tier, SOA & Microservice applications.

* Experienced in Full Life Cycle Development (Agile & Waterfall).

* Knowledge and practical application of Design Patterns and Practises.