Position: Application / Solution Architect - Junior
Number of hours: 40 hours / week
Schedule: EST
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in designing and developing application and solution architectures under the guidance of senior architects.
- Support custom software development, application integration, and cloud migration initiatives.
- Contribute to documenting Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), solution designs, technical specifications, and implementation guides.
- Assist in identifying and documenting functional and non-functional requirements, including performance, security, scalability, and availability.
- Participate in technology evaluation and selection for assigned projects.
- Perform unit testing, bug fixing, code reviews, and simple feature development.
- Support software deployment, release activities, and production issue resolution.
- Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and knowledge base articles.
- Collaborate with developers, QA engineers, business analysts, and project teams throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Follow enterprise architecture standards, development best practices, and security guidelines.
- Escalate technical issues and architectural decisions to senior architects when necessary.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 0–2 years of experience in software development, application support, systems analysis, or related technical roles.
- Basic understanding of software architecture principles and application design concepts.
- Familiarity with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies.
- Basic knowledge of object-oriented programming and software design patterns.
- Understanding of REST APIs, web services, databases, and application integration concepts.
- Basic knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS or Microsoft Azure.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Willingness to learn enterprise architecture frameworks and emerging technologies.
- Ability to work effectively under close guidance and daily supervision.
Preferred Certifications
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
- Scrum Foundations
- ITIL Foundation (Preferred)
Technical Skills
- Software Development Fundamentals
- Application Architecture Basics
- REST APIs and Web Services
- SQL and Relational Databases
- Git Version Control
- SDLC and Agile Methodologies
- Unit Testing and Debugging
- Cloud Fundamentals (AWS / Azure)
- Technical Documentation and Architecture Diagrams
- Basic Application Integration Concepts
- Microsoft Visio, Draw.io, or similar diagramming tools (Preferred)
