Application Architect (.Net)

Valorem Reply is an award-winning digital transformation firm focused on delivering data-driven enterprise, IT modernization, customer experience, product transformation and digital workplace. Through the expertise of their people and power of Microsoft technologies, they provide hyper-scale and agile delivery of unique digital business services, strategic business models and design-led user experiences. Their innovative strategies and solutions securely and rapidly transform the way their clients do business.

As an Application Architect, your primary role will be technical delivery leadership for client projects. This position will entail leading and managing enterprise and mid-market projects, as well as technical pre- sales support activities as required. You will be responsible for designing solution architecture, assisting with solution requirement definition, and ensuring processes are followed by all members of the project team. You will have the opportunity to work with and learn the latest Microsoft solutions in a fun work environment.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with project managers, business analysts, managers and client stakeholders 
• Build cohesive team and delegate responsibilities to software engineers 
• Determine technical feasibility and level of effort for projects based on team, duration, budget, business value, infrastructure and constraints 
• Support or responsible for both functional and non-functional requirements gathering 
• Determine appropriate architecture style and patterns, then create design specifications 
• Provide architecture review, and project milestone sessions for project sponsors 
• Ensure repeatable and iterative project delivery processes are in place and being executed 
• Create proofs of concept and write code while avoiding critical path 
• Evaluate existing architecture and provide a path forward 
• Own the technical solution for one or few applications for a client 
• Provide technical expertise with one or more technology stack

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, engineering, or related field
• 10 years experience with Microsoft & open source Technologies
• 1 year of Architect experience in a corporate or consultative (preferred) environment 
• Experience designing database systems for applications (SQL Preferred) and service-oriented architectures 
• Hands-on experience writing code (C#, VB, etc.) 
• Experience in implementing cloud-based SaaS and/or PaaS solutions (Azure) 
• Demonstrated experience in design, modeling and integration and deployment of software solutions 
• Proven and demonstrated experience designing/architecting, and leading development of one or more enterprise solutions 
• Expertise in designing/implementing external-authentication systems using ADFS, Azure AD or OAuth2 
• Expertise in Microsoft technology stack and creating detailed design of services, components, modules, classes, and database structure 
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and share knowledge across a team through workshops, mentoring, training and code reviews 

About Reply 

Reply specializes in the design and implementation of solutions based on new communication channels and digital media. Reply is a network of highly specialized companies supporting global industrial groups operating in the telecom and media, industry and services, banking, insurance and public administration sectors in the definition and development of business models enabled for the new paradigms of AI, cloud computing, digital media and the Internet of Things. Reply services include Consulting, System Integration and Digital Services. Visit our website at www.reply.com to learn more about our open roles.