Important information: Experience: + 5 years Job Mode: Full-time Work Mode: Work from home. Job Summary As a Solutions Architect (11215) at Encora, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering complex solutions that meet both functional and non-functional requirements. You will collaborate with product owners and cross-functional teams to design and implement architectures that align with business objectives, ensuring that solutions are scalable, secure, and compliant with industry standards. Responsibilities and Duties Collaborate with product owners to understand and define functional requirements. Lead cross-functional sessions to build consensus on requirements, solution options, desired architecture, and recommendations. Translate conceptual architecture and business requirements into detailed solution designs with all necessary artifacts for development. Decompose large-scale business programs into logical components and solutions that adhere to enterprise architecture strategy. Manage risks and resolve challenges that have the potential to impact solution scope, schedule, and quality. Work across geographies as necessary to deliver solutions that drive global product offerings. Review development work to ensure that all solution designs adhere to Encora's architecture principles and meet non-functional requirements. Communicate and present technical concepts, risks, challenges, and selling points of a solution to technology and business partners. Collaborate with SMEs across Encora to ensure solution designs deliver on stated business value. Coordinate overall solution architecture with Global Architecture leadership and other stakeholders. Qualifications and Skills 5+ years of experience as a Solution Architect and/or Designer of data flows and processes. Experience with large and complex system designs in a distributed and real-time polyglot environment. Proficiency in a general-purpose programming language (5+ years). Application of enterprise design patterns and advanced understanding of business analysis techniques, processes, and tools. Experience leading projects with cross-functional work teams. Broad knowledge of computer software, systems, infrastructure, security, and programming languages. Expert understanding of Agile development tools and processes. Ability to communicate business and technical concepts across the enterprise, conveying technical language to non-technical stakeholders. Ability to drive consensus on technical solutions. Experience in system design for governance and compliance related to PCI, NACHA, and SOX. Technical Skills Experience with microservices, service-oriented architectures, and layered systems. Prior hands-on development experience with various programming platforms, including .NET or Java. Expertise in database design and management using technologies such as SQL Server, MySQL, Postgres, and NoSQL platforms. Knowledge of Kubernetes, virtualization, hyper-convergent, and containerization infrastructure. Experience with distributed messaging systems such as Kafka and RabbitMQ. Understanding of cryptographic standards, schemes, and protocols. About Encora Encora is the preferred digital engineering and modernization partner of some of the world's leading enterprises and digital-native companies. With over 9,000 experts in 47+ offices and innovation labs worldwide, Encora's technology practices include Product Engineering & Development, Cloud Services, Quality Engineering, DevSecOps, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience, Cybersecurity, and AI & LLM Engineering. At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and qualifications, and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality. #J-18808-Ljbffr