Lead II - Software Engineering - GCP Solution Architect

Role Description

Role Proficiency:

Act creatively to develop applications by selecting appropriate technical options optimizing application development maintenance and performance by employing design patterns and reusing proven solutions. Account for others' developmental activities; assisting Project Manager in day to day project execution.

Outcomes

• Interpret the application feature and component designs to develop the same in accordance with specifications.
• Code debug test document and communicate product component and feature development stages.
• Validate results with user representatives integrating and commissions the overall solution.
• Select and create appropriate technical options for development such as reusing improving or reconfiguration of existing components while creating own solutions for new contexts
• Optimises efficiency cost and quality.
• Influence and improve customer satisfaction
• Influence and improve employee engagement within the project teams
• Set FAST goals for self/team; provide feedback to FAST goals of team members
  
  

Measures Of Outcomes

• Adherence to engineering process and standards (coding standards)
• Adherence to project schedule / timelines
• Number of technical issues uncovered during the execution of the project
• Number of defects in the code
• Number of defects post delivery
• Number of non compliance issues
• Percent of voluntary attrition
• On time completion of mandatory compliance trainings
  
  

Code

Outputs Expected:

• Code as per the design
• Define coding standards templates and checklists
• Review code – for team and peers
  
  

Documentation

• Create/review templates checklists guidelines standards for design/process/development
• Create/review deliverable documents. Design documentation
  
  

Requirements

test cases and results

Configure

• Define and govern configuration management plan
• Ensure compliance from the team
  
  

Test

• Review/Create unit test cases scenarios and execution
• Review test plan created by testing team
• Provide clarifications to the testing team
  
  

Domain Relevance

• Advise software developers on design and development of features and components with deeper understanding of the business problem being addressed for the client
• Learn more about the customer domain and identify opportunities to provide value addition to customers
• Complete relevant domain certifications
  
  

Manage Project

• Support Project Manager with inputs for the projects
• Manage delivery of modules
• Manage complex user stories
  
  

Manage Defects

• Perform defect RCA and mitigation
• Identify defect trends and take proactive measures to improve quality
  
  

Estimate

• Create and provide input for effort and size estimation and plan resources for projects
  
  

Manage Knowledge

• Consume and contribute to project related documents share point libraries and client universities
• Review the reusable documents created by the team
  
  

Release

• Execute and monitor release process
  
  

Design

• Contribute to creation of design (HLD LLD SAD)/architecture for applications features business components and data models
  
  

Interface With Customer

• Clarify requirements and provide guidance to Development Team
• Present design options to customers
• Conduct product demos
• Work closely with customer architects for finalizing design
  
  

Manage Team

• Set FAST goals and provide feedback
• Understand aspirations of the team members and provide guidance opportunities etc
• Ensure team members are upskilled
• Ensure team is engaged in project
• Proactively identify attrition risks and work with BSE on retention measures
  
  

Certifications

• Obtain relevant domain and technology certifications
  
  

Skill Examples

• Explain and communicate the design / development to the customer
• Perform and evaluate test results against product specifications
• Break down complex problems into logical components
• Develop user interfaces business software components
• Use data models
• Estimate time and effort resources required for developing / debugging features / components
• Perform and evaluate test in the customer or target environments
• Make quick decisions on technical/project related challenges
• Manage a team mentor and handle people related issues in team
• Have the ability to maintain high motivation levels and positive dynamics within the team.
• Interface with other teams designers and other parallel practices
• Set goals for self and team. Provide feedback for team members
• Create and articulate impactful technical presentations
• Follow high level of business etiquette in emails and other business communication
• Drive conference calls with customers and answer customer questions
• Proactively ask for and offer help
• Ability to work under pressure determine dependencies risks facilitate planning handling multiple tasks.
• Build confidence with customers by meeting the deliverables timely with a quality product.
• Estimate time and effort of resources required for developing / debugging features / components
  
  

Knowledge Examples

• Appropriate software programs / modules
• Functional & technical designing
• Programming languages – proficient in multiple skill clusters
• DBMS
• Operating Systems and software platforms
• Software Development Life Cycle
• Agile – Scrum or Kanban Methods
• Integrated development environment (IDE)
• Rapid application development (RAD)
• Modelling technology and languages
• Interface definition languages (IDL)
• Broad knowledge of customer domain and deep knowledge of sub domain where problem is solved
  

Additional Comments

GCP Solution Architect Minimum 10+ Years of Experience Primary Skills/Responsibilities Good Hands on Experience on Python, GCP, Solution Architect, GKE Must have Experience working on 3-tier architecture projects using GCP, Backend API (Fast API), and Frontend (React JS) Must have Experience on Multi-Tenancy Implementation on GCP Cloud. Evaluate potential solutions using both technical and commercial criteria that support the established cost and service requirements Secondary Skills/Responsibilities Lead in early discussion and analysis of cloud concepts, and assist in creating proof-of-concepts with the full backing of the relevant teams Evaluate the entire technology stack, including operations, administration, automation, and PaaS (Platform as a Service), IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service),and SaaS (Software as a Service) Perform a thorough technical discovery, identifying problem areas, technical and business requirements, and as-is and future state scenarios "

Skills

GCP,Solution Architecture,Python