Solution Architect

Designation: Solution Architect
- Department: Product Division
- Location: Bhopal
- Salary: Competitive
- Education Requirement : B.E./B.Tech(CSE/IT); M.Tech/MCA(CS/IT)
- **REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE**:

- Passionate about software development and clean design, with a strong focus on user experience
- Ability to understand business requirements/functional specifications and convert them into solution designs / technical development requirements
- Proven good judgment and pragmatic approach to delivering software that optimizes architecture activities across company needs, business constraints and technological realities
- 3+ years’ proven ability to set technical direction and lead onshore/offshore development and QA teams
- 7+ years’ experience with advanced knowledge and hands-on experience in:

- Microsoft.Net Framework including.NET 4.0/4.5, ASP.Net, VB.NET or C#.NET, WCF & WPF, JavaScript, MVC, and WebAPI
- Web technologies, including HTTP, XML JSON and REST
- MSSQL/Oracle databases, including T-SQL and creation/use of stored procedures, functions and views
- Strong knowledge base in Design Patterns
- Must have sufficient knowledge in Entity Framework.
- Strong working knowledge of Solution Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and its appropriate implementation in a wide variety of environments
- Proven experience working in fast paced Agile and Scrum environments with established project schedules
- Strong background and knowledge of all aspects of software testing - unit, component, regression, functional, systems integration and user acceptance testing
- Experience in influencing new business and estimating effort for presales proposals/scopes of work
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field
- Exemplary client service and teamwork skills
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Solid organizational and time management skills — able to design and execute to project schedules and handle multiple priorities
- Experience working in a fast paced and high energy work environment
- Participate in internal projects and strategy/planning as required
- Experience with designing large, enterprise-focused relational databases, optimizing database structure for performance and/or maintainability, and the ability to design and optimize stored procedures.
- Experience with establishing project usage procedures for source control, work item tracking, and build management with Team Foundation Server (or similar).
- Deep hands-on knowledge of the.NET 3.5/4.0/4.5 Framework, including Visual Studio 2008/2010/2012, C#, ASP.NET (Web Forms and MVC), ADO.Net, jQuery, and CSS.
- Strong experience working with n-tier architectures (UI, Business Logic Layer, Data Access Layer) along with some experience with service-oriented architectures (SOA).
- Be self-motivated, independent, detail oriented, responsible team-player and exhibit exceptional relationship management skills.
- Have a passion for building high-quality systems with software implementation best practices and mentor others on how to do the same.
- Possess knowledge of sound business practices and a proven track record of exceeding customer expectations and anticipating their needs.
- **PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE**
- B.S./M.S. degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS or equivalent preferred
- Microsoft MCSD certified in Web Applications and/or Windows Store Applications
- 3+ years of relevant experience in professional / consulting services
- Experience in managing offshore development teams - cultural familiarity, etc. will be a big plus.
- Experience developing pro/con models to compare various technologies to assist teams and business owners in selecting the best fit for a technical solution.
- Experience working with an Agile methodology-Scrum usage, design and enterprise patterns, and iterative development; Experience of successfully led and managed technical teams.