Senior Technical Architect (180602)

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure (Docker, Terraform/IaC) for both the JVM core and the separate Assistant service — each with its own container/deployment profile.
• Own credential and secrets management across both services; enforce least‑privilege access, particularly for anything touching production.
• Build and maintain two CI/CD pipelines — Maven/Gradle for the Java core, a separate pipeline for the Python/Node Assistant service — including the Angular frontend's build integration.
• Execute and validate database migrations against production PostgreSQL instances.
• Own the inter‑service boundary: service‑to‑service authentication, network policy, and latency/reliability monitoring between the Java core and the Assistant service.
• Configure JVM‑aware infrastructure: container memory limits sized for heap/GC behavior, startup/warm‑up characteristics under load — distinct from tuning a Node service.
• Wire and maintain live integrations: ticketing/test‑management systems (Jira, ADO, qTest) and the organization's AI generation engine.
• Configure identity/auth (OAuth2/OIDC) for both services and the enterprise identity provider.
• Own observability across both runtimes, including correlated distributed tracing — a request crossing from the Java core into the Assistant service needs a shared trace ID, or debugging becomes guesswork.
• Partner with the Solution Architect on anything generated code assumes about the runtime environment, flagging gaps before they become production incidents.

Skill Requirements

• 5–8 years in DevOps, platform engineering, or infrastructure‑focused backend engineering.
• Hands‑on experience with Docker, Terraform (or equivalent IaC), and at least one major cloud provider (Azure or AWS).
• Strong background in CI/CD pipeline design and secrets/credential management — comfortable running multiple pipelines for different language runtimes in parallel.
• Working knowledge of JVM operational characteristics (heap/GC tuning, container sizing) alongside general container/infra skills.
• Experience with distributed tracing/observability across service boundaries, not just single‑service logging.
• Experience integrating third‑party enterprise systems via real APIs.
• Working knowledge of OAuth2/OIDC and enterprise identity provider setup.

Other Requirements

• Prior experience operating a polyglot system (more than one language/runtime in production).
• Prior experience in a platform supporting a regulated domain (healthcare, financial services).
• Familiarity with pgvector or similar.