.Net Software Architect

.NET Software Architect
Chicago – Hybrid WFH (3 days~ remote)
Summary
This .NET Software Architectposition is entirely dedicated to a significant, client-facing product with over five thousand users to date. The individual in this role will need to learn the application and its architecture from a front-to-back/back-to-front perspective in order to help optimize and support its further design, development and maintenance. He/she/they will be responsible for a design, development and providing application architectural guidance for the associated application stacks that run the business. They will be on both Windows and Linux operating systems that supports day to day operations, providing subject-matter-expertise for current and future planning, technical architectures, models and standards. The role entails working closely with the other members of the development team, which includes developers on near and offshore teams through a third party consulting arm, to ensure a cohesive enterprise technology approach and optimal delivery.
What you'll be doing

• Establishes and maintains enterprise level architecture through the stages of planning, design and execution of all new platform buildouts. They are responsible for setting our strategic direction and future roadmap in the server and systems space.
• Works closely with multiple internal teams and third-party vendors to plan, design and execute projects that support our application strategies.
• Provides expert consultation to inform strategic technology and system decisions as well as tactical decisions related to projects.
• Listening, drawing out key concepts and articulating advanced technical and non-technical concepts with ease (both written and oral formats) to customers, peers and management at several levels and across the organization with minimal oversight.
• Proceeds from concept, to design, to leading the implementation of complex, medium to large scale projects.
• Ability to solicit input from internal and external sources, including the ability to investigate and incorporate best practices from other corporations, experience and sound judgment.
• Shares best practices, lessons learned and constantly updates the technical system architecture requirements based on changing technologies, and knowledge related to recent, current and upcoming vendor products and solutions
• Collaborates with other members of the Kirkland management staff and contributes to manager meetings, quarterly summits, etc...
• Does "whatever it takes" to support the tactical and strategic goals of the team and in the Firm.

Skills we're seeking

• 10+ years of experience with .NET/C# Development
• Strong experience with Software Architecture, heavily using REST APIs
• Strong experience architecting client-facing or SaaS applications
• Experience with SQL Server and/or PostgreSQL (ideally AND because we use both)

Nice to have experience

• Front-end experience with ReactJS (what we use)
• Azure, Windows and/or Linux experience
  • Software will run on both Windows and Linux servers, on-prem to start but eventually moving to Azure. So this candidate ideally has experience architecting software to seamlessly deploy to multiple environments
• Docker and Kubernetes experience