Job Description

We are currently seeking a high caliber professional to join our team as Solution Architect


Principle Responsibilities:


Work as part of API Design and analysis team with responsibility for API Design, aligned to value streams.


The solution architect is responsible for analysis of existing system and defining the API contract.


Prepare Design Document and presentation for the stakeholders


Work with Global Enterprise/Solution Architects to review end to end technical design.


Review/Ensure the technical design is technically coherent and future proof and compliance with technology standards and regulatory obligations


Identify any issues that may arise to delivery risk, formulate preventive actions or corrective measures and timely escalate major project risks & issues to senior management


Provide professional consultancy/support immediately for application teams queries/requests


What youll do:


This role involves modeling APIs to address all potential use cases, delivering solutions that are high quality and easily accessible to API consumers, with a particular emphasis on following Domain Driven Design (DDD) principles. The successful applicant will be responsible for creating and maintaining scalable, efficient RESTful APIs, developing systems based on well defined contracts, and designing complex software architectures to enhance performance and scalability, all while collaborating effectively within a team environment.


For this role we are looking for someone with extensive exposure to API design using a range of different development tools, with experience designing and implementing APIs (REST, JSON). You will be required to:


APD (API Product Design) and ATD (API Technical Design) documentation per API required to support dedicated Value Stream outcomes (supporting all functional and non functional requirements for all APIs for each VS outcome)


Deliver reliable robust resilient and secure software solutions meeting strict operational specifications on a timely basis


Define application data and resource model such that the operations and relationships between resources are easily understood.


Exhibit critical thinking leading to driving out efficient solutions capable of solving complex business requirements


Analysis and documenting of the existing platform, APIs and ESBs


Metadata submissions per API to support API discovery


Responsible for ALL APIs to be published with supporting documentation to our strategic API discovery tools, including Exchange.


Collaboration on QA test case generation to support efficient and timely testing of APIs


Ongoing support to Engineering teams to resolving queries during PI lifecycle


Work with SAPI / Platform teams to ensure analysis is validated against system constraints/future states/standards


Regularly attend the API Product Design Working Group to ensure product level design decisions are consistent across Value streams.


What you will need to succeed in the role:


University Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline


Extensive experience in enterprise architecture, particularly with .NET framework, API development, and microservices (.NET core, WCF, c#, RESTful APIs, SOAP, Microservices, SQL, Integration Patterns,)


Strong knowledge of software design patterns, cloud computing, and scalable system architecture.




Primary skills




ASP.NET Core WebAPI,JSON



About Virtusa



Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 30,000 people globally that cares about your growth -- one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.



Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.



Virtusa was founded on principles of equal opportunity for all, and so does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.