Solution Architect in Amsterdam

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DESCRIPTION

Currently we are looking for a Solution Architect for our Amsterdam office to make the team even stronger.

Responsibilities

• Design and integrate new in-house developed micro-services and externally developed components for the video back office platform
• Document component-level specifications
• Act as the product owner for your micro-services as part of the Agile / Scrum process
• Participate in End to End Architecture design sessions for new features and interface with the platform product owners to understand the platform requirements
• Share architectural design vision with both technical and non-technical team members, including fellow engineers, architects, product managers, designers and analysts
• Write clean, well-structured specifications and designs, covering all the functional and non-functional requirements
• Prepare handover documentation and trainings to train and instruct fellow engineers in your team and other teams

Requirements

• Excellent capability to write unambiguous technical requirements that require little clarification towards vendors and developers
• Strong, hands-on experience with HTTP, HTTP/2, RESTful
• Strong, hands-on experience with Linux and Windows based servers
• Strong analytical skills; the ability to analyze at high level but also dive into low level details
• Experience with TCP and DNS
• Experience with HTTP servers, proxies and CDNs
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or other management systems for containerized applications
• Good reasoning skill and ability to drive architectural/technical discussion
• Ability to deep dive into the issue to find a root cause in case of unexpected behavior
• Knowledge of best practices for the software development life cycle, including Agile development, testing, integration and operations
• Understanding of SQL (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g. Cassandra, RIAK) technologies - experience with PostgreSQL is a big plus
• Skills to write scripts in at least one scripting language (e.g. Python, Perl, Ruby, bash)
• Former development experience
• Familiarity with IT systems (OSS & BSS)
• Understanding of video platforms and the associated back office systems a big plus

We offer

• Competitive Compensation
• 26 paid holiday days
• Commuting to work- costs reimbursement
• Option to participate in our Pension Plan scheme OR Health insurance Compensation
• Discretionary Performance Based bonus
• Laptop + Corporate Simcard
• Annual Salary Review
• Trainings, Internal Education and Dutch Language Courses
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
• Relocation Package
• Regular Corporate and Social Events
• The opportunity to be part of a diverse and multicultural company