[Hiring] Solution Architect (Cloud Enablement) @Gorilla Logic, LLC

Role Description

The Solution Architect plays a critical role in shaping and evolving cloud-enabled application architecture to deliver secure, scalable, resilient, and business-aligned solutions. This hands-on role combines technical roadmapping, solution design, independent research, application development, and close collaboration with engineering teams and stakeholders.

• Define technical roadmaps and architecture strategies for cloud migration, application modernization, and scalable digital solutions.
• Design secure, scalable, resilient, and highly available systems that align technical decisions with business objectives.
• Balance long-term architecture direction with hands-on development, prototyping, technical validation, and delivery support.
• Research architecture options, evaluate tradeoffs and risks, and present clear recommendations to engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Produce architecture diagrams, decision records, technical plans, and system representations that make complex designs easy to understand.
• Translate architecture into executable work by helping define epics, features, stories, dependencies, and technical sequencing.
• Design security-first solutions that protect customer and enterprise data, support compliance, and reduce operational risk.
• Collaborate with architects, engineering leaders, product partners, and business stakeholders to align solutions with enterprise standards and delivery priorities.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field preferred.
• 8 to 10 years of software development experience, including technical leadership or architecture responsibilities.
• 2 or more years of experience creating technical roadmaps and presenting architectural solutions.
• Strong hands-on experience designing and developing solutions with C#, .NET, .NET Core, Web APIs, and the broader Microsoft technology stack.
• Strong Microsoft Azure experience, including cloud migration, cloud-native solution design, and application modernization.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code and delivery automation, including Bicep, Helm, GitHub Enterprise, and GitHub Actions or comparable tooling.
• Experience designing secure authentication and authorization solutions and working with identity standards such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and JWT.
• Experience with distributed systems, asynchronous communication, and event-driven architecture.
• Strong understanding of API design, third-party integrations, SQL development, data modeling, indexing, and performance optimization.
• Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript and at least one modern front-end framework such as Vue.js, React, or Angular.
• Experience working in Agile and DevOps environments with a focus on quality, automation, collaboration, and continuous delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to research unfamiliar technical areas independently, evaluate alternatives, and present clear recommendations.
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven leadership and collaboration skills, including mentoring engineers, influencing stakeholders, and guiding work without relying solely on formal authority.

Requirements

• Experience modernizing identity providers or migrating authentication platforms to cloud environments.
• Experience with Kubernetes-based environments and Helm-managed deployments.
• Experience with Azure Service Bus, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar messaging platforms.
• Experience supporting customer-facing applications or solutions operating in security-sensitive or regulated environments.
• Experience decomposing legacy or monolithic applications into modular, service-based, or event-driven architectures.
• Azure architecture or development certifications.
• Exposure to additional cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud.

Behavioral and Leadership Expectations

• Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly explain complex architectural concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to structure and articulate reasoning in a logical, easy-to-follow manner.
• Collaborative and approachable team player who contributes positively to team culture.
• Proactive problem solver with curiosity and determination in tackling complex or ambiguous challenges.
• Customer-focused and security-conscious mindset with strong attention to quality, maintainability, testability, and operational risk.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment in complex technical environments.
• Hands-on leadership style that stays connected to implementation and engineering reality.