Microservices Architect

at  Procom

Microservices Architect On behalf of our client in the Education Sector, PROCOM is looking for a Microservices Architect. Microservices Architect - Job Description

• The candidate will be responsible for CI/CD planning, logging standards, orchestration, application security, interoperability, performance, scalability, reliability, affordability, continuous improvement
• Leading and coaching a team of developers (5 - 7)
• Conduct development workload
• Create code templates to be used by the other developers
• Design and implementation of the data models
• End state- to build the foundation of a Microservices environment based on Azure Container Apps, Azure Function Apps, and dapr (a framework for Microservices)
• Architecture Knowledge: Familiarity with common microservices patterns is essential.
• They should understand how to build single-function modules with well-defined interfaces and operations.
• Understanding of Microservices Principles: Knowledge of principles such as loose coupling, service autonomy, and single responsibility
• Domain Modelling: Understanding the business domain and being able to model it into distinct, autonomous microservices is crucial
• Teamwork: Microservices development involves working in teams, so good teamwork and communication skills are important
• Leading and Coaching: Experience with leading and coaching technical teams and ensuring team is able to produce quality deliverables
• Azure DevOps, Container Apps, dapr:
• Knowledge of Docker, Azure Container Apps, dapr, and Azure Functions is essential
• Deep Programming Skills: Being proficient in NodeJS (TypeScript/JavaScript) as the primary language (SQL, HTML, CSS, are also necessary)
• Knowledge of Functional Programming and a preference to apply FP concepts, is an advantage, but not essential
• API Design: Experience with designing and implementing REST APIs, preferably using Azure API Management and the Open API 3 standard
• Familiarity with REST principles
• Familiarity with the OData standard
• Continuous Integration: Experience with Azure DevOps continuous integration features and practices.
• Understanding of Databases: Familiarity with different types of databases, including NoSQL databases, is required
• Data Management Strategy: Ability to decide on the data management strategy for microservices, including data consistency, data sharing, and data storage
• Security: Understanding of security principles and how to apply them in a microservices architecture
• Experience with Oauth 2.0, OIDC. Familiarity with Microsoft Entra ID for authentication and authorization, and as an Oauth Services Provider, is an advantage

• Testing: Ability to design effective testing strategies for microservices

  Microservices Architect - Mandatory Skills

• 2+ years of experience building and deploying Container Apps, preferably on their most recent project (so that the knowledge is fresh and up to date)

• 5 plus years of API design and coding
• Knowledge of the Higher Education sector is not essential but would be beneficial
• Must be familiar with Domain Driven Design so they can map the Microservices to the business domains
• Must be familiar with Azure DevOps pipelines and be able to create a pipeline to deploy code in Azure, or work with an Ops engineer to do it

Microservices Architect - Assignment Start Date ASAP – 5 months to start Microservices Architect - Assignment Location Toronto, ON – Work Hybri

Please refer the Job description for details