Software Architect at Advertising Specialty Institute (Philadelphia, PA)

Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) is the largest business-to-business media organization for the promotional product and advertising industry, offering award-winning publishing, marketing and ASI e-commerce services to over 27,000 members. We produce catalogs, directories, newsletters, magazines, web sites, databases and cutting-edge interactive business tools.Awarded one of the 'Best Places to Work' on the Philadelphia Business Journal's list of mid-size businesses for providing exceptional benefits and programs for our employees. We also employ the latest technologies while maintaining a family-friendly environment for nearly 400 employees, headquartered in Trevose, PA. We offer on-site gym, day care, café, car service, car wash and dry-cleaning service. Visit us at http://bit.ly/31fbC6n Specialty Institute (ASI) is seeking a talented architect to join our enterprise architecture team. A software architect at ASI will define, develop, and support the core services that help move our vision forward. The team works on critical components that require maximum scalability, low-latency, and high availability.As an architect you will work directly with our software engineers on multiple projects to provide technical leadership and guidance. Strong candidates will have development and operational experience at large scale, and bring both deep technical understanding and sound judgment to the role. In addition, they will also have a solid understanding of cloud computing and technology systems, as well as experience designing and transferring applications to the cloud.ResponsibilitiesAct as principal designer of critical systems including application, data, and technology infrastructure architecturesIdentify the top cloud architecture solutions to successfully meet the strategic needs of the companyIdentify scaling bottlenecks and propose solutionsResearch, test, benchmark and evaluate new technologyRegularly evaluate cloud applications, hardware, and softwareDrive best practices for web application architecture and implementationWork with project teams to guide the implementation and delivery of solutions both in customer-facing and internal deployment environmentsAn Ideal CandidateBachelors degree in Computer Science or related fieldExpert in object-oriented analysis and design as well as Enterprise Application Integration patterns (SOA and messaging) and Microsoft applications/.NETWell-versed in distributed computing, big data processing technologies, relational and non-relational data stores, instrumenting for monitoring and metrics, SOA, REST, and event-oriented paradigmsKnowledge of cloud computing technologies and current computing trendsExperience writing test-driven code in a variety of languages, having senior level skill in at least two of the following: C#, TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Java, F# and C/C++Production experience with technologies such as RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka, Elasticsearch, and RedisA track record of solving technical challenges and owning critical systemsKnowledge of foundational infrastructure components such as IP networking, VPNs, DNS, firewalling, authentication and load balancing conceptsHands-on experience with at least one automation platform Azure DevOps Services, AWS OpsWorks, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, AnsibleExperience in capacity planning, load testing, defining hardware requirements and solutions diagramsPositive attitude and excellent communication skills to effectively share your knowledgePlusesBeing and open-source contributor and familiarity with GitExperience with JavaScript frameworks like Angular and ReactProduction experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB or RedisExperience with team coaching and project leadership in an agile environment using continuous deliveryPractical Linux administration skillsExperience with Docker containers and KubernetesAdvertising Specialty Institute (ASI) is the largest business-to-business media organization for the promotional product and advertising industry, offering award-winning publishing, marketing and ASI e-commerce services to over 27,000 members. We produce catalogs, directories, newsletters, magazines, web sites, databases and cutting-edge interactive business tools.Awarded one of the 'Best Places to Work' on the Philadelphia Business Journal's list of mid-size businesses for providing exceptional benefits and programs for our employees. We also employ the latest technologies while maintaining a family-friendly environment for nearly 400 employees, headquartered in Trevose, PA. We offer on-site gym, day care, café, car service, car wash and dry-cleaning service. Visit us at http://bit.ly/2KeBPfF.
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