Product, Solution or Engineering Architect Consultant

(Please note all remote applicants must be US based.)

What we believe

In the past two years, more than a trillion dollars have been invested in software companies at record prices. And in many cases, the underlying tech is the greatest enabler to the business strategy. But has the approach to govern technology value creation caught up to the magnitude of the risk?

We believe a better way is possible – a more programmatic, proactive approach to actively manage technology throughout the investment lifecycle – and that’s what we do.

Our role

We know that technology can create truly transformative change, and its role in business is only growing. Crosslake is here to support the change makers and help them buy, build and run better technology.

What we value

You could be a good fit for Crosslake if you see yourself reflected in our guiding values:

Service. We effect change by empowering others.

Curiosity. We believe great advice starts with deep understanding.

Credibility. Our expertise is earned and proven.

Commitment. It’s our privilege to serve clients in their critical moments.

Creativity. We are inspired by the constant pursuit of better.

Role Overview

• The Solution/Engineering Architect will work with clients’ product development and engineering teams and leaders to co-create value by architecting, designing and implementing solutions to integrate, remediate, modernize, or innovate client platforms/products and engineering challenges. This role leads, develops and refines deliverables that support client technology strategy, roadmap and engineering processes to enable business growth and transformation goals.

• Like all our Crosslake practitioners, this role has been around the block a few times, lived in the trenches and ideally has led successful programs that pragmatically apply technology to accomplishing business goals.Specifically, this practitioner role is a senior level consultant who can strategize, plan, guide, coach and roll up sleeves to work with client engineers and managers.  

•  You know what it takes and can roll up your sleeves to successfully deliver systems, platforms and products with the best of architecture and engineering approaches and are excited and passionate about imparting that knowledge and wisdom onto others.You’re smart and passionate about how technology is developed, managed, and deployed. You are accountable, self-motivated, and always driven to do better. You have a high degree of initiative and are always looking for new ways to help people. You learn from your mistakes and make everyone around you better for it. You belong to a small team making big impacts. You can work from home (or one of our offices) and be self-directed, but also effectively collaborate with the team in both a remote and in-person capacity. You should be part of the Crosslake experience. 

Responsibilites

• Participate in discussions around product engineering/delivery strategy and objectives to inform what is possible.

• Translate business and technical objectives into actionable architecture and engineering epics and stories.

• Assess technology and implementation risks and develop mitigation plans

• Understand the capabilities and skills needed to implement and deploy modern solutions.

• Bridge communications and knowledge gaps between business focused and tech focused individuals and teams.

• Lead/drive, co-create and co-deliver client technology products/programs.

Requirements/Qualifications

• 15+ years as an architect or engineering leader with at least two of the following architecture specialties:  Cloud software including infrastructure (aka site reliability) engineering/ Embedded Systems including mission critical/ Data and Analytics Systems/ Enterprise Systems.

• Leadership and hands-on engineering experience with at least two cloud migrations at a +$100M/yr business.

•  Hands-on management and experience with at least one cloud migration at a +$10M/yr business.

• Software developer background with at least five years in a team setting.

• More than three years implementing and deploying solutions/products as an architect in a small-medium companies (< $100M revenue.)

• More than three years implementing and deploying systems/products as an architect in a +$100M/yr enterprise.

• Recent/current hands-on engineering experience with at five of the following technologies/platforms/capabilities:  .Net/Java/MS SQL/Oracle/AWS/ Azure/ GCP/Security/Cloud/FinOps/DevOps/Quality Engineering.

• Working knowledge of at least one common diagramming/UML tool set.

• Strong working knowledge of cloud/computing technologies in either AWS or Azure Cloud, development tools and emerging technologies.

• Proven ability to assess, design and implement an end-to-end transformation roadmap, driven by clear business cases based on business values and outcomes, using rational solution components and the solution shaped with human-centric adoption and change in mind.

•  High EQ tuned to both technical and non-technical individuals.

• Demonstrated leadership and consulting/client-management skills.

• Ability to solve problems, think critically and manage conflicts.

• Ability to manage project budget and resources.

• Strong organizational, communication, strategic planning, and interpersonal skills.  

•  Strong technical acumen and technical horsepower.

• Ability to work collaboratively to co-create while also delivering exceptional results.