Technical Solutions Architect

About us:

Clients have the owner's cell number, and the owner still takes the occasional Saturday call. Founded in 2019, we now have 15 employees. Lunch is usually whatever is closest to the client site.

RL Business Technology is hiring a Technical Solutions Architect for our Akron location. We're looking for someone who has built systems themselves and can still go deep in a technical review. This is a hybrid role. Most of the team is in the Akron office Tuesday to Thursday.

Main duties:

• Advise on build-versus-buy decisions and vendor selection.
• Design cloud architectures on AWS, Azure or GCP that account for security, cost and availability.
• Track technical debt and propose remediation roadmaps.
• Produce architecture diagrams, decision records and high-level designs.
• Define integration patterns using APIs, event streaming and middleware such as MuleSoft or Azure Integration Services.
• Review designs from engineering teams and flag risks early.
• Estimate effort and help shape statements of work with delivery managers.
• Support presales with technical answers for RFPs and security questionnaires.

Requirements:

• 3-5 years in software engineering, infrastructure or consulting, with at least three in an architecture role.
• Track record estimating projects and working within client budgets.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% for client meetings.
• Understanding of security, identity and networking as they apply to architecture.
• Comfortable presenting to both executives and engineers.
• Hands-on background in a language such as Java, C#, Python or JavaScript.

Pay and benefits:

Rate: $150,000 - $180,000 annually

• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%.
• Annual bonus.
• Stock options.
• Life insurance.

EOE. We participate in E-Verify.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Interview process: a phone call, a meeting with the hiring manager, and a final conversation with the team.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at RL Business Technology LLC.