Sr. Solution Architect

Headquartered in New Jersey (U.S), Cygnus Professionals Inc. is a next generation global information technology Solution and Consulting company powered by strong management and leadership team with over 30 person years of experience. Today, Cygnus has strong footprints in more than 4 countries with more than 25 satisfied customers. We strive to extend our presence across industries and geographies with our industry-focused business excellence. Cygnus Professionals Inc.    has been named by the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC) as one of the “Fast 100 Asian American Businesses” – joining the country’s fastest-growing Asian American-owned companies, based on percentage revenue growth over the immediate past two years. Sr. Solution Architect Chicago, IL 12 Months Contract Skype + F2F MUST HAVE: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience 15+ years relevant experience in technical leadership and/or technology consulting on large enterprise projects Multiple projects working at an Architect level with an Architect title Knowledge of Agile processes (Scrum preferred) Experience designing and building large-scale, distributed systems delivered as Enterprise-wide, global-facing PaaS or SaaS offerings. Experience with large scale migrations to Azure Experience with SOA and/or micro services-based architectures. Experience with documenting complex solution architecture designs Proficient in ability to document designs using modeling and diagramming techniques appropriate for the required context. Hands-on experience and solid understanding of the following technologies: C#/.NET 4.5+ Web API SQL Server 2014+ Windows Server 2012 R2 Experience with a message broker / service bus technology Azure Knowledge of Domain Driven Design Able to identify and communicate issues/risks applying technical and root cause analysis skills Self-motivated and proactive Possess strong decision making, problem solving and analytical skills Excellent communication, presentation, influencing, and reasoning skills Comfortable speaking in front of an executive audience Creativity and ability to think outside-the-box while defining sound and practical solutions Desire to take the initiative, moving projects/ideas forward with clarity Adept negotiation skills in high-pressure situations NICE TO HAVE: NoSQL technologies, such as MongoDB and Redis Service Bus for Windows Server / Azure Service Bus AWS Cloudera Hadoop ecosystem Tableau Enterprise Architecture certification, such as EACOE or TOGAF Tax industry / financial services experience