Sr. Solution Architect - Endur

The Sr. Solution Architect will provide end-to-end architecture development, consultancy, and assurance across projects, ensuring that applications are well-designed and aligned with Shell's standards and reference architecture. The role will work specifically in the Products portfolio for Shell's Trading and Supply business, implementing a global Energy Trade and Risk Management (ETRM) solution on Azure.

What You Will Do

The Sr. Solution Architect will lead in their area of expertise, shape and transform the role itself, and drive innovation and impact. They will serve as the primary contact for architectural aspects of IT projects, integrate business process, data, application, technical, and information security dimensions into cohesive IT solutions, and ensure solution architectures are documented using standard templates and tooling.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The Sr. Solution Architect will have opportunities for development, influence, and leadership as the organization grows. They will work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing the planet, and have the opportunity to develop the skills they need to grow in an environment where they value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another.

Requirements

• Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis
• Bachelor's degree required
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in Trading IT
• Minimum of 10 years' experience with OpenLink Endur v14+
• Knowledge of the end-to-end Trading Business from deal inception through to settlement
• 10+ years in software and architecture delivery
• Own and drive technical architecture, design, and standards for software products in Commodities Trading
• Confidently lead architecture decisions across portfolios, managing divergent opinions
• Create pragmatic, implementable technical designs balancing risk, complexity, cost, and value
• TOGAF (or similar framework) experience and Enterprise Architecture tooling
• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders for strategic and day-to-day technical decisions
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with 5+ years' experience in trading environments
• Listen to and interpret needs of technical and business stakeholders, manage expectations, and facilitate discussions
• Be an active participant in the wider Tech Lead and engineering communities
• Diagnose problems and implement innovative solutions fitting into the wider Shell Trading picture
• Manage dependencies, overcome obstacles, and maximize value against constraints, managing trade-offs or technical debt
• Expert in one or more of the programming languages (Node.js, .Net, .Net Core, Python etc) with Cloud Native Platform Development (Azure/AWS)
• Expert in one or more of the front-end development technologies (specifically React and Micro frontend)
• Expert in one or more of Data Development (SQL Databases, No SQL, Cloud Datastores etc) technologies
• Expert in JVS and OpenComponents
• Exposure to SAP HANA, Salesforce, API management, Multifactor authentication
• Hands-on experience implementing OpenLink Endur, including All ‘Managers’, Domain Services, Operation Services, TPM, APM, Grid Setup, Deal Modelling
• Hands-on experience in architecting applications into the Azure platform, including migrations/re-platforming of legacy on-premise systems
• Engineering and architecture experience in designing and building containers, Microservices, Cloud Native applications, and federated Data platforms (Data Mesh)
• 3+ Years experience in Data Architecture including Logical data models and designing solutions using data platforms and medallion architecture
• Strong knowledge of data management: engineering, pipeline development, warehousing, storage, lifecycle management, privacy, security
• Experience with diverse data types: big data, high velocity streaming, IoT, low latency event triggers, longitudinal time series
• Proficient in SQL and NoSQL databases
• Significant experience with Azure Functions, Web Apps, distributed/event-driven architecture (event hub, event bus, Kafka), ELK
• Intermediate to advanced exposure to Azure Active Directory, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Storage, Azure Kubernetes Service, CosmosDB, Azure SQL
• Integration experience with Confluent/Kafka, API Management, Logic Apps
• 5+ years in CI/CD delivery using Git/GitHub, VSTS/Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible
• Practical agile experience in both start-up and enterprise environments
• Lead the engineering community to follow Shell Engineer Management standards, ensuring consistency and reuse
• Understand and deliver core engineering GPA objectives
• Create a collaborative environment for technical roles to drive clear decisions and consistency
• Address Business Process, Data, Application, Technical, and Information Security aspects of IT Solutions, documenting in High-Level Design documents
• Coordinate and develop information with third parties (Data Architects, IRM, Support Operations teams, Business stakeholders), internal and external to Shell

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life Insurance
• Business Travel Accident Insurance
• Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs
• Company pension plan
• 401(k) plan
• Paid leave for up to 6 weeks of paid vacation time
• Paid leave for up to 11 paid holidays
• Parental leave offering 16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents, and 8 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents
• Short-term disability leave for up to 26 weeks at 100% or 50% of base pay
• Long-Term Disability insurance
• Financial reimbursement for adoption, wellness, education, and personal learning expenses
• Discretionary long-term incentives