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Job Title: Data Solutions Architect
Location: Remote
Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced Data Solutions Architect with deep expertise in API centric microservices, Kubernetes, and AWS cloud infrastructure. This role is instrumental in driving our backend systems architecture, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and aligned with business goals. The ideal candidate combines technical leadership, hands on capability, and a forward-thinking approach to designing cloud native systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and lead the design of scalable, secure microservices and APIs for our cloud platform.
- Own the Kubernetes-based deployment strategy across environments (EKS or self-managed clusters).
- Guide engineering teams on cloud-native best practices, CI/CD processes, and system observability.
- Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and DevOps teams to translate business requirements into scalable system designs.
- Define and enforce architecture standards, code quality, and system documentation.
- Evaluate and recommend tools, frameworks, and cloud services to support system performance and reliability.
- Drive cross-functional architectural initiatives, including data flows, authentication/authorization, and system integrations.
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of backend development experience, with at least 3+ years in an architecture or technical leadership role.
- Expertise in Kubernetes and orchestration of containerized services in production.
- Strong experience in AWS cloud services (e.g., EKS, ECS, API Gateway, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM).
- Proven track record designing and deploying RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.
- Deep understanding of networking, security, scalability, and fault tolerance in cloud environments.
- Strong familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation), and observability tooling.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical decisions across teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Solr, Elasticsearch, or other search/indexing platforms.
- Experience working with Ruby or Ruby on Rails-based systems.
- Background in healthcare technologies, including knowledge of compliance standards such as HIPAA, HL7, or FHIR.
- Experience with event-driven systems (e.g., Kafka, SNS/SQS)
For over 16 years, Brooksource has established and maintained relationships that are designed to meet your IT staffing needs. Whether it’s contract, contract-to-hire, or permanent placement work, we customise our search based upon your company’s unique initiatives, culture and technologies. With our national team of recruiters placed at 21 major hubs around the nation Brooksource finds the people best-suited for your business. When you work with us, we work with you. That’s the Brooksource promise.
Brooksource is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.
Benefits & Perks:
Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee’s needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.
Pay Disclaimer:
The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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