Solution Architect

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Solution architecture is the backbone of our implementation work. With clients and prospects, solution engineers and solution architects focus on the use of the Alfa Systems platform to deliver the clients functional & nonfunctional requirements, taking into account the integration landscape, enterprise aims, business goals and project constraints.

Alfa is looking to recruit a Solution Architect to our team with prior Alfa implementation experience and hands on experience with Alfa Systems software.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand and document our client’s systems and integration landscape and then propose, design & deliver integration solutions.

• Supporting customer configuration of the Alfa Systems’ platform to meet their business requirements

• Work to deeply understand the customer’s business objectives and requirements, and design and architect solutions which are inline with best practice, accelerating launch of the customers business on the Alfa Cloud platform.

• Work closely with the customer to understand their program roadmap, and uncover and realize opportunities for Alfa. Be a trusted advisor to key customers business and technical stakeholders.

• Provide technical design consulting for APIbased integrations

• Align requirements to product functionality, offering best practice and scalable solutions along the way

• Architect the appropriate business intelligencedatawarehousing approach for integrating from our platform to the client data landscape.

• Assess nonfunctional requirements and assist with the implementation.

• Work with our clients to develop performance targets, testing plans and to assist with execution, including the performance tuning of the Alfa application and diagnosing issues.

• Collaborate with our functional experts to provide guidance to our clients about product functionality including standard methodology and inquisitive workarounds. Work with clients and engineering to add to and manage enhancements on our product roadmap.

• Support client teams with overall architecture across existing supported platforms and our cloud hosted services as appropriate.

• Distill and share your knowledge both internally and externally. Mentor and help to shape the next generation of solution architects.

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  We would love you to have:
  

  • Prior experience working on an Alfa implementation, using Alfa Systems

  • Experience in software development, technical advocacy, technical consultancy, technical presales, solution architecture or enterprise architecture.

  • Ability to investigate technical discussions around design and an intellectual curiosity to always keep your technical skills current while maintaining a pulse on industry trends.

  • Excellent communication and consultancy skills.

  • Business analysis and client requirement gathering.

  • Knowledge of common integration patterns and approaches.

  • Ability to look at a problem holistically, balancing competing constraints, to identify pragmatic solutions, often in an evolving environment.

  • Experience in mentoring and coaching.

  • Preferred:

    • Experience in the US Auto Equipment Finance Industry.

    • Integration experience with APIs, web services, event streaming and messaging (Kafka, JMS, SQS etc).

    • Experience with marketleading SaaS or iPaaS solutions.

    • Handson AWSAzureGoogle Cloud experience.

    • Database experience, including with reporting systemsdata warehousing.

    • Performance analysis, with tools like JProfilerCodeGuru.

    • Knowledge of Containers (Docker).

    • Knowledge of and experience with data engineering concepts, tooling and patterns.

    • What we’ll do for you:

      • 33 days’ annual leave (incl. 9 public holidayscultural days) and the possibility to buy up to 10 more days a year

      • Flexible work hybrid or remote work with modern workspaces available

      • Health, Dental and Vision insurance with reimbursement of copayscoinsurancedeductibles for innetwork medical costs

      • Fully paidfor life, disability and travel insurances

      • Gym and Wellness Scheme through Wellhub with access to a range of studios, gyms and wellbeing apps

      • 401k plan matching at 100% of the first 6% contributed (immediately vested)

      • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with 247 crisis support

      • 3 paid volunteering days as well as 5 paid learning and development days

      • Fun social events throughout the year and annual Company Conferences

      • About Alfa

        With over 500 employees worldwide, we’re a leading provider of software and services to the global auto and equipment finance industries. Alfa Systems, our technology platform, is at the heart of some of the world’s largest auto and equipment finance companies. Key to the business case for each implementation is Alfa Systems’ ability to consolidate multiple client systems onto a single platform. Alfa Systems supports both retail and corporate business for auto, equipment, wholesale and dealer finance on a multijurisdictional basis, including leases and loans, originations and servicing. Alfa Systems is an endtoend solution with integrated workflow and automated processing using configurable business rules, with an extensive API allowing realtime integration to other systems. With over 30 current clients and 26 countries served, Alfa has been delivering successful projects for our customers since 1990, and is expanding rapidly throughout Europe, North America and beyond.

        Our Culture

        Our culture is vibrant, innovative and diverse, and we are proud of it. Ours is a closeknit community. Alfa employees are an eclectic mix and all are creative, dedicated and hardworking. We believe it is important to build close working relationships within our company, so we hold numerous team events and conferences that bring us together for socializing and team building. We all enjoy the worklife balance and the great culture, with plenty of social activities organized by the company.

        Compensation Information:

        • Base salary range: USD [$110,500] to [$178,500] annually, in compliance with state and local regulations

        • In addition to cash compensation, Alfa employees are eligible to participate in our Profit Share bonus scheme (after 6 months of service) and our Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).

        • Individual compensation is determined on various factors including market data, experience, qualifications and internal job equity.

        • There is no application deadline at this time.

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          harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex,

          national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual

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