Description

About GDS Link

Join a fast-growing organization in the fintech industry. GDS Link’s mission is to facilitate responsible consumer and business lending practices to meet the financial needs of people and organizations. GDS Link is a global leader in credit risk management, providing tailored software solutions, analytical and consulting services. Our customer-centric risk management and process automation platforms are designed for the modern lender in their pursuit to capitalize on the entire credit lifecycle. By providing a personal, consultative approach and leveraging our own industry-leading knowledge and expertise, GDS Link’s solutions and services deliver exceptional value and proven results to thousands of clients around the world.

Responsibilities:

Solution Design and Development:

· Lead the design and development of scalable and adaptable container/serverless solutions in AWS with an “automation first” approach.

· Implement an enterprise-wide architectural strategy aligned with business objectives.

· Collaborate with key stakeholders to define technology standards that support development, technical services, and delivery teams.

· Ensure that architectural solutions remain aligned with business goals, even when adapting to unforeseen challenges.

Technology Evaluation and Best practices:

· Evaluate emerging technologies, industry trends, and vendor solutions and make recommendations for adoption or enhancements to support business objectives.

· Implement and enforce development and architecture best practices across various enterprise platforms.

· Proactively mitigate risks by implementing effective design and architectural decisions, ensuring both streamlined processes and adherence to a cloud-native approach.

Collaboration and Communication:

· Foster collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure consistency in architectural principles and design.

· Communicate architectural decisions, plans, goals, and strategies to various stakeholders.

Mentorship and Leadership:

· Provide leadership, guidance, and mentorship to top management and technical teams.

Facilitate knowledge sharing and best practices across the organization.

Requirements

· Proven experience designing and implementing high-throughput and highly available solutions in AWS exclusively built with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform.

· Advanced knowledge of Terraform, Docker, Python, Git, and Bash is essential.

· In-depth knowledge of AWS standards, best practices, and effective utilization strategies.

· Strong expertise in AWS services such as: ECS Fargate, RDS Aurora, Cloudfront, Lambda.

· Strong expertise in AWS networking and cross account interactions.

· Minimum 6 years experience supporting production infrastructure in the Cloud.

· Experience in participating in technical discussions with cross-functional teams.

· Experience writing technical documents like Architecture diagrams

· Demonstrated ability to automate complex processes into streamlined pipelines.

· Strong familiarity using a Terraform deployment automation service like Atlantis, Spacelift, TFCloud.

· Advanced problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.

· Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.