Technical Platform Architect

Description:

Our API First strategy will be underpinning Aviva strategy of Customer Centricity, Automation, Digitisation, and Simplification. As a Technical Platform Architect, you will join API Programme team to own, shape and maintain an industry first API estate using cutting edge open-source tools. You’ll have exposure across the full software development lifecycle and will be working with a modern poly cloud microservices tech stack.

You will be working in collaboration with Platform Owners, Product Owners, Lead Software Engineers and Security specialists to bring to life your integration platform product roadmap ensuring the ongoing quality and architecture of the platform(s) at the same time driving the future technical direction.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Development of RESTful API’s using Java 8+ on a Spring framework including microservices and containers. Experience in the configuration & management of CI/CD tooling, ideally using Azure DevOps and/or Jenkins
• Experience of server-side Java development and associated concerns (e.g., thread management, database access, ORM, security)
• Knowledge of authentication/authorisation approaches; particularly OAuth 2.0 and OIDC
• Knowledge or experience in creating and managing Docker images, containers, and knowledge along with understanding of network services such as DNS, TLS/SSL, Load Balancing, Reverse Proxies and HTTP
• Well versed in VPC design, Cloud design & Knowledge of Service Mesh