Solution Architect

Description

Summary :

The Coca-Cola Company’s IT organization is in the midst of a digital transformation that allows our employees to use world-class technology to connect our products to our customers all over the world.

This journey is a very exciting time for Coca-Cola, and our employees are big contributors to our Success and Growth. Our large, scale and complex environment offers an incredible opportunity to address challenges and enable innovative solutions to make a difference for our customers, leveraging technology such as AWS, Salesforce, GitHub, and many more.

To continue this digitalization, we are looking for a Senior Solution Architect to join our dynamic team in Latin America to help build scalable, cutting-edge technologies for today and tomorrow.

This position is part of a global network with a predominance of interaction with North America that uses deep technical skills to create and improve software applications that help the Coca-Cola Company grow and be more productive.

If you are up for challenges, eager to learn, and highly motivated, we’d love to speak with you!

Function Related Activities / Key Responsibilities :

• Help drive architectural design and vision for the team and the platform.
• Lead from the front lines to define, design, and implement high-quality solutions, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and best practices.
• Mentor and develop younger team members.
• Oversee the design, development, testing, documentation, deployment, and monitoring of solutions, providing guidance and ensuring adherence to architectural principles.
• Provide architectural guidance and support for production issues, ensuring that developers address short-term and long-term resolutions regarding the Coca-Cola Service Level Agreement but do not directly handle operational tasks.
• Participate in a scrum team to provide architectural input and ensure the delivery of incremental high-quality code to production.
• Connect with other teams to integrate products, ensuring architectural consistency and reuse of global and local components.
• Provide visibility over plans and status to multiple stakeholders (IT), focusing on architectural perspectives and strategic alignment.

Required Experience :

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience working as a Solution Architect or 7+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Proven experience in designing solutions that incorporate object-oriented architecture, event-driven architecture, or hybrid cloud environments.
• Deep understanding of design patterns and their application in real-world scenarios.
• Hands-on experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Proficiency in any programming language, with a strong emphasis on the ability to understand and adapt to various programming paradigms.
• Familiarity with front-end technologies (HTML / CSS, JavaScript) and frameworks (such as ReactJS) to provide architectural guidance, although hands-on development experience is a plus but not required.
• Expertise in designing and integrating REST APIs and web services within complex architectures.
• Experience with databases, both SQL (e.g., MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB, CosmosDB).
• Effective communication skills in both Spanish and English (oral and written).
• Ability to connect and communicate beyond technical jargon, facilitating clear and effective dialogue with stakeholders.
• Experience in negotiating and influencing solutions, demonstrating strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage large-scale technology projects.

Preferred Experience :

• Familiarity with TOGAF or similar frameworks.
• Knowledge of DevOps best practices and CI / CD tools.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (especially Azure and AWS).
• Expertise in designing secure architectures, including knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements.
• Experience in Agile methodology.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect).
• Experience in multinational, distributed teams.
• Proficiency with architectural tools and frameworks.
• Experience in production support and SLA management.
• Knowledge of marketing or e-commerce domains.
• Experience in risk management, including identification, assessment, and mitigation of technical and business risks.
• Strategic thinking and ability to innovate by identifying and evaluating new technologies.
• Experience in defining and maintaining architectural principles, standards, and policies.
• Strong experience in integrating legacy systems with new technologies.

Skills :

Agile Scrum Development, Building Architecture, Cloud Platform, Data Architecture, Design, DevOps, Enterprise Architecture Framework, Influencing, Public Clouds, Web Services