# Solution Architect **Company**: Shell **Location**: Houston, Texas **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $149,000 - $223,000 per year **Category**: IT **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://shell.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ShellCareers/job/Texas---Houston---One-Thousand-Main/Sr-Solution-Architect---Endur_R211664?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_f3e0016a-428 ## Description Shell is seeking a skilled and seasoned Solution Architect to enhance automation and fully harness data and innovation. As a Solution Architect, you'll be a key technical leader providing end-to-end architecture development, consultancy, and assurance across projects, ensuring that applications are well-designed and aligned with Shell's standards and reference architecture. You will be working specifically in the Products portfolio for Shell's Trading and Supply business. You will specifically work on a project team implementing a global Energy Trade and Risk Management (ETRM) solution on Azure to create a scalable, secure, and strategic landscape that enables the transformation of the Trading capabilities. **Responsibilities** - Provide strong leadership skills, including fostering collaboration, driving consensus, and effectively communicating complex technical concepts. - Serve as the primary contact for architectural aspects of IT projects. - Integrate business process, data, application, technical, and information security dimensions into cohesive IT solutions. - Ensure solution architectures are documented using standard templates and tooling complying with Shell's architectural standards. - Guide detailed designers and business analysts during the design phase. - Review and formally approve detailed solution designs. - Support Lead Architect and participate in Architecture Review Board sessions as required. - Actively contribute to the documentation, enhancement, and maintenance of Reference Models in BizzDesign or any other standard tooling. - Monitor emerging IT technologies and apply this insight to design future-ready solutions for Shell. - Stay informed of developments in Shell's IT standards and services, ensuring they are incorporated into solution designs. - Champion architectural excellence within the organization. - Engage with stakeholders to address architectural concerns and drive strategic improvements. **Requirements** - Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than the current employer. - Bachelor's degree required. - Minimum of 10 years' experience in Trading IT. - Minimum of 10 years' experience with OpenLink Endur v14+. - Knowledge of the end-to-end Trading Business from deal inception through to settlement. - 10+ years in software and architecture delivery. - Own and drive technical architecture, design, and standards for software products in Commodities Trading. - Confidently lead architecture decisions across portfolios, managing divergent opinions. - Create pragmatic, implementable technical designs balancing risk, complexity, cost, and value. - TOGAF (or similar framework) experience and Enterprise Architecture tooling. - Strong communication and collaboration skills with 5+ years' experience in trading environments. - Listen to and interpret needs of technical and business stakeholders, manage expectations, and facilitate discussions. - Be an active participant in the wider Tech Lead and engineering communities. - Diagnose problems and implement innovative solutions fitting into the wider Shell Trading picture. - Manage dependencies, overcome obstacles, and maximize value against constraints, managing trade-offs or technical debt. **Technical Skills and Mastery** - Desirable Technologies & Programming Languages: Node.js, .Net, .Net Core, Python, React, Micro frontend, SQL Databases, No SQL, Cloud Datastores, JVS, OpenComponents, SAP HANA, Salesforce, API management, Multifactor authentication. - Energy Trade and Risk Management (ETRM): Hands-on experience implementing OpenLink Endur, including All 'Managers', Domain Services, Operation Services, TPM, APM, Grid Setup, Deal Modelling. - Azure Platform & Cloud Native: Hands-on experience in architecting applications into the Azure platform, including migrations/re-platforming of legacy on-premise systems. - Data Architecture, Data Management & Diverse Data Types: 3+ Years experience in Data Architecture including Logical data models and designing solutions using data platforms and medallion architecture. - Azure Services & Integration: Significant experience with Azure Functions, Web Apps, distributed/event-driven architecture (event hub, event bus, Kafka), ELK. - CI/CD & DevOps: 5+ years in CI/CD delivery using Git/GitHub, VSTS/Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible. **What we offer** - The base salary range for this position is $149,000 - $223,000 per year. Individual pay will be based on various factors, such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skill level, seniority, and internal equity. - Insurance coverage options include medical, dental, vision coverage, life Insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs. - Employees also participate in a company pension plan and a 401(k) plan. - Paid leave includes up to 6 weeks of paid vacation time, up to 11 paid holidays, and parental leave offering 16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents, and 8 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents. ## Skills ### Required - Trading IT - OpenLink Endur - Cloud Native - Azure - Data Architecture - Enterprise Architecture - TOGAF - Node.js - .Net - Python - React - Micro frontend - SQL Databases - No SQL - Cloud Datastores --- Source: [Apply at shell.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com](https://shell.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ShellCareers/job/Texas---Houston---One-Thousand-Main/Sr-Solution-Architect---Endur_R211664?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)