This position may reside at any of our Cox Automotive office locations, including Atlanta, GA, Dallas, TX, and North Hills, NY. The Lead Technical Architect is responsible for architecting and designing comprehensive solutions that meet functional and non-functional (e.g., performance, security, reliability, and operations) requirements in support of a given initiative. The Technical Architect plays a role in establishing architectural vision and direction, designs technical solutions, develops reference implementations, provides advice and guidance, monitors emerging technologies, and helps in technology evaluation and selection. Architecture Vision and Guidance - Assist with the development of frameworks, standards, policies, principles, and procedures that guide technology decisions and maximize reuse of technology. - Facilitate technical design reviews, ensuring adherence to architectural standards, and consistency across organizational and design boundaries. - Provide technical guidance and oversight, act as a point of escalation and serve as a technical expert on projects. - Communicate technical architectures, relevant technologies, practices, platforms, and products to stakeholders. Technical Architecture Development - Develop functional, logical, and technical architecture for applications and platform initiatives, and collaborate with other architects and project teams to realize them. - Identify and design for necessary non-functional requirements (performance, security, resiliency, and operational considerations) . - Evaluate functional and non-functional requirements and produce high level design deliverables that enable development teams to produce products that are secure, flexible, reliable, and scalable. - Communicates technical architectures, relevant technologies, practices, platforms, and products to delivery team and other stakeholders. - Develop reference implementations. - Recommend options for the resolution/prevention of technical debt and to facilitate rapid development and implementation. - Help develop test plans to ensure correct interoperability between applications and with infrastructure components. - Monitor Technology advances and conduct Proof of Concept for feasibility studies. - Manage the day-to-day architectural decision record (ADR) process and perform timely reviews of pull requests (PR). - Participate in DEP reviews with engineering team members. - Working with the Principal Architect, perform AWS Well Architected Reviews (WAF) ensuring that remediations are recorded in Rally and these backlog items are receiving sufficient engineering priority. Qualifications: - 8+ years of professional experience in full development life cycle and significant experience in delivering full-stack applications in a production environment. - Bachelors degree in Computer Science degree - Programming language polyglot experience with Python, React, .NET, preferred. - Strong background with AWS services and offerings# experience re-architecting on-premises capabilities on AWS preferred. - Significant experience working in an Agile environment. - Experience with service-oriented architectures and engineering practices strongly desired. - Experience with mission critical business platforms that power a variety of products and capabilities strongly desired. - Experience with relevant database technologies. - Experience as a Technical Lead on large-scale software implementations with design and hands-on development. - Excellent communication skills with experience documenting and presenting architectural designs. - Experience working across multiple teams to influence consistent architecture patterns. To be employed in this role, youll need to clear a pre-employment background check and drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently consider a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited. About Cox Automotive At Cox Automotive, people of every background are driven by their passion for mobility, innovation and community. We transform the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses cars, accelerating the industry with global powerhouse brands like Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Manheim and more. Whats more, we do it all with an emphasis on employee growth and happiness. Drive your future forward and join Cox Automotive today!  About Cox Cox empowers employees to build a better future and has been doing so for over 120 years. With exciting investments and innovations across transportation, communications, cleantech and healthcare, our family of businesses which includes Cox Automotive and Cox Communications is forging a better future for us all. Ready to make your mark? Join us today!  ---------- Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, [visit our benefits page](/en/life-at-cox/benefits/). 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