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## Full Stack Architect | Cloud Ecosystem

**Location:** Houston, TX  
**Type:** Contracted (11 months)  
**Start Date:** March 16, 2026  
**End Date:** December 31, 2026  
**Client:** Shell (PTS - SHELL)  
**Experience Level:** Experienced

**Note:** Must be a US Citizen or US permanent resident to qualify for this position.

### Role Overview

As a **Full Stack | Ecosystem 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 work specifically in the Products portfolio for Shell's Trading and Supply business 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 Trading capabilities.

### Roles and Responsibilities

**1. Architecture and Technical Leadership**

- Provide strong leadership skills, including fostering collaboration, driving consensus, and effectively communicating complex technical concepts.
- Lead in your area of expertise and play a key role in shaping and transforming the role itself—identifying opportunities, driving innovation, and delivering impact that extends beyond the initial remit.
- Serve as the primary contact for architectural aspects of IT projects.
- Design cloud-native applications that sit outside Endur.
  - **Required Architecture Domains:** Cloud architecture (Azure), integration architecture, data architecture, security architecture.
- Define tech stack for the application ecosystem around Endur.
  - **Tech Stack:** 
    - **Front end:** React
    - **Back end:** Python, Node.js, Java, C#
    - **APIs:** GraphQL, REST
    - **Data:** SQL Server, Postgres, NoSQL
    - **Cloud:** Azure
- Partner with Integration Architect and ETRM Architect to ensure full alignment.
- Move custom Endur screens to external cloud applications.
- 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.

**2. Support Lead Architect and participate in Architecture Review Board sessions as required**

- **Reference Model Stewardship:** Actively contribute to the documentation, enhancement, and maintenance of Reference Models in BizzDesign or any other standard tooling.

**3. Elevate project deliverables to conceptual and logical architecture levels**

**4. Technology Foresight**

- Monitor emerging IT technologies and apply this insight to design future-ready solutions for Shell.

**5. Standards Alignment**

- Stay informed of developments in Shell's IT standards and services, ensuring they are incorporated into solution designs.

**6. Community Engagement**

- Champion architectural excellence within the organisation.
- Engage with stakeholders to address architectural concerns and drive strategic improvements.

### Desired Qualifications

**Industry Knowledge:**

- Strong Azure cloud-native architecture.
- Knowledge of the end-to-end Trading Business from deal inception through to settlement preferred but not required.

**Technical Architecture & Design:**

- 10+ years in software and architecture delivery.
- Must have multi-domain architecture experience.
- 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.

**Collaboration & Communication:**

- Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders for strategic and day-to-day technical decisions.
- 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.

**Problem Solving & Innovation:**

- 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.

**Technology Skills and Mastery**

**Desirable Technologies & Programming Languages:**

- Expert in one or more of the programming languages (**Node.js, .Net, .Net Core, Python**, etc) with Cloud Native Platform Development (**Azure**).
- Expert in one or more of the front-end development technologies (specifically **React** and **Micro** frontend).
- Expert in one or more of Data Development (**SQL** Databases, **NoSQL**, Cloud Datastores, etc) technologies.
- Exposure to **OpenLink Endur**, **SAP HANA**, **Salesforce**, API management, Multifactor authentication.

**Azure Platform & Cloud Native:**

- Hands-on experience in architecting applications into the **Azure** platform, including migrations/re-platforming of legacy on-premise systems.
- Engineering and architecture experience in designing and building containers, Microservices, Cloud Native applications, and federated Data platforms (Data Mesh).

**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.
- Must have microservices and distributed system architecture experience.
- Strong knowledge of data management: engineering, pipeline development, warehousing, storage, lifecycle management, privacy, security.
- Experience with diverse data types: big data, high velocity streaming, IoT, low latency event triggers, longitudinal time series.
- Proficient in **SQL** and **NoSQL** databases.

**Azure Services & Integration:**

- Significant experience with **Azure Functions**, Web Apps, distributed/event-driven architecture (**event hub, event bus, Kafka, ELK**).
- Intermediate to advanced exposure to **Azure Active Directory, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Storage, Azure Kubernetes Service, CosmosDB, Azure SQL**.
- Integration experience with **Confluent/Kafka, API Management, Logic Apps**.

**CI/CD & DevOps:**

- 5+ years in CI/CD delivery using **Git/GitHub, VSTS/Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible**.

**Agile & Engineering Standards:**

- Practical agile experience in both start-up and enterprise environments.
- Lead the engineering community to follow Shell Engineer Management standards, ensuring consistency and reuse.
- Understand and deliver core engineering GPA objectives.
- Create a collaborative environment for technical roles to drive clear decisions and consistency.

**Documentation & Coordination:**

- Address Business Process, Data, Application, Technical, and Information Security aspects of IT Solutions, documenting in High-Level Design documents.
- Coordinate and develop information with third parties (Data Architects, IRM, Support Operations teams, Business stakeholders), internal and external to Shell.

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The role involves providing end-to-end architecture development, consultancy, and assurance across projects for Shell's Trading and Supply business, focusing on a global Energy Trade and Risk Management solution on Azure.

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## Endur Solution Architect

**Location:** Houston, TX  
**Type:** Contracted (11 months)  
**Client:** PTS - SHELL  
**Level:** Experienced  
**Citizenship Requirement:** Must be a US Citizen or US permanent resident

### Role Overview

As an Endur Solution Architect, you'll provide 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 must have a deep understanding of Endur infrastructure and grid design and hands-on ETRM architecture experience. You will be working specifically in the Products portfolio for Shell's Trading and Supply business.

### Key Responsibilities

**1. Architecture and Technical Leadership**

- Provide strong leadership skills, including fostering collaboration, driving consensus, and effectively communicating complex technical concepts.
- Lead in your area of expertise and play a key role in shaping and transforming the role itself—identifying opportunities, driving innovation, and delivering impact that extends beyond the initial remit.
- 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.

**2. Reference Model Stewardship**

- Actively contribute to the documentation, enhancement, and maintenance of Reference Models in BizzDesign or any other standard tooling.
- Elevate project deliverables to conceptual and logical architecture levels.

**3. Technology Foresight**

- Monitor emerging IT technologies and apply this insight to design future-ready solutions for Shell.

**4. Standards Alignment**

- Stay informed of developments in Shell's IT standards and services, ensuring they are incorporated into solution designs.

**5. Community Engagement**

- Champion architectural excellence within the organization.
- Engage with stakeholders to address architectural concerns and drive strategic improvements.

### Qualifications

**Industry Knowledge:**

- Architect who has personally designed and implemented Endur platforms
- Minimum of 10 years' experience in Trading IT
- Minimum of 10 years' experience with OpenLink Endur v14+
- Kafka integration with Endur v26+
- Knowledge of the end-to-end Trading Business from deal inception through to settlement

**Technical Architecture & Design:**

- 10+ years in software and architecture delivery.
- Hands-on ETRM architecture (not just configuration or development)
- Own and drive technical architecture, design, and standards for software products in Commodities Trading.
- Grid architecture—structure, performance, multi-region EOD design
- Context services and integration in/out Endur
- Translate business requirements into Endur technical implementation
- Scaling, sizing and performance tuning
- 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.

**Collaboration & Communication:**

- Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders for strategic and day-to-day technical decisions.
- 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.

**Problem Solving & Innovation:**

- 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:*

- Expert in one or more of the programming languages (Node.js, .Net, .Net Core, Python etc) with Cloud Native Platform Development (Azure/AWS)
- Expert in one or more of the front-end development technologies (specifically React and Micro frontend).
- Expert in one or more of Data Development (SQL Databases, No SQL, Cloud Datastores etc) technologies
- Expert in JVS and OpenComponents
- Exposure to 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.
- Engineering and architecture experience in designing and building containers, Microservices, Cloud Native applications, and federated Data platforms (Data Mesh).

*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.
- Strong knowledge of data management: engineering, pipeline development, warehousing, storage, lifecycle management, privacy, security.
- Experience with diverse data types: big data, high velocity streaming, IoT, low latency event triggers, longitudinal time series.
- Proficient in SQL and NoSQL databases.

*Azure Services & Integration:*

- Significant experience with Azure Functions, Web Apps, distributed/event-driven architecture (event hub, event bus, Kafka), ELK.
- Intermediate to advanced exposure to Azure Active Directory, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Storage, Azure Kubernetes Service, CosmosDB, Azure SQL.
- Integration experience with Confluent/Kafka, API Management, Logic Apps.
- CI/CD & DevOps: 5+ years in CI/CD delivery using Git/GitHub, VSTS/Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible.
- Strong integration architecture around Endur systems.

*Agile & Engineering Standards:*

- Practical agile experience in both start-up and enterprise environments.
- Lead the engineering community to follow Shell Engineer Management standards, ensuring consistency and reuse.
- Understand and deliver core engineering GPA objectives.
- Create a collaborative environment for technical roles to drive clear decisions and consistency.

*Documentation & Coordination:*

- Address Business Process, Data, Application, Technical, and Information Security aspects of IT Solutions, documenting in High-Level Design documents.
- Coordinate and develop information with third parties (Data Architects, IRM, Support Operations teams, Business stakeholders), internal and external to Shell.

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