Chris Lord
Solutions Architect @RAPP
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WORK HISTORY
Solutions Architect @RAPP
Crawley, GB
Responsible for the technical design, delivery, and evolution of a large-scale online sales platform for a leading automotive client, a fully AWS-native solution supporting real-time vehicle pricing, and ordering.My role bridges architecture, development, and delivery, combining hands-on technical leadership with strategic solution design.Key responsibilities- Act as a bridge between business stakeholders and engineering teams, ensuring alignment of technical decisions with business goals- Lead solution design and technical architecture, producing detailed design documentation and specifications- Run technical workshops with third-party vendors and internal teams to define and validate integration patterns- Translate business requirements into actionable epics, stories, and tasks; support sprint planning and estimation- Perform code reviews, refactoring, and performance tuning to maintain code quality and scalability- Design and implement new microservices and sub-systems, including proof-of-concept (POC) development.Platform architecture highlights- Fully AWS cloud-based, leveraging ECS (Fargate) for container orchestration and Lambda for serverless workloads- SQS/SNS for reliable, event-driven messaging; API Gateway for managed API exposure- OpenSearch for high-performance search and analytics- RDS (SQL & Aurora) for structured data and DynamoDB for high-throughput NoSQL workloads- Deep integration with S3, SES, and CloudWatch for storage, communication, and observability.Core technologies:ASP.NET (C#).NET Core /.NET 8MVCRazorWeb APIService StackSQL S3AWS API GatewayAWS LambdaAWS ECS / FargateAWS SQSAWS SESRDS (SQL and MySQL/Aurora)SVN/GIT/BitBucketMS Application InsightsUmbraco CMS JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSSEmberJs
EDUCATION
Tanbridge House School
GCSE's, Mathematics
Central Sussex College
Diploma in Computer Studies
SKILLS
ABOUT CHRIS LORD
I’m a Solutions Architect and Technical Project Lead with over 15 years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-grade web and data solutions using the.NET ecosystem and AWS cloud technologies.I specialise in serverless, event-driven, and message-based architectures, helping organisations modernise legacy systems, reduce complexity, and build scalable, future-ready platforms. My work spans from solution design and domain modelling to hands-on implementation, ensuring that architecture decisions are both pragmatic and value-driven.I’m passionate about building systems that are resilient, observable, and aligned with business goals, using principles from domain-driven design CQRS, and event sourcing. I also enjoy mentoring development teams and fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.Architectural focus areas.NET & C#- ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework, Dapper, microservicesAWS Cloud & Serverless - Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, S3, CloudfrontEvent & Message-Driven Systems - loosely coupled, scalable architecturesSystem Design & Solution Architecture - domain modelling, scalability, performance, and resilienceLeadership & Mentoring - guiding teams toward best practices and architectural consistency
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