The Solution Architect plays a critical role in designing end-to-end technical solutions that align with business goals, ensuring architectural integrity, scalability, security, and regulatory compliance. The role serves as a key bridge between business stakeholders, product teams, and technical delivery teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop solution blueprints, high-level designs, and reference architectures across enterprise systems.
- Define integration patterns, data flows, security controls, and deployment models.
- Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture principles, IT governance, and cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NCA, TOGAF).
- Support development teams with architectural guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
- Design cloud-native, hybrid, or multi-cloud architectures using platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Define cloud solution blueprints, reference architectures, and integration patterns.
- Ensure high availability, scalability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization of cloud solutions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering or solution architecture roles.
- Strong knowledge in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and API design.
- Solid understanding of enterprise integration (REST, SOAP, ESB), databases, and security best practices.
- Experience with architectural frameworks like TOGAF, SAFe, or Zachman.
