We are seeking a seasoned Solutions Architect to lead the design and delivery of robust, scalable, and cloud-native solutions. The ideal candidate should possess in-depth technical knowledge of various tools and technologies, including cloud service offerings from leading providers.
Key Responsibilities:
* Design and Develop Enterprise-Scale Solutions: Utilize Spring Boot Java, Node.js, AWS, event-driven, and Microservices Architecture to craft innovative solutions.
* Collaborate with Public Sector Clients: Translate business challenges into secure, reliable, and scalable architectural solutions.
* Work Cross-Functionally: Engage with Delivery Leads, Business Analysts, Developers, Testers, and DevOps engineers to drive solution development.
* Respond to RFIs and RFPs: Contribute architecture overviews, solution design documents, and technical estimates to support proposal creation.
* Support Proposal Creation: Define solution scope, identify key risks & assumptions, and present high-level solutions.
* Advocate Best Practices: Implement best practices in solution design, performance tuning, and maintainability.
* Maintain Architectural Documentation: Ensure clear, complete, and up-to-date documentation.
Required Experience & Skills:
* 16+ years' experience as a solution architect.
* Proven technical leadership in Spring Boot, Node.js, REST APIs, and AWS (including Lambda, S3, RDS, EventBridge, ECS Fargate, Secret Manager, API Gateway, etc.).
* Experience designing event-driven, microservices-based architectures and working with event stores.
* Demonstrable experience delivering complex solutions for private & public sector clients.
* Strong experience preparing and presenting technical responses for bids, proposals, and RFIs.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with both technical teams and senior stakeholders.
* Experience in working in Agile methodologies and working with multidisciplinary delivery teams.
* Comfortable managing relationships with delivery leads, practice heads, and client-side leadership.
* Knowledge of TOGAF or other architectural frameworks.
* Passion for staying updated with emerging technologies and applying them in solutioning.
Familiarity with Emerging Technologies:
* AWS Solutions Architect – Professional or Associate certification.
* Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
* Experience with hybrid/multi-cloud solutions.