Key Responsibilities:
* Design and lead the development of enterprise-scale solutions using Spring Boot Java, Node.js, AWS, event-driven and Microservices Architecture
* Engage with public sector clients to translate business challenges into secure, reliable and scalable architectural solutions
* Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams including Delivery Leads, Business Analysts, Developers, Testers and DevOps engineers
* Respond to RFI, RFP and bid requests, contributing architecture overviews, solution design documents and technical estimates
* Support proposal creation by defining solution scope, identifying key risks & assumptions and presenting high level solutions.
* Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure alignment with compliance, security and data governance standards.
* Advocate and implement best practices in solution design, performance tuning, and maintainability.
* Ensure architectural documentation is clear, complete, and maintained
* Participate in architecture reviews, technical governance and the creation of reusable solution patterns.
* Keep up to date with emerging technologies and apply relevant innovations in client environments.
* Apply TOGAF or similar frameworks in designing and documenting architecture
* Drive innovation and contribute to organisation-wide initiatives and capability building
Required Experience & Skills:
* 16+ years’ experience as an solution architecture
* 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