Solution Architect

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise with a broad set of development tools/technologies
• Understand global IT strategy and business needs to define high level architectures
• Provide recommendations in the selection and use of technology, such as “build or buy”
• Analyse complex issues and propose solutions to solve them
• Collaborate with other department teams to ensure architectural solution could be suitably translated into effectual and robust implementation
• Define and enforce best practices and architecture guidelines in the developed Product/Solution
• Ensure third‑party products fit in the organization ecosystem
• Suggest the most appropriate technical solutions by considering business objectives, user requirements, technical contexts, and constraints
• Collaborate with the Enterprise Architecture team for the implementation of standards
• Collaborate with the Cyber Security team for the implementation of standards and recommendations
• Collaborate with the DevOps team to define/improve automation tools/processes
• Review, challenge, and validate architectural solutions
• Provide guidance on architectural designs and strategies to improve Product/Solution performance and scalability
• Always keep up to date architecture documentation related to all products/solutions within the product area
• Review processes, operations and implementations to ensure compliance with regulations standards and security requirements

Requirements

• B.Sc. or MSc in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field
• 7+ years’ experience as Solution Architect. Proven technical knowledge with strong interpersonal, and communication skills and high attention to detail.
• TOGAF certification is a plus
• Experience in software architecture and development lifecycle
• Hands on experience with technology concepts such as Micro frontend, APIs, microservices, SSO, event‑driven integration layers, Cloud hosting, CRM (e.g. Salesforce platform).
• Experience in Cloud technologies, tools, and services is an asset
• Experience in delivering integration projects, preferably for omnichannel initiatives
• Good knowledge of service delivery management field
• Familiar with Dev

  Ops tools such as Atlassian suite, Gitlab, Bitbucket, Sonar

  Qube, Docker
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, negotiation and organizational skills
• Strong customer service focus
• Ability to communicate with technical and business teams (all levels)
• Fluent English required, other languages are a plus (e.g. French, Italian, Chinese)
• Willingness & ability to travel globally at 20%
• Ability to work in a complex, fast‑paced, distributed environment with high expectations