Solutions Architect (Enterprise Applications)

Requirements

• Define end-to-end solution architectures for enterprise applications covering application, integration, data, security, and infrastructure layers.
• Partner with business stakeholders to capture functional and non-functional requirements and translate them into reference architectures and target-state designs.
• Lead architecture review boards, evaluating proposed designs against enterprise standards, security policies, and long-term roadmap considerations.
• Design integration strategies across SaaS, on-premise, and hybrid landscapes, leveraging API gateways, event streaming, and managed integration platforms.
• Establish architecture principles, technology selection guidelines, and reusable patterns for use across multiple delivery teams.
• Collaborate with security architects to embed identity, data protection, and compliance controls into solution designs from the outset.
• Produce high-quality architecture artifacts including context diagrams, component models, sequence diagrams, and decision records.
• Guide cloud migration, modernization, and re-platforming initiatives with a focus on cost, performance, and resilience.
• Support proof-of-concept development to validate critical architectural choices before broader adoption.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams during solution delivery.
• Track emerging technologies and recommend strategic investments that align with business priorities.
• Drive standardization across application portfolios to reduce technical debt and operational complexity.
• Engage with vendors and platform partners to evaluate roadmap fit and negotiate technical commitments.
• Ensure that solutions meet regulatory, audit, and data governance requirements applicable to the business.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience, plus benefits.