Senior Solution Architect

The Senior Solution Architect is responsible for designing robust, scalable, secure, and business-aligned technology solutions that translate business and functional requirements into end-to-end architecture. The role ensures that proposed solutions are consistent with enterprise architecture principles, standards, security requirements, integration patterns, data requirements, technology direction, and operational needs. · Translate business, functional, and non-functional requirements into end-to-end solution architectures. · Develop high-level solution designs covering applications, integration, data, infrastructure, cloud, security, and deployment architecture. · Ensure proposed solutions comply with enterprise architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and technology strategies. · Assess solution options and recommend architecture approaches based on business value, feasibility, scalability, security, interoperability, and total cost of ownership. · Define integration requirements, interfaces, APIs, messaging patterns, and dependencies between enterprise systems. · Identify solution-level data requirements, information flows, data ownership dependencies, and integration with enterprise data platforms. · Define infrastructure, hosting, cloud, network, resilience, availability, and disaster recovery architecture requirements. · Embed cybersecurity, privacy, identity, access control, and compliance requirements into the solution architecture. · Conduct architecture reviews, technical design assurance, and solution compliance assessments. · Identify technical risks, architectural constraints, dependencies, assumptions, and mitigation actions. · Collaborate with enterprise architects, domain architects, business teams, project managers, developers, infrastructure teams, security teams, and vendors. · Support technology selection, vendor evaluation, RFP development, proposal assessment, and solution demonstrations. · Provide architectural guidance throughout the solution lifecycle from concept and design through implementation and transition. · Support modernization initiatives including cloud adoption, application modernization, API enablement, integration transformation, and legacy replacement. · Contribute to architecture governance forums and Architecture Review Boards. Required Experience · Minimum 10 years of overall experience in information technology, solution design, software engineering, infrastructure, integration, cloud, or related technical domains. · At least 5 years of hands-on experience in solution architecture or a comparable senior architecture role. · Demonstrated experience designing complex enterprise solutions involving multiple applications, systems, platforms, and integration points. · Experience working on large-scale transformation, digital, modernization, or enterprise technology programs. · Strong exposure to both current-state assessment and target-state solution architecture. · Experience working with senior business and technology stakeholders in complex organizations. Core Competencies · End-to-end solution architecture · Application and platform architecture · Integration and API architecture · Data and information flow design · Cloud and hybrid architecture · Infrastructure and deployment architecture · Security-by-design · Architecture governance and design assurance · Technical risk and dependency management · Technology evaluation and solution option analysis · Stakeholder management and consulting · Architecture documentation and modeling Preferred Frameworks, Standards & Methods · TOGAF · ArchiMate · UML · BPMN where relevant · Cloud architecture frameworks and well-architected principles · API and integration architecture patterns · Microservices and event-driven architecture principles · SABSA or equivalent security architecture practices · ITIL and DevOps / DevSecOps concepts Preferred Tools & Technology Exposure · Enterprise architecture tools such as Bizzdesign, Sparx Enterprise Architect, Orbus/iServer, ARIS, or similar platforms. · Major cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud. · API management, integration, middleware, and messaging technologies. · Modern application platforms, containerization, and orchestration technologies. · Architecture documentation, modeling, and collaboration tools. Preferred Qualifications & Certifications · Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline. · TOGAF certification is highly desirable. · Cloud architecture certifications are highly desirable. · ArchiMate, security, integration, software architecture, or relevant technology certifications are advantageous. Personal Attributes · Strong analytical and problem-solving capability. · Ability to simplify complex technical topics for business and executive stakeholders. · Strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills. · Ability to work across multiple architecture and technology domains. · Consulting mindset with a strong focus on quality and practical outcomes. · Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced and multi-stakeholder environments.