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EXCELSIOR-The Commerce Society of Maitreyi College · Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Apply & track with Apply Edge🏗️ We’re Hiring: Solutions Architect | Enterprise Architect🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time💼 Level: Senior-LevelWe are looking for a strategic and technically strong Solutions Architect | Enterprise Architect to design scalable technology solutions, define enterprise architecture standards, and align technology investments with business objectives. The ideal candidate will bridge business requirements and technical execution while driving architecture modernization, integration, security, scalability, and long-term technology strategy.🎯 Key Responsibilities
- Define solution and enterprise architecture strategies aligned with business objectives and technology roadmaps.
- Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-effective technology solutions.
- Develop high-level architecture designs covering applications, infrastructure, data, integration, security, and cloud platforms.
- Establish and maintain enterprise architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and technology guidelines.
- Evaluate existing technology environments and identify opportunities for modernization and optimization.
- Design application and system architectures that support scalability, performance, availability, and maintainability.
- Develop architecture diagrams, technical specifications, solution blueprints, and decision documents.
- Lead architecture reviews and provide technical direction throughout the solution delivery lifecycle.
- Assess technology options, platforms, products, and services based on business and technical requirements.
- Design integration solutions using APIs, messaging platforms, microservices, event-driven architectures, or other appropriate technologies.
- Collaborate with software engineering teams to ensure solutions are implemented according to architectural standards.
- Partner with business stakeholders to understand strategic priorities, operational challenges, and future technology needs.
- Work closely with cloud, infrastructure, security, data, networking, and application teams on end-to-end architecture.
- Develop cloud adoption and migration strategies across platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Evaluate solution security, data protection, identity management, compliance, and technology risks.
- Identify architectural risks, dependencies, technical debt, and potential scalability constraints.
- Recommend technology improvements that reduce operational complexity and improve business agility.
- Conduct proof-of-concepts and technical evaluations for emerging technologies and architecture patterns.
- Establish technology governance and ensure projects comply with approved enterprise architecture standards.
- Review technical proposals, solution designs, vendor recommendations, and implementation plans.
- Support technology budgeting, capacity planning, licensing decisions, and total-cost-of-ownership analysis.
- Define non-functional requirements including performance, availability, reliability, scalability, security, and disaster recovery.
- Develop technology roadmaps and modernization plans for applications and enterprise platforms.
- Support major transformation initiatives including cloud migration, digital transformation, system modernization, and platform consolidation.
- Provide technical guidance to project managers, engineers, developers, vendors, and senior stakeholders.
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.✅ Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Extensive experience in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, software architecture, infrastructure, or technology consulting.
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, frameworks, and governance.
- Proven experience designing complex, large-scale technology solutions.
- Strong knowledge of application architecture, integration patterns, APIs, databases, networking, and infrastructure.
- Hands-on understanding of cloud architecture across AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Experience with microservices, distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and modern application platforms.
- Strong knowledge of security architecture, identity and access management, encryption, and compliance principles.
- Experience developing architecture diagrams and technical documentation using tools such as Visio, Lucidchart, Draw.io, or similar platforms.
- Strong understanding of software development methodologies, DevOps, CI/CD, and modern engineering practices.
- Experience with enterprise integration technologies, API management, messaging, and middleware solutions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to assess complex technical challenges and develop practical architectural solutions.
- Excellent stakeholder-management and communication skills.
- Ability to influence technical decisions across multiple teams and organizational levels.
- Strong understanding of technology governance, risk management, and architecture review processes.
- Experience managing technology vendors, consulting partners, and solution providers is an advantage.
- Strong commercial awareness and understanding of technology cost optimization.
- Ability to balance business requirements, technical constraints, security considerations, and delivery timelines.
- Enterprise architecture, cloud, security, or technology certifications such as TOGAF, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or related credentials are advantageous.🌟 What We Offer
- Competitive salary and comprehensive employee benefits.
- Opportunities to shape enterprise-wide technology strategy and architecture.
- Exposure to large-scale digital transformation and modernization initiatives.
- Opportunities to work with cloud, AI, data, integration, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies.
- Professional training and support for architecture and cloud certifications.
- Collaboration with senior technology leaders and cross-functional business teams.
- Opportunities to influence major technology investment and transformation decisions.
- Supportive and innovative technology environment.
- Career progression toward Enterprise Architect, Chief Architect, Technology Director, or other senior technology leadership roles.
- Opportunities to lead strategic architecture programs and high-impact technology initiatives.
- Performance recognition and long-term career advancement opportunities.