Solution Architect

Role Overview :

Drive the architecture, design, and implementation of scalable, secure, resilient, and cloud-enabled technology solutions that align with business objectives and enterprise architecture standards.

Act as a bridge between business stakeholders, architecture teams, project teams, and technology delivery functions to ensure successful execution of strategic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities :

- Collaborate with business stakeholders, project teams, and technology teams to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable and sustainable solution architectures.

- Design end-to-end application, integration, data, and cloud-based solutions that align with enterprise architecture principles and technology roadmaps.

- Develop high-level and detailed solution architecture documents, architecture blueprints, technical specifications, and implementation roadmaps.

- Ensure solution designs comply with enterprise architecture standards, security policies, governance requirements, and regulatory guidelines.

- Collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Cloud Architects, Security Architects, Infrastructure Teams, and Development Teams to ensure architectural consistency across initiatives.

- Define and validate non-functional requirements including performance, scalability, security, availability, resilience, disaster recovery, and operational readiness.

- Identify system, infrastructure, data, and application dependencies and proactively mitigate architecture risks and implementation challenges.

- Review application designs and technical solutions to ensure adherence to approved architecture standards and best practices.

- Provide architecture leadership and guidance throughout the software development lifecycle from requirements gathering through deployment and production support.

- Lead solution design discussions, architecture reviews, and technical workshops with internal and external stakeholders.

- Evaluate existing applications and technology platforms and recommend modernization, optimization, and cloud adoption opportunities.

- Design modern architectures leveraging Microservices, APIs, Event-Driven Architectures, Serverless Computing, Containers, and Cloud-Native Design Principles.

- Collaborate with Cloud Architects to define cloud deployment patterns, reference architectures, and cloud adoption approaches for business applications.

- Support IT development projects by providing architecture governance, technical oversight, design approvals, and solution assurance throughout project execution.

- Evaluate emerging technologies, platforms, frameworks, and tools to drive innovation and business value.

- Create and maintain architecture artefacts, solution diagrams, design documents, decision logs, and implementation guidelines.

- Mentor development teams and technical leads on architecture patterns, coding standards, integration strategies, and technology best practices.

- Participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARB) and ensure projects align with target-state architecture and strategic technology direction.

Technical Requirements :

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.

- 12 - 15 years of overall IT experience, with at least 5 years in Solution Architecture, Application Architecture, or Enterprise Technology roles.

- Proven experience in designing and delivering enterprise-scale digital platforms, business applications, and integration solutions.

- Strong understanding of Application Architecture, Integration Architecture, Data Architecture, Security Architecture, and Cloud Architecture.

- Extensive experience working in Agile, DevOps, and modern software development environments.

- Hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions on AWS cloud platforms.

AWS Services :

- EC2, Lambda, ECS / EKS, API Gateway, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, EventBridge, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC and Networking Services.

Additional Skills :

- Experience designing cloud-native architectures, microservices, event-driven solutions, REST APIs, and distributed systems.

- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

- Strong understanding of software development technologies such as Java, .NET, Python, or equivalent enterprise platforms.

- Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases and enterprise integration technologies.

- Sound knowledge of DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automation practices.

- Strong understanding of security architecture, identity and access management, encryption, compliance frameworks, and risk management principles.

- Knowledge of architecture frameworks such as TOGAF and architecture governance practices will be advantageous.

- Experience in insurance, financial services, or other highly regulated industries will be preferred.

- Relevant certifications such as AWS Solution Architect Professional, TOGAF, Azure Architect, Kubernetes, or equivalent certifications will be an added advantage.

Desired Personal Qualities :

- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.

- Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and business audiences.

- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.

- Ability to influence technical and business decisions through sound architectural recommendations.

- Strong leadership capability with the ability to mentor and guide project teams and technology teams.

- Effective collaboration across cross-functional teams and multiple business units.

- Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining architectural integrity.

- Strong focus on innovation, continuous improvement, and business value realization.

- Positive attitude and commitment to quality, delivery excellence, and organizational goals.

Skills

Solution Architect, AWS, Microservices Architecture, Cloud Architect, Solution Design, Application Architecture, DevOps