Solutions Architect

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Solutions Architect to lead the design and delivery of large-scale, mission-critical technology solutions. The role covers applications, infrastructure network, cybersecurity, integration, and edge technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture from requirements through deployment and support.
• Work with customers, business teams, technical teams, and vendors to understand requirements and deliver effective solutions.
• Design scalable, secure, highly available, and resilient systems.
• Develop architecture, integration, network, security, and deployment designs.
• Define APIs, system interfaces, messaging, and integration solutions.
• Select suitable technologies, platforms, hardware, and third-party solutions.
• Ensure solutions meet security, regulatory, operational, and performance requirements.
• Prepare architecture documents, diagrams, technical specifications, risks, and design decisions.
• Support tenders, proposals, technical presentations, and customer discussions.
• Support testing, deployment, go-live, troubleshooting, and production stabilisation.
• Coordinate technical teams, project managers, suppliers, and third parties.
• Review vendor solutions to ensure they meet technical and architectural requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 15+ years of relevant experience in solution architecture, systems integration, or mission-critical systems.
• Experience designing and delivering integrated solutions involving software, infrastructure, networks, hardware, edge devices, and third-party systems.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, APIs, microservices, databases, and enterprise technologies.
• Good understanding of networking, including LAN/WAN, VLANs, routing, switching, firewalls, load balancing, and QoS.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity, including IAM, encryption, network segmentation, vulnerability management, and logging.
• Experience designing highly available, fault-tolerant, and recoverable systems.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work with both technical and business stakeholders and explain complex technical concepts clearly.