Senior Solution Architect

Job Summary

Our client in a well established industry is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to be responsible for the end to end architecture of their enterprise systems in their digital transformation journey.

Mandatory Skill-set

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline;

Has 12years of experience in solution architecture, software engineering, technology delivery and technical leadership;

Proven track record in designing and delivering complex, large-scale and mission-critical software solutions;

Strong experience in defining architecture principles, engineering standards, technology governance and best practices;

Demonstrated ability to make and communicate architecture decisions covering scalability, performance, security, resilience, integration and maintainability;

Strong hands-on knowledge of modern software architecture, including cloud-native solutions, microservices, APIs, distributed systems and modern application development;

Strong understanding of Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD and modern software engineering practices;

Experience working across public cloud, private cloud and/or on-premises technology environments;

Experience building reusable engineering frameworks, common services, development platforms and software accelerators;

Ability to evaluate emerging technologies and lead technology experimentation, innovation and R&D initiatives;

Proven experience mentoring senior engineers and architects, developing technical capabilities and driving engineering maturity across teams;

Strong understanding of security architecture, technical risk management and secure software engineering practices;

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and able to work well with cross-organizational teams;

Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate architecture methods, concepts, standards and policies.

Desired Skill-set

Cloud Security;

Cloud certifications;

PMP / ITIL / TOGAF.

Responsibilities

Provides technical leadership and establishing the direction for the IT architecture, standards, design and implementation;

Translate business requirements, including application resiliency requirements, into application architectural specifications;

Evaluate and recommend the use of leading edge technologies and methods, considering their practicality, technical limitations and criticality;

Create, evaluate and implement high-level plans and design proposals for IT solutions;

Design the architecture blueprint of the organisation's architecture set-up using multiple models;

Manage technical project delivery - perform code reviews and ensure performance tuning and scalability;

Document all solution architecture design and analysis work;

Collaborate with vendor development team to resolve technical challenges;

Analyze and determine performance tuning and scalability improvements of code and queries;

Provide architecture and technical support during production incidents;

Mentoring technical staff and raising the collective technical competencies;

Stay abreast of emerging technologies and digital trends.

Confidentiality is assured, and only shortlisted candidates will be notified for interviews.

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