Solutions Architect (Software Development)

Roles and Responsibilities:

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

As Solutions Architect, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and implementing scalable and robust solutions to address business challenges. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you will leverage your expertise to architect innovative solutions that align with project and technological requirements.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Requirements Definition and Management

Participates in proposal generation; i.e. review of the requirement, designing application features and architecture, coming up with the development estimates.

Translates the user requirements into a high-level application design, and coordinates these specifications with the relevant project stakeholders (e.g. Business Analysts when defining the product features).

Solution Design and Architecture:

Provides technical solutions for the projects such as Application Architecture, Database Architecture, Infrastructure, Integration, and any other system analysis and design needed.

Architect end-to-end solutions with detailed designs encompassing system components, interfaces, and integrations to meet business needs, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and deliverability.

Systems Design, Integration and Build:

Design system components and implement integration strategies for connecting disparate systems and applications using appropriate techniques and standards.

Defines software modules, and ensure seamless data flow and interoperability across the solution landscape

Data Modeling and Database Design:

Applies standard data modeling and design techniques based on detailed requirements.

Develops relevant physical design elements and maintaining mechanisms for storing and accessing data.

Documentation, Architecture Governance and Collaboration:

Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, design documents, and implementation guidelines to ensure performance, resiliency, scalability and compliance with security and project requirements.

Conduct architecture reviews to mitigate risk and ensure adherence to approved technical solutions.

Review code, designs, and technical deliverables for alignment with architectural principles and quality standards.

Collaborate with project stakeholders to drive consensus on technical solutions.

Participates in training, design, documentation, and delivery efforts with the Project Manager.

Technology Evaluation:

Research and evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and tools to recommend optimal solutions. Stay abreast of industry trends and best practices to drive innovation and continuous improvement.

Other job-related activities that may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications:

Education Graduate with a Bachelor's Degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or any related course.

Related Work Experience

• At least 7 years of working experience in Software Development, providing technical solutions such as system architecture, infrastructure design, and database structure.
• At least 4+ years of experience in software engineer roles such as web and mobile application development.

Knowledge

• In-depth knowledge, strong experience and expertise on the following:
• Software development with the ability to code at some level and knowledge of APIs and SDKs
• Software development languages like PHP, Java, Python, .NET
• Infra as a Code such as Terraform and Cloud Formation
• Architecture design principles, methodologies, and best practices
• API design, and microservices architecture.
• Enterprise integration patterns is a plus
• Web service integration (SOAP, REST, JSON, XML)
• Any integration protocols like SMPP, UCP, and HTTP, and others
• Version control (e.g. SVN, GIT).
• Debugging and optimization skills
• Collaboration and documentation tools such as Confluence, Jira, Asana, or Trello
• Cloud computing technologies and architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP). Must have a certification in any of the cloud platforms.
• Frameworks such as TOGAF and Zachman is a plus

Skills:

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrates presentation skills with a high degree of comfort for diverse audiences.
• Must have sound problem resolution, judgment, analytical and decision-making.
• Possesses solid Stakeholder Relationship Management and the ability to collaborate with various teams to attain goals and pursue excellence.
• Demonstrates excellent Organizational, Time Management, and Attention to Detail Skills.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and able to guide new team members.
• Must be adept to work in a fast-paced environment with tight SLAs.