Solutions Architect
Job Description
Experience: 15+ years in solution design; 3-5+ years as architect on cloud-native platforms
Role Purpose: Own end-to-end solution architecture, ensuring scalable, secure, cost-effective designs aligned to business goals and enterprise standards
Responsibilities:
- Translate business and non-functional requirements into target architecture (app, data, integration, security)
- Produce HLD/LLD, sequence diagrams, data models, API/interface specs, Integration contracts
- Define reference architectures and guardrails for frontend, backend, APIs, data, and CI/CD/DevSecOps
- Architect for reliability/observability (SLOs, tracing, logging, alerting), performance, and resiliency (DR/BCP)
- Lead cloud architecture (AWS/Azure), container platforms (Kubernetes/OpenShift), and service mesh
- , GitOps, automated testing, security-by-design (OAuth2/OIDC, SSO, secrets, KMS)
- Review designs, code, pipelines, and SAST/DAST results; drive remediation and performance tuning
- Partner with product/PMO on build-vs-buy, cost models, and scalability/capacity planning
- Align with Enterprise Architecture, ensure compliance, and support audits/risk assessments
- Lead PoCs/spikes and coach squads on architecture patterns and NFR implementation
- Required Skills:
- Knowledge in commercetools , cloud (AWS), containers/K8s/OpenShift, API gateways, event streaming (Kafka)
- Strong knowledge of microservices, REST/GraphQL, messaging, caching/CDN, and databases (RDBMS/NoSQL)
- Proficiency with CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Jenkins/Azure DevOps), security (OAuth2, SAML, TLS), and observability (Prometheus/Grafana/ELK/APM)
- Solid understanding of networking, performance engineering, and cost optimization
- Excellent communication and ability to simplify complex designs for diverse stakeholders
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Certifications: AWS SA Pro/Azure Architect Expert, TOGAF, CKA/CKAD, Security certs (e.g., CCSP)
- Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO 27001, PCI, GDPR) and FinOps
- Success Metrics (KPIs):
- SLO/SLA attainment, performance benchmarks, security issue closure time, cost vs. design budget
- Defect escape rate (architecture-related), reusability/adoption of reference components, time-to-market gains
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